Storage SATA Express With Existing SSDs?

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  1. CraigWatson

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    Considering buying the Gigabyte GA-Z97MX Gaming 5 board for my next build, and I've noticed that it has a SATA Express connector - I've been out of the hardware market for a while, so SATA Express is new to me.

    I know the connector uses two SATA ports, plus the SATA Express, and it's electrically compatible with existing SATA3 drives, but would - for example, a Crucial M4 120GB - make use of the extra bandwidth?
     
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  2. PocketDemon

    PocketDemon What's a Dremel?

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    Straight answer, no.

    it's akin to putting a 3Gb/s SSD onto a 6Gb/s interface where it doesn't make the SSD itself inherently different.
     
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    Gotcha, thanks :thumb:
     
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