Re: Looking for Linux-friendly PCI Express 2.0 x1 host bus adapter internal SATA 6 Gbps
On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 10:17:27PM -0800, David Christensen wrote:
> My goal is to use a current SATA 3.0 (6 Gbps) SSD as the system drive in
> older computers that have SATA 2.0 (3 Gbps) ports and PCIe 2.0 x1 expansion
> slot(s).
SATA 3.0 is backwards-compatible; you can just use the SATA 2.0 port. Of
course, it'll only run at 3Gbps.
Also, PCIe 2.0 x1 doesn't actually have the bandwidth for a single 6Gbps
SATA port, let alone two.
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