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Will Meade
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Hey guys. I know this may seem like a stupid question...

Here it goes.

I bought a new RAID drive. I am currently connected via USB 3.0 to my PC.

It has a SATA 3 connector on the back.

Wondering if I would get faster performance hooking directly into my motherboard's SATA3 with it rather than USB 3.0?

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What do you mean by "RAID drive"?

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SATA is definitely faster than USB if I'm correct.

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8 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said:

What do you mean by "RAID drive"?

He means an external RAID array, like the ones you see Thunderbolt as being advertised for higher speeds with.

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Just now, Crunchy Dragon said:

He means an external RAID array, like the ones you see Thunderbolt as being advertised for higher speeds with.

That's kind of what I was thinking. 

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47 minutes ago, Will Meade said:

Hey guys. Dumb Dumb Dumb.

I see that the cable connection available is an ESata. Not Sata3.

Or is that even dumber that I said that?

esata is the exact same as sata, just a different connector.

 

What speeds do you currently get, with hdds it will probably be about the same.

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8 hours ago, Will Meade said:

Hey guys. Dumb Dumb Dumb.

I see that the cable connection available is an ESata. Not Sata3.

Or is that even dumber that I said that?

A regular SATA cable will fit into an ESATA cable port, though an actual ESATA cable is a little different. 

 

Your motherboard might have came with an ESATA PCI bracket. Lots used to. You plug a SATA cable into the bracket and then the other end into a SATA port on your motherboard. 

 

On the external side of the bracket you can use another SATA cable to connect your dock. 

 

Alternatively you can just feed a SATA cable right inside your case and connect directly. 

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