SATA 3 cord differnce.

[Gypsy_Joker]

Hi,
i was wondering if there is a way you can tell if you have a 3Gbs or a 6Gbs SATA3 cord.
Thanks

incase your wondering my mother board has 2 6Gbs and 2 3Gbs ports and the PC came with 2 SATA3 cords and i have no idea how many Gbs they can do.

[DaveLembke]

Cable shouldnt matter. You should get 6Gb/s as long as the motherboard is SATA III to match up to the SATA III drive. If you have an addon card for the SATA III controller you might only see around 5Gb/s due to a BUS limitation.

Only concern with the cable would be if they are snug and not sloppy. I have seen some SATA cables that are able to easily rock to the sides under the slightest touch vs lock in place solid. If you find that the connection is sloppy get a better quality SATA cable to reduce the risk of an connectivity issue as data is being read or more importantly written to the drive.

[camerongray]

The only difference between the cables is that a SATA III cable has to meet higher standards in testing than a SATA II one, you can almost always use a SATA II cable on a SATA III system with no issues whatsoever.

[Gypsy_Joker]

Thanks for the replies they have helped me out alot