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Preferred SATA ports for SSD and HDD

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Topic: Preferred SATA ports for SSD and HDD

Posted By: JeffreyWiden
Subject: Preferred SATA ports for SSD and HDD
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2019 at 12:23am

I am in the process of building my PC using an Asrock X370 Taichi motherboard.

I'd like to attach my various SSD drives, as well as my HDD (Sata connection).

The SATA ports run 1-8 and then A1 and A2.

Is there a preferred port for SSD usage? and for HDD usage? I'm not sure what the A1 and A2 do differently.

Thank you,

Jeffrey

Replies:

Posted By: johnburns3434
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2019 at 8:46am

If its like the x470 Taichi Ultimate than there all the same as far as I can tell from research. The A1 and A2 Slots is for hot swap if you have it enabled in the bios. Home This helps.

Posted By: JeffreyWiden
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2019 at 9:24am

Thanks John. That is exactly the information I was seeking. Appreciate your knowledge.

Jeff