Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L

[satriani666]

hello, just need information.
i have this motherboard

Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L

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http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2844#ov
hard disk

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South Bridge:
    6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
my question is: can i plug in SATA 3 disk on my motherboard
i would buy this 1
western digital - HDD SATA III 2000 GB WD Caviar Green, 3,5", IntelliPower rpm, 64MB, WD20EARX

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http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=120
thanks

[Aussie Allan]

  Welcome  satriani666

  "Is this a trick question" ? ........  as you have 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices .... the answer is YES!

  Sata II and Sata III drives are backwards compatible......and as we are talking about the western digital - HDD SATA III 2000 GB WD Caviar Green, 3,5", IntelliPower rpm, 64MB, WD20EARX there should be no real problems.

  After saying that "Greens" are not the best drives to run the OS off.......there are several features that can become a problem if it's used as a "C" Drive.

  Aussie Allan
 

[satriani666]

thx for fast reply

its not a trick question
i know that sata 2 and 3 are compatible, but i wanna know is there any problem with hdd module on that motherboard with sata 3 disks..
if there will be problem with WD green as OS disk, i will put seagate barracuda 7200.10, i have that disk right now.. but in near future i will buy ssd OCZ vertex 3 (60 GB)

thx again for information

[Aussie Allan]

  SSD will be crippled re performance on the sata II port.....it'll be quicker but you will not realize the full speed of the SSD on that port or any on the board.

  Aussie Allan

[satriani666]

i know that 2, but in a few months i will buy new motherboard 1155 socket P67.
i5 quad, ddr 3 memory, p67 MB with sata 3 and usb 3.. i hope SSD will work great on that board

[satriani666]

After saying that "Greens" are not the best drives to run the OS off.......there are several features that can become a problem if it's used as a "C" Drive.

  Aussie Allan
 

btw, can you tell me what problems i might have with caviar green used as OS disk and storage ?
sry for bad english

thx, i really appreciate it..

[Aussie Allan]

   Generally there fine for storage ......"F" Drive......"P" Drive......The problems are........even the quick ones rated at 5900rpm will throttle to 5400rpm to save power.....this can happen during the boot cycle if used as an OS drive ....usually resulting in freezes, crashes and BSODs.....and this is just one of the features!

  Aussie Allan

[Dark Mantis]

Basically they just try and power down at any opportunity which isn't a good thing when it is being used as a boot drive. For data storage it is fine. It is best to use a Black for booting if you want to stick with Western Digital.

[satriani666]

Basically they just try and power down at any opportunity which isn't a good thing when it is being used as a boot drive. For data storage it is fine. It is best to use a Black for booting if you want to stick with Western Digital.

thx for reply..
i will buy ssd for boot disk..

now, its offtopic, but dont wanna start new thread..
new processor - intel i5 2500k, so i must buy new motherboard, it will be gigabyte, but dont know which 1..
i decide to choose z68 chipset (ssd intel RST 10.5) , but what motherboard ?

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GA-Z68P-DS3
GA-Z68A-D3-B3
GA-Z68AP-D3-B3
GA-Z68AP-D3
GA-Z68X-UD3-B3
GA-Z68X-UD3P-B3
can you tell what that means GA,D3,DS3 etc etc, or give me useable link..
i want ddr3, usb3, sata3, dont need 2x pciE , only 1

thanks

[Dark Mantis]

If you go here then decide on which are the best ones from your view and run the comparison chart:

http://uk.gigabyte.com/products/list.aspx?s=42&jid=1&p=2&v=24