Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2015 December 27

= December 27 =

Tablet usefulness?
(Removed duplicate of question asked on multiple desks. See WP:RDM. -- ToE 03:02, 27 December 2015 (UTC))

SATA2 vs SATA3? Hardware\software issue?
Hi, my SSD helath&Management software notifies me:

Your SSD will not deliver it's maximum performance because your system does not support a SATA6Gb/s (SATA3) port. Your SSD is connected with SATA3Gb/s (SATA2) port.

Is it mainly a software or hardware issue? Should changing the SATA cable be enough? Maybe the only way to solve it is only a new mainboard? Ben-Yeudith (talk) 18:59, 27 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Your motherboard may have both SATA2 and SATA3 ports - check your motherboard manual to see what colour the SATA3 ports are. You can also buy a PCIe SATA3 card (if you have a free PCIe slot) which can add SATA3 functionality. -- Finlay McWalterᚠTalk 20:36, 27 December 2015 (UTC)


 * It's probably not worth buying additional hardware if it comes to that. See e.g. this article where SATA III made a noticeable difference in the synthetic benchmarks but very little difference in the real-world benchmarks. Also I'm not sure that a SATA III add-on card will perform as well as motherboard SATA III, especially if you buy a cheap off-brand card. -- BenRG (talk) 21:51, 27 December 2015 (UTC)