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May 22nd, 2012 04:00
Where is the SATA 3 Port in the Aurora R3?
Guys,
this topic may have been covered already but I can't find the thread for it. Basically, I have purchased an OCZ Sata 3 SSD and I am waiting for it to arrive thru the post. Anyway this drive will be my new boot drive. The system is an Aurora R3 with 2600K CPU and P67 motherboard. Currently I have the standard 1TB Seagate (with NCQ) for my boot drive and an additional 1TB Seagate Sata 3 HDD for my data.
Once the SSD comes in it will replace my current boot drive. I am aware that the P67 boards came with Sata 3 ports but having had a look inside my desktop it doesnt identify which ones are Sata 3. Hopefully you guys can help me out so that way I get maximum performance from my new SSD purchase. Thanks in advance.
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Frandaman
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May 22nd, 2012 17:00
Anyone?
Frandaman
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May 22nd, 2012 18:00
Thanks for the reply. Yep I am aware that there are 2 Sata 3 ports... unfortunately there are no markings anywhere :( I read somewhere that the cables in Drive bay 1 and 2 are sata 3 but I am not sure of this. I would like somebody to be able to validate this for me.
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May 22nd, 2012 18:00
Specs in PDF manuals should say how many. I'm guessing 2 (likely the first 2). The SATA ports on the MB are likely a different color plastic or marked in some way.
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May 29th, 2012 07:00
The Aurora-R3 has six SATA ports -
White SATA 1/2 = SATA Revision 3.0 (SATA 6 Gbits/s)
Black SATA 3/4 = SATA Revision 2.0 (SATA 3 Gbits/s)
Black SATA 5/6 = SATA Revision 2.0 (SATA 3 Gbits/s)
Jack_Thomas45
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February 15th, 2016 19:00
On the Alienware aurora r4 do u know exactly where those go to since the manual doesn't seem to say.
Does the white sata 1/2 go to the optical drive and first hard drive?
Etc. please help trying to install a ssd into my PC and have wrong ssd bracket which doesn't work in the hard drive bays and I would like to just use a sata cable since I put the bracket below the optical drive and above the card reader.