SATA 3 query

Kyo · 22 Apr 2013 at 22:35

Hi

I have Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R mobo, and recently bought a Seagate 3Tb Barracuda (waiting to be delivered

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Query is i have 2 x Sata ports on the mobo for Sata3 (6Gb/s), i take it, it should plug and play, there should be nothing required to be changed or enable in the BIOS?. Is that true with most boards?

Thanks
Kyo

RJC · 22 Apr 2013 at 22:42

You should be good to go, once your up and running you will need to go into Disk Management and format the drive.

wazza300 · 22 Apr 2013 at 22:46

You can set to ahci if your installing the OS onto it,the Marvell ports arnt that great on x58 but should be able to handle a mechanical hdd

Kyo · 23 Apr 2013 at 08:56

Thanks for the replies.

pastymuncher · 23 Apr 2013 at 19:06

Just be aware that you will not get anywhere near true sata 3 speeds as your board uses the same Marvell 9128 controller as mine and the performance is abysmal. It's so bad that i reverted back to the Intel sata 2 controller as it's faster.

OptimaLnrg · 23 Apr 2013 at 23:31

if it's a hard drive it won't max out sata 2 anyway surely? (let alone 3)