Quick Question on which SATA port to use

[rcoops72]

Hey everyone. I just finished my new build and the PC is running well! But I want to make sure I am using the right SATA data ports for my setup.

I have a Asus H170
i5-6600
Samsung 850 EVO (OS Win 10 and recovery)
WD Black HDD (Music, photos, data, games, etc..)
16 GIGs RAM
BR/DVD Drive

I read through the manual and I honestly do not really understand SATA express etc... So right now I have the SSD data cable plugged into SATA port 3 and the HDD cable plugged into SATA 4.
I have the BR/DVD plugged into SATA 5

Is this correct for best performance for my new setup?

OR does it not matter since all ports are Sata 6 gbit so they will all perform the same???

Link to MB Manual (English)

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb...only.pdf?_ga=1.113658624.646831937.1481067151

 

[Valantar]

OR does it not matter since all ports are Sata 6 gbit so they will all perform the same???

Correct.

Also, SATA Express is a whole different interface, which effectively transfers PCIe x2 over a cable. There isn't a single drive on the market supporting it, nor will there probably ever be. It was dethroned and replaced by m.2 even before it was launched.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Is the 850 EVO an M.2 NVMe card, or is it an SATA SSD? I would think that model would only come in SATA, and the M.2 would still be SATA with SATA performance.

Some boards -- mine for starters -- share bandwidth between an installed M.2 NVMe drive and the SSD connected to the first enumerated SATA port on the motherboard (either Port 0 or Port 1, however designated.)

If I use an M.2 together with an SATA SSD, I'll cable the SSD to the next unshared port (#2, whatever) and configure the M.2 under the M.2 selection in the BIOS.

 

[rcoops72]

Thank you both! Mine is the "SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 500GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-75E500B/AM" not the M.2

So based on what I read above I am good to go with where they are plugged in now. Thank you again!