Which Sata ports? or does it matter?

sean126 · February 28th, 2008

I"m adding another 500 gig storage drive to my p5w dh deluxe board. I"ve got two dvd burners, 1 150 raptor as my main drive and a 320 segate for storage.

question is....is there any particular slots I need for the dvd burners and the two extra storage drives? I know to plug the main drive into "sata 1". I've also got sata 3, sata 4, ez raid 2 and ez raid 1.

I'm not going "raid" with the storage drives.

thanks!

**Capper** · February 28th, 2008

You'll have to read the manual on the board.......different boards react differently....I know the P5E3 Deluxe makes you use the SATA 1,2, or 5 port as the boot port.

sean126 · February 28th, 2008

thanks for the reply Capper. Yes, I've got the manual in front of me...and being still new at this, I can't make heads or tails of it. All it talks about is how to "raid". Originally I had the c drive in sata 1...dvd 1 and 2 on sata 3 and 4 and my seagate on ez raid 1 port.

I was just wondering since I've got two storage drives now...would it try to make me go raid if I plugged the other storage drive on the ez raid port.

**Capper** · February 28th, 2008

Ok, you actually have three different RAID controllers on that board.

Unless you are running a RAID setup, it isn't going to make much difference. Personally, I'd use the INTEL ports for the HDD and the JMicron or Silicon Image ports for the optical drives.

sean126 · February 28th, 2008

I take it the intel ports are the sata ports and the jmicron/ silicon image ports are the 2 ez raid ports?

screwballl · February 28th, 2008

in most cases yes but the manual should go into more detail with that

sean126 · February 28th, 2008

Thanks Capper and screwball

February 28th, 2008	#1
sean126 Educated Idiot Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 222	Which Sata ports? or does it matter? I"m adding another 500 gig storage drive to my p5w dh deluxe board. I"ve got two dvd burners, 1 150 raptor as my main drive and a 320 segate for storage. question is....is there any particular slots I need for the dvd burners and the two extra storage drives? I know to plug the main drive into "sata 1". I've also got sata 3, sata 4, ez raid 2 and ez raid 1. I'm not going "raid" with the storage drives. thanks! Antec 900 Q6600, GO stepping, 3.21 MHz P5w DH Deluxe Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro 512mb 2 Gb OCZ platinum revision 2 DDR2 6400 800hz OC to 892mhz Lapped Zalman 9700 nt 150gb raptor 320gb seagate PC Power & Cooling 750w PSU (2) lite-on 20x dvd burners 22 inch HP w2207 monitor. :ridinghorse:

February 28th, 2008	#2
Capper I'm Evil Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 5,675 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Which Sata ports? or does it matter? You'll have to read the manual on the board.......different boards react differently....I know the P5E3 Deluxe makes you use the SATA 1,2, or 5 port as the boot port. INTEL QX9650 ASUS P5E3 Premium 4GB DDR3-1600 Sapphire HD 3870X2 Danger Den Tower-26 (Custom W/C) 5 x Seagate 250GB HDD in RAID5 BFG ES 800W PSU

February 28th, 2008	#3
sean126 Educated Idiot Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 222	Re: Which Sata ports? or does it matter? thanks for the reply Capper. Yes, I've got the manual in front of me...and being still new at this, I can't make heads or tails of it. All it talks about is how to "raid". Originally I had the c drive in sata 1...dvd 1 and 2 on sata 3 and 4 and my seagate on ez raid 1 port. I was just wondering since I've got two storage drives now...would it try to make me go raid if I plugged the other storage drive on the ez raid port. Antec 900 Q6600, GO stepping, 3.21 MHz P5w DH Deluxe Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro 512mb 2 Gb OCZ platinum revision 2 DDR2 6400 800hz OC to 892mhz Lapped Zalman 9700 nt 150gb raptor 320gb seagate PC Power & Cooling 750w PSU (2) lite-on 20x dvd burners 22 inch HP w2207 monitor. :ridinghorse:

February 28th, 2008	#4
Capper I'm Evil Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 5,675 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Which Sata ports? or does it matter? Ok, you actually have three different RAID controllers on that board. Unless you are running a RAID setup, it isn't going to make much difference. Personally, I'd use the INTEL ports for the HDD and the JMicron or Silicon Image ports for the optical drives. INTEL QX9650 ASUS P5E3 Premium 4GB DDR3-1600 Sapphire HD 3870X2 Danger Den Tower-26 (Custom W/C) 5 x Seagate 250GB HDD in RAID5 BFG ES 800W PSU

February 28th, 2008	#5
sean126 Educated Idiot Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 222	Re: Which Sata ports? or does it matter? I take it the intel ports are the sata ports and the jmicron/ silicon image ports are the 2 ez raid ports? Antec 900 Q6600, GO stepping, 3.21 MHz P5w DH Deluxe Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro 512mb 2 Gb OCZ platinum revision 2 DDR2 6400 800hz OC to 892mhz Lapped Zalman 9700 nt 150gb raptor 320gb seagate PC Power & Cooling 750w PSU (2) lite-on 20x dvd burners 22 inch HP w2207 monitor. :ridinghorse:

February 28th, 2008	#6
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,279 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Which Sata ports? or does it matter? in most cases yes but the manual should go into more detail with that Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

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