SSD 6Gbps

[vodouman]

Hi guys,

I have a 2TB hard drive in my 27" iMac. I wanted to add an additional solid state drive. I want to get one that has a 6Gb/s interface. Is the 6Gb/s interface compatible with my iMac?

*EDIT*
My iMac is the latest 27" with the core i7, top configuration.

Cheers,

Luke

 

[Hellhammer]

SATA 6Gb/s is backwards compatible, meaning that you can use a drive with SATA 6Gb/s in SATA 3Gb/s or 1.5Gb/s port. iMac only has SATA 3Gb/s so your bandwidth would be limited to 3Gb/s which makes it kinda pointless to pay the extra for SATA 6Gb/s SSD.

 

[vodouman]

SATA 6Gb/s is backwards compatible, meaning that you can use a drive with SATA 6Gb/s in SATA 3Gb/s or 1.5Gb/s port. iMac only has SATA 3Gb/s so your bandwidth would be limited to 3Gb/s which makes it kinda pointless to pay the extra for SATA 6Gb/s SSD.

Thanks for the swift reply