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    hard drive speeds in optical bay P170hm

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by LukeS, Sep 5, 2011.

  1. LukeS

    LukeS Notebook Consultant

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    Will an hdd put in the optical bay of a p170hm run at sata II or sata III speeds?
     
    LukeS, Sep 5, 2011
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    The optical bay is SATA II 3.0Gbps speeds. If you're just putting in a mechanical HDD, you'll never have to worry about bottlenecks though. Only the newest and fastest SSD's saturate the SATA II connection.
     
    Anthony@MALIBAL, Sep 5, 2011
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    thanks! 10char
     
    LukeS, Sep 5, 2011
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