Does it make a difference what sata port you run your ssd in.
Sata 3gb 6gb cable difference.
Sata ii revision 2 x interface formally known as sata 3gb s is a second generation sata interface running at 3 0 gb s.
On asus supplied cables you can tell by the indent running down the middle of the cable gigabyte supplied cables don t have this they are just a little thicker than their old.
Revision 1 0 of the specification was released in january 2003.
Due to the date of this testing and the fact that this question still comes up fairly often we have decided to revisit this topic with more modern hardware in our sata 3gb s vs.
Sata 6gb s cables have the transmit and receive data pairs independently shielded.
The bandwidth throughput which is supported by the interface is up to 300mb s.
6gb s cable performance revisited article.
Our results confirm that despite the faster hardware available today there is still no performance difference between sata 3gb s and sata 6gb s cables.
Sata iii revision 3 x interface formally known as sata 6gb s is a third generation sata interface running at 6 0gb s.
Sata 3gb s cables where the first to require the locking mechanisms on both ends.