Asus CrossHair Build (SATA SPECIFIC)

[5h4rkbyt3]

This is a fresh build for me and the first with really up to date components. I do have a question however that I'd appreciate some knowledgeable people to help me with.

On my Asus Crosshair IV Formula mobo I am installing a Corsair 64Gb SSD, 2 WD Black Caviar Enterprise R3 HDDs 1 Tb each, and an Asus Blu-Ray drive. My question is when I connect them to the SATA ports on my motherboard is there a certain order they should be connected i.e. SSD in SATA1, etc? Just want to make sure I set this up properly. I would very much appreciate the wisdom of those here more experienced than me in building. Thank you ahead of time for your generosity.

 

[coonmanx]

I don't believe that it should matter at all. Just make sure that boot order is set properly in BIOS.

 

[5h4rkbyt3]

Great thanks connmanx. I appreciate your advice.

 

[5h4rkbyt3]

er coonmanx, sorry.

 

[trents]

Shouldn't make any difference although on some boards one of the SATA ports is reserved for PATA compatibility or IDE mode in case there were problems runnning a SATA drive in AHCI mode. SATA drives plugged to that port might see a performance penalty. That was probably a transition technology, however, and may not be found on the newest generation of boards.

 

[Headstand]

Personally, I use SATA0 for boot disk, SATA1 and SATA2 for BD/CD/DVD drives, then SATA3, SATA4 and SATA5 for storage disks.