Corsair Obsidian 800D and SSD Compatability

smr · 17 Apr 2012 at 10:02

Hi all,

My case is Corsair's Obsidian 800D and I've this morning received my first SSD (Crucial M4 128gb).

My question is is it ok to plug the drive into the hot swappable drive bays in the case as I've just been reading around a bit and some people are saying that they are limited to SATA II operation.

Is this correct or misinformed information.

Thanks

pgi947 · 17 Apr 2012 at 10:14

You can buy sata 3 upgrade kits for the 800D hot swap bays. I just keep both ssd's in the bottom or behind the motherboard tray.

smr · 17 Apr 2012 at 10:22

pgi947 said:
You can buy sata 3 upgrade kits for the 800D hot swap bays. I just keep both ssd's in the bottom or behind the motherboard tray.

So you don't use the hot swap trays for your ssds?

Elric · 17 Apr 2012 at 10:27

I use the hotswap bays for my Intel 520, it works fine.

RJC · 17 Apr 2012 at 12:21

I use the hot swop for my SSD with out issues.

pgi947 · 17 Apr 2012 at 12:45

I don't purely out of convenience, they will go in the hot swap when I decide to move to internal rads.

James J · 17 Apr 2012 at 12:50

I got the SATA3 kit for the hot swop bays. Works fine.

smr · 17 Apr 2012 at 16:54

James J said:
I got the SATA3 kit for the hot swop bays. Works fine.

Where can I get one from in the UK ?

Elric · 17 Apr 2012 at 18:47

You do not need to Sata3 kit.

Terrier_Jimlad · 17 Apr 2012 at 21:35

Well, he does if he wants to use his SATA3 SSD in the Hot-Swap bays and not be throttled to SATA2 speeds.

The upgrade kits are $9 plus postage from Corsair direct

http://www.corsair.com/pc-cases/cor...idian-series-800d-sata-6gbps-upgrade-kit.html shipping usually takes a few days

Elric · 17 Apr 2012 at 22:25

Terrier_Jimlad said:
Well, he does if he wants to use his SATA3 SSD in the Hot-Swap bays and not be throttled to SATA2 speeds.

The upgrade kits are $9 plus postage from Corsair direct

http://www.corsair.com/pc-cases/cor...idian-series-800d-sata-6gbps-upgrade-kit.html shipping usually takes a few days

Nope, wrong. My Sata 6Gbps Intel 520 and WD 1TB Black 6Gbps disks work using the original backplane.

You do not *need* the upgrade kit.

Terrier_Jimlad · 18 Apr 2012 at 08:36

Re-read my post, I never said they wouldn't work, I said without being throttled to SATA2 speeds. I have had 2 800D and still got one and both Vertex 3 and Agility 3 were dropped to sata2 transfer speeds. Hence, Corsair released a SATA6 plate for $9

I actually sent an e-mail complaining to Corsair about their lack of consideration to include this when they knew SATA6 was due, and they sent me one for free, always worth complaining hehe

Elric · 18 Apr 2012 at 09:47

Then there's an inconsistency. Mine work perfectly fine.

Kyzou · 18 Apr 2012 at 12:37

He's not saying it didn't work, but if you do not purchase the upgrade plate, then you are limited to Sata2 speeds, in which case you may as well own a Sata2 SSD.

DavidS14 · 18 Apr 2012 at 12:49

Depends when you bought your 800D, the earliest ones like mine needed both the upgrades SATA3 and USB3 but one of my friends had the SATA3 board already fitted when he got his 800D.

Elric · 18 Apr 2012 at 13:02

Kyzou said:
He's not saying it didn't work, but if you do not purchase the upgrade plate, then you are limited to Sata2 speeds, in which case you may as well own a Sata2 SSD.

I disagree with this.

Mine is an early 800D long before Corsair thought of upgrading the connectors. It works perfectly FINE at 6Gb/s.

Perhaps the OP should just try the hot swap bays and test if he is getting over 3Gb/s speeds, you've got nothing to loose.

DavidS14 · 18 Apr 2012 at 13:06

It's easy to tell which he has as the SATA2 back plates are 4 separate PCB's (one for each bay) and the SATA3 has a single PCB that covers all the hot swaps.

Pics on the corsair upgrade blog

Elric · 18 Apr 2012 at 13:19

smr said:
Hi all,

My case is Corsair's Obsidian 800D and I've this morning received my first SSD (Crucial M4 128gb).

My question is is it ok to plug the drive into the hot swappable drive bays in the case as I've just been reading around a bit and some people are saying that they are limited to SATA II operation.

Is this correct or misinformed information.

Thanks

Just put the drive in a hot plug bay and test your speeds. If you find you are limited to Sata 2 speeds then you may want to replace the parts. If not... just plug and play!