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Original post by quotidian

Does the GB/S rating on a mechanical HD actually make any difference as I'm looking at some HDs and they are using 6gb/s SATA however the data transfer rate is only 600mb/s? So surely there's a near 0 possibilty that you would ever need the 6 gb/s SATA?

No, it doesn't matter at all except for access to the drive's cache, which is so small and insignificant in the case of HDDs that it doesn't make a difference to overall transfer speeds.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/282717-14-sata-sata#t1917929

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Original post by DannyR2811

If I get a 2.5" to 3.5 adapter would it be fine using my 120gb old laptop hard drive until I can afford a SSD and a normal hdd

It would be really, really slow.

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Original post by hassi94

Thinking of buying this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005OK6VLS/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=

Right, I have a 2.5" to 3.5" mounting bracket. Is there anything else I need to fit this into my desktop?

As long as you have a SATA III cable, a free SATA III port and a free SATA power connection on your PSU, then no. Most modern cases don't even require adapters to fit SSDs.

EDIT: Seeing as it's a notebook kit I suspect it might come without a SATA III cable. You might want to check that.

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hamza7

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Original post by hassi94

Thinking of buying this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005OK6VLS/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=

Right, I have a 2.5" to 3.5" mounting bracket. Is there anything else I need to fit this into my desktop?

A screwdriver I guess :biggrin:

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Original post by und

As long as you have a SATA III cable, a free SATA III port and a free SATA power connection on your PSU, then no. Most modern cases don't even require adapters to fit SSDs.

EDIT: Seeing as it's a notebook kit I suspect it might come without a SATA III cable. You might want to check that.

I think my motherboard comes with a few SATA cables (I assume at least some of these will be SATA III?) :smile:

Thanks for the info.

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Original post by hassi94

I think my motherboard comes with a few SATA cables (I assume at least some of these will be SATA III?) :smile:

Thanks for the info.

Which case do you have, out of interest?

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Original post by und

Which case do you have, out of interest?

Coolermaster Storm Enforcer

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Original post by hassi94

Coolermaster Storm Enforcer

As far as I can tell that has 2 dedicated 2.5" bays and two more 3.5" bays that can take 2.5" drives, so I don't think you need an adapter of any sort.

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Original post by und

As far as I can tell that has 2 dedicated 2.5" bays and two more 3.5" bays that can take 2.5" drives, so I don't think you need an adapter of any sort.

Ah okay thanks - I think it came with an adapter bracket though (didn't properly unpack but I swear I saw one :tongue:

). I'm not properly opening it up yet because half my components haven't arrived so no use letting it collect dust :smile:

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Chow mein

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http://www.ebuyer.com/363230-asus-p8z77-v-socket-1155-vga-dvi-displayport-hdmi-8-channel-audio-atx-p8z77-v

This motherboard says 3xchassis fan connectors, does this mean 3x3pin connectors? I'm trying to work out how many case fans I can put on from this motherboard.

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SMed

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Original post by hassi94

Thinking of buying this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005OK6VLS/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=

Right, I have a 2.5" to 3.5" mounting bracket. Is there anything else I need to fit this into my desktop?

No. And depending on the case, you don't need any additional mounting bracket. My Fractal R3 has 2.5" mounting holes on all the HDD caddies.

Original post by DannyR2811

If I get a 2.5" to 3.5 adapter would it be fine using my 120gb old laptop hard drive until I can afford a SSD and a normal hdd

Yes.

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SMed

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Original post by hassi94

I think my motherboard comes with a few SATA cables (I assume at least some of these will be SATA III?) :smile:

Thanks for the info.

I don't think there is an actual difference between SATA cables. But I could be wrong.

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woofwoofkapow

Right!

i think ive finally come up with something that will work and not break my bank etc.

http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/product.aspx?code=HDS-1000DM3
http://www.ebuyer.com/220863-coolermaster-elite-330-case-with-coolermaster-extreme-power-500w-psu-rc-330-kkpl-gp
http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/p/9pj4

Any major problems?

Thanks for you help guys! :smile:

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Iqbal007

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Original post by hassi94

Coolermaster Storm Enforcer

What's your motherboard, cos my motherboard came with 4 Sata connectors........plus I believe enforcer comes with an adapter for the 3.5 inch bays in case

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Iqbal007

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Original post by Chow mein

http://www.ebuyer.com/363230-asus-p8z77-v-socket-1155-vga-dvi-displayport-hdmi-8-channel-audio-atx-p8z77-v

This motherboard says 3xchassis fan connectors, does this mean 3x3pin connectors? I'm trying to work out how many case fans I can put on from this motherboard.

1 x CPU Fan connector(s)
3 x Chassis Fan connector(s)
1 x Optional Fan connector(s)

It's probably 4pin........but regardless 3 pins work as well on the 4 pins.
And I've found a pic of the board, they are all 4 pins. The 3 pin fans usage on the 4 pins on the motherboard have a little plastic bit sticking out which tell you where to put the 3 pin connector on the 4 pins.

So you can have 1 cpu cooler fan and 4 additional fans.
And you can add more depending on your power supply using a molex converter

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Iqbal007

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Original post by woofwoofkapow

Right!

i think ive finally come up with something that will work and not break my bank etc.

http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/product.aspx?code=HDS-1000DM3
http://www.ebuyer.com/220863-coolermaster-elite-330-case-with-coolermaster-extreme-power-500w-psu-rc-330-kkpl-gp
http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/p/9pj4

Any major problems?

Thanks for you help guys! :smile:

How come your using that motherboard?
Cos it's not worth it considering it's a mATX and case is quite large.

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Ooh - another question:

On specifications of my motherboard it says 4 1.5V RAM slots. I have bought Kingston HyperX RAM which is actually 1.65V (supposedly it'll still run at 1600MHz on 1.5V though if I undervolt it but anyway) - is this a problem or do they always label RAM slots with '1.5V'?

EDIT: Nevermind, the Gigabyte website states this RAM is supported for my motherboard on their website :smile:

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