id seccond that advise from rdunnill ,itll be backward compatible ,,my gx270 was supplied with ide but theres 2 sata ports on the mb. i just ordered a sata2 Drive and a cable i ordered sata2 but they sent sata3 no worries as its backward compatible ,,only thing i found was id have been better with get a cable witha rightangle sata cable for the mb due to the 2 ports laying flat at the front of the mb
rdunnill
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December 26th, 2011 23:00
New SATA drives should be backwardly compatible with old SATA ports. I had a Hitachi 3tb working with a six-year-old Syba SATA card.
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December 27th, 2011 11:00
id seccond that advise from rdunnill ,itll be backward compatible ,,my gx270 was supplied with ide but theres 2 sata ports on the mb. i just ordered a sata2 Drive and a cable i ordered sata2 but they sent sata3 no worries as its backward compatible ,,only thing i found was id have been better with get a cable witha rightangle sata cable for the mb due to the 2 ports laying flat at the front of the mb