SATA3

xxtomox · 23 Oct 2015 at 15:45

Hi building my new pc as I type this and confused. Do I install my SSD and Hard drive into SATA3 port or SSATA3 port?

ED209 · 23 Oct 2015 at 15:48

what motherboard do you have?

havent built a system in a long time but sata3 should be fine, dunno what SSata3 is unless you are referring to sata2?

also make sure you set the sata ports in the bios to ACHI before installing the OS

xxtomox · 23 Oct 2015 at 16:06

Its x99 board

maklabouhlel · 23 Oct 2015 at 16:16

xxtomox said:
Its x99 board

What's the exact model? It should be on the board or box?

xxtomox · 23 Oct 2015 at 16:24

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-523-GI This one

dneill2006 · 23 Oct 2015 at 16:34

The only difference between SATA3 and SSATA3 is SSATA3 does not provide any RAID capability.

xxtomox · 23 Oct 2015 at 16:42

perfect ill use normal sata then

viiofix · 23 Oct 2015 at 16:48

Not to hijack the thread completely but is the AHCI thing mentioned by ED still something that needs doing?

I installed W10 to a new SSD last night but hadn't seen anything about setting the SATA3 ports to AHCI in the BIOS first. If I should have changed it before installing W10 is it the end of the world? Is there anything I can do retrospectively?

Cheers

RJC · 23 Oct 2015 at 18:27

It may be the case the board may of Automatically set AHCI, But you could do a reg edit on Windows 7 then restart and enable AHCI in the BIOS.

But check all option in the BIOS to see if this is enabled.

viiofix · 23 Oct 2015 at 21:09

My BIOS has three views which is new to me:

Startup guide - The Integrated SATA Controller here suggests that AHCI was set by default as it's the one already selected out of the 3 options.

Classic mode - under Peripherals \ SATA Configuration the SATA Mode Selection is AHCI

Looks like I'm ok so thanks for the heads up