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Blue & Red SATA Cables?

HK_Rage
By HK_Rage
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What's the difference between the 2?

 

Blue one is from 2004, red cable is from 2006.

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Sounds more like a diffference in colour rather than the bandwidth allocated to pass through as fast as it can through either SATA 2 or 3

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Also, would these old SATA cables be compatible with current Motherboards?

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Also, would these old SATA cables be compatible with current Motherboards?

Yes I have been using a RED sata cable that was on a SATA motherboard and it supports SATA 3 6G (current boards).

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The colour of the cable doesn't matter. They are interchangeable.

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What's the difference between the 2?

 

Blue one is from 2004, red cable is from 2006.

Typical different manufacturer Serial ATA cable only got 0.1-3mb/s difference. So basically no difference.

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Just out of curiosity, how long would it take to install Windows 7 on a 2004 HDD?

 

Probably be best to buy a new HDD all together.

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Also, would these old SATA cables be compatible with current Motherboards?

Sata cables are all compatible with each other is is just the speed that will differ.

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Just out of curiosity, how long would it take to install Windows 7 on a 2004 HDD?

 

Probably be best to buy a new HDD all together.

It really depends on the hard drive.

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Sata cables are all compatible with each other is is just the speed that will differ.

Sata cables are pretty much all 6gb/s and just labeled 3gb/s for marketing reasons. It's cheaper to make the same cable.

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Check where they are coming from : If they came with your motherboard, the manual should say which is SATA III 6GB/s and wich is SATA II 3 GB/s

 

SATA cables are like PCIe connectors / cards : They are all compatible, the only difference is the transfere speed :

 

SATA II w/ SATA III HDD = 3GB/s

SATA III w/ SATA II HDD = 3GB/s

SATA III w/ SATA III HDD/SSD = 6GB/s

 

Of course, NO ONE HDD write at 6GB/s, forgot that :D the Connector Interface is of 6GB/s or different, but the actual Write speed is not that fast.

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