I think I have been stupid for a long time.

Something Else · 8 Oct 2013 at 18:54

Think I may have had my SSD and HDD connected to sata 3 ports instead of the sata6 since building the pc over a year ago.

have a Asus V gene and I thought the black sata ports were sata 6 but I was looking online and it seems I was wrong and infact the red ports are sata 6 and the black are sata3

Have I done goofed for a long time by using the 2 black ports which are apparently sata 3 instead of the red ports which are supposedly sata 6?

http://www.asus.com/ROG_ROG/MAXIMUS_V_GENE/#specifications

wazza300 · 8 Oct 2013 at 18:58

yh red ones are the fastest ports

andy_mk3 · 8 Oct 2013 at 18:58

It would appear so

RJC · 8 Oct 2013 at 18:59

It does seem that way!

The SSD will benefit but the mechanical drive would not show any difference.

stulid · 8 Oct 2013 at 19:00

Yeah..you got it wrong..the HDD doesn't matter as even ones which say they are sataIII can't even saturate a sataII port..but the ssd would get a benefit if it's sataIII

Something Else · 8 Oct 2013 at 19:02

lmao oh lawd!

The SSD was running fine though (guess I never knew any different) boots up in around 20-30secs still :S

Im gonna have a quick switcheroo.

andy_mk3 · 8 Oct 2013 at 19:04

It'll still be pretty fast on a SATA 2 port, but you'll get the full potential from an SSD on a SATA 3 port, so may shave a couple of seconds off

Something Else · 8 Oct 2013 at 19:29

well Ive changed it. Avast scans a bit quicker but apart from that its not a massive massive improvement although boot time is a bit better now

d_brennen · 8 Oct 2013 at 19:33

Free upgrade = more beer money

That'd be my reasoning...