So as i asked earlier, my hdd is failing, and a thunderbolt enclousure is not an option at all…so well i decided to change the internal hdd for a ssd ( and also change thermal paste to Kyronaut Extreme, and clean the fan) but there is a problem, looking at the specifications (i use bootcamp only because college software is exclusive to windows) of the hdd, its says that is connected to a sata 2 port ( or limited to sata 2 speeds)
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Its because of the hdd is limited to Sata 2 speed or because the bandwidth is shared with the Propietary-PcieBlade?
If i install a sata 3 ssd will it use the full speed (600mb/s)? or there is a physical limitation on the speed because of the motherboard or something?
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I Installed a SATA Crucial SSD ( a pretty cheap one actually ) and it works perfectly! SATA 3 Speeds!
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(Just and extra if someone wanted to give a look to an iMac late 2013 21,5 with Nvidia GPU, because usually the reference model with igpu is used)
So as i asked earlier, my hdd is failing, and a thunderbolt enclousure is not an option at all…so well i decided to change the internal hdd for a ssd ( and also change thermal paste to Kyronaut Extreme, and clean the fan) but there is a problem, looking at the specifications (i use bootcamp only because college software is exclusive to windows) of the hdd, its says that is connected to a sata 2 port ( or limited to sata 2 speeds)
[image|2374251]
[image|2374252]
Its because of the hdd is limited to Sata 2 speed or because the bandwidth is shared with the Propietary-PcieBlade?
If i install a sata 3 ssd will it use the full speed (600mb/s)? or there is a physical limitation on the speed because of the motherboard or something?
So as i asked earlier, my hdd is failing, and a thunderbolt enclousure is not an option at all…so well i decided to change the internal hdd for a ssd ( and also change thermal paste to Kyronaut Extreme, and clean the fan) but there is a problem, looking at the specifications (i use bootcamp only because college software is exclusive to windows) of the hdd, its says that is connected to a sata 2 port ( or limited to sata 2 speeds)
[image|2374251]
[image|2374252]
Its because of the hdd is limited to Sata 2 speed or because the bandwidth is shared with the Propietary-PcieBlade?
If i install a sata 3 ssd will it use the full speed (600mb/s)? or there is a physical limitation on the speed because of the motherboard or something?