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    SATA 3 cables

    Do I need a SATA3 cable to get full use from my new Vertex 4 SSD. I see some cables listed as SATA1&2 and others as SATA3 - is there any real difference?
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    Not at all. It's marketing, much like Monster cables

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    Thanks, good article
    GA-X58A-UD3R (rev 2) : Core i7 990X : 6Gb OCZ Reaper DDR3-1866 : EVGA GTX580 SC
    128Gb Vertex 4 : PCP&C 750w 60A : CM Cosmos S : EK-HFcu, EK-FC580, RS360+RS120, MCP355+XSPC, BayRes, Windows 7 x64 SP1
    Asus Z8NA-D6 : Dual Xeon E5645 : 12Gb DDR3-1333 ECC : MSI GTX470
    80Gb X25-M G2 : 1TB HDD : PCP&C 750w 60A : CM Stacker : DD MC-TDX, EK-FC470, RX240+RX120, D5 X-Top, BayRes, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
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    I'm still using cables which came with my first DFI motherboard
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jowy Atreides View Post
    Intel is about to get athlon'd
    Athlon64 3700+ KACAE 0605APAW @ 3455MHz 314x11 1.92v/Vapochill || Core 2 Duo E8500 Q807 @ 6060MHz 638x9.5 1.95v LN2 @ -120'c || Athlon64 FX-55 CABCE 0516WPMW @ 3916MHz 261x15 1.802v/LN2 @ -40c || DFI LP UT CFX3200-DR || DFI LP UT NF4 SLI-DR || DFI LP UT NF4 Ultra D || Sapphire X1950XT || 2x256MB Kingston HyperX BH-5 @ 290MHz 2-2-2-5 3.94v || 2x256MB G.Skill TCCD @ 350MHz 3-4-4-8 3.1v || 2x256MB Kingston HyperX BH-5 @ 294MHz 2-2-2-5 3.94v

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