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    XPS 15 skylake - SATA II or SATA III?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by boe, Nov 21, 2015.

  1. boe

    boe Notebook Evangelist

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    Hello,

    Is the sata connection in the new XPS 15 SATA II or SATA III?
     
    boe, Nov 21, 2015
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    SATA 3 became the standard years ago
     
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  3. boe

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    While it became a standard, are you sure that is the type in the XPS 15? I read last years model was only SATA II but I can't seem to find anything in the specs section of Dell's web page.

    This is from the manual but I'm not sure what it means - is the standard SATA cable 3Gbps and the M.2 6? As far as I can see there are only 2 drive interfaces in this thing - one for m.2 and one for standard sata - Not sure why it lists the II and III speeds.
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    boe, Nov 21, 2015
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    Presumably because SATA III (6 Gbps) is backwards compatible with SATA II (3 Gbps).

    And according to the reference guide, the previous XPS also used SATA III, as expected: http://downloads.dell.com/Manuals/a..._laptop/xps-15-9530_Reference Guide_en-us.pdf

    The idea of a new laptop using SATA II is practically unimaginable.
     
    mistakenot, Nov 22, 2015
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