SATA Express Connectors

[Guest]

So, I was wondering about SATA express. Are those 3 ports only limited for SATA express, or can I use the 2 SATA ports for their own each individual connectors as well? 

[m0k]

i believe you can use the two sata ports for two sata drives.
what motherboard is this for?

[Guest]

3 hours ago, mok said:

i believe you can use the two sata ports for two sata drives.
what motherboard is this for?

It depends on the motherboard? 

[m0k]

Just now, IAmLamp said:

It depends on the motherboard? 

no i dont think its motherboard dependant, just wanted to double-check the specs to confirm 

 

[Guest]

3 hours ago, mok said:

no i dont think its motherboard dependant, just wanted to double-check the specs to confirm 

 

Why would you need to know the motherboard specifications for this particular question? It's a question that can be applied for any motherboard that would have SATA express connector/connectors. 

 

(That is if it is the case that it's connector dependent rather motherboard dependent. )

[paddy-stone]

Yes, you can use the SATA ports of the SATA express ports fine, if you look at your mobo specs it'll usually say soemthing like 6 SATA ports, and on inspection of the mobo you'd find 4 actual SATA ports plus the SATA express ports which have another 2.

[paddy-stone]

Here, if you have a look at my mobo  http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming-ITXac/

 

it says 6 SATA ports, if you look at the board it has 4 SATA ports separate from the SATA express port that has an additional 2.

[Guest]

3 hours ago, paddy-stone said:

Yes, you can use the SATA ports of the SATA express ports fine, if you look at your mobo specs it'll usually say soemthing like 6 SATA ports, and on inspection of the mobo you'd find 4 actual SATA ports plus the SATA express ports which have another 2.

So are those ports of the SATA Express SATA III or?........

[paddy-stone]

1 minute ago, IAmLamp said:

So are those ports of the SATA Express SATA III or?........

Yes they are SATA 3

 

[Guest]

3 hours ago, paddy-stone said:

Here, if you have a look at my mobo  http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming-ITXac/

 

it says 6 SATA ports, if you look at the board it has 4 SATA ports separate from the SATA express port that has an additional 2.

Your point?

[Mira Yurizaki]

44 minutes ago, IAmLamp said:

So, I was wondering about SATA express. Are those 3 ports only limited for SATA express, or can I use the 2 SATA ports for their own each individual connectors as well? 

SATA Express is backwards compatible with SATA 6Gbps. You can plug in two SATA drives into a SATA Express port.

[paddy-stone]

1 minute ago, IAmLamp said:

Your point?

You asked about the SATA express ports, so I was pointing out how they are listed in the mobo specs.

[Guest]

3 hours ago, M.Yurizaki said:

SATA Express is backwards compatible with SATA 6Gbps. You can plug in two SATA drives into a SATA Express port.

Just to be clear, those 2 drives would be recognized as their own separate drives, right? Like, it wouldn't be recognized as a single storage device, right? 

[Mira Yurizaki]

Just now, IAmLamp said:

Just to be clear, those 2 drives would be recognized as their own separate drives, right? Like, it wouldn't be recognized as a single storage device, right? 

Yes.

[Guest]

Strange. I don't understand the "teeth" or engravings on them. 

 

I can't find a connector that would need them.