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Can anyone confirm this... G74 User's

Boosted_R
Level 8
Looking to add a third HDD to my G74 in the optical bay..... I was searching around and can't get a clear answer.

1) Is the Optical Bay SATA 1, 2 or 3

I know the Ports in the HDD bay are SATA 3, and I read one post with someone saying its SATA 2.... Anyone running a SATA 2 drive, and getting SATA 2 speeds ? I would be happy with SATA 2 speeds.

Any info would be great.... was thinking about this for a while... hopefully I didn't ask this already lol

Thanks
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Zygomorphic
Level 17
SATA 2 is correct, since that is what the 2nd gen i7 chipset has. The first two SATA channels (#0, #1) are SATA 3 (remember the Sandy Bridge SATA issue?), and are reserved for the two hard disk drives. The optical drive is usually on the next channel (#2), which is SATA 2.
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Boosted_R
Level 8
Good to know, thanks for the info
GL702VSK / GTX 1070 / M.2 960 EVO

HTPC MINI-ITX / FRACTAL CORE 500 / GIGABYTE GA-AB350N / GTX 1050 Ti Windforce OC 4G / RYZEN 5 1600 3.9GHz / M.2 960 EVO / G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 3200MHz
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ASUS G74SX-XC1 / INTEL 7260 AC / Samsung 850 PRO / TUNIQ TX-4 / BIOS 203 / 335.23