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Adding a SATA 6 Gbit/s PCI Express controller card?

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Mar 15, 202634536 views
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If I add a SATA 6 Gbit/s PCI Express card to my motherboard, will I get similar speed to native SATA ports built into the motherboard? I ask because I have a SATA 6 Gbit/s SSD and my motherboard supports only SATA 3 Gbit/s.

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Fix for: Adding a SATA 6 Gbit/s PCI Express controller card?

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It depends on whether the PCIe SATA adapter uses the 1x or 4x bandwidth capability. The PCIe 2.0 specification defines 1x slot bandwidth as 500 MB/s, which is much higher than SATA-II. If you were to purchase such a card (like this one), it has a da…

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