Determining SATA Port Speed?

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Determining SATA Port Speed?

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This is a really dumb question, and I can't believe I'm asking it but here goes.

How do I determine what the Port Speed for my SATA Connections? I have a Dell Vostro Desktop 460 and I'm trying to determine if the SATA Ports are II or III
All I can determine is that the Motherboard is an H67 Chipset, and its running an Intel i5. Its running a Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3320613AS 320GB, and Crystal Disk Info says the Transfer Mode is SATA/600.

I'm ordering an SSD for this system, and if it is SATAIII Compatible I would like to get that speed bump/
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HWiNFO32 or AIDA64 should probably be able to pick up the speeds.
http://www.hwinfo.com/download32.html
http://www.aida64.com/downloads/aida64e ... 6mn9yzczip

The Gigabyte utility may help. Then again it might see if it's a Gigabyte board before it runs.
http://download.gigabyte.ru/utility/mb_ ... _check.exe
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If Transfer Mode is SATA/600. Then it's SATA3
Sata1 = 150Mps
Sata2 = 300Mps
Sata3 = 600Mps
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kenc51 wrote:If Transfer Mode is SATA/600. Then it's SATA3
Sata1 = 150Mps
Sata2 = 300Mps
Sata3 = 600Mps
See that's the odd thing though, when you look up the drive number it shows as SATAII. I might have to call Dell if I cant get a straight confirmation
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I take it none of those apps showed you what you wanted to know?
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Major_A wrote:HWiNFO32 or AIDA64 should probably be able to pick up the speeds.
http://www.hwinfo.com/download32.html
http://www.aida64.com/downloads/aida64e ... 6mn9yzczip

The Gigabyte utility may help. Then again it might see if it's a Gigabyte board before it runs.
http://download.gigabyte.ru/utility/mb_ ... _check.exe
hwinfo and aida64 confirmed what I thought, it was SATAIII

Thanks everyone
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