SATA Explanation - Ports, Cables, Controllers, Motherboards - What You Need to Know NCIX Tech Tips

Today Linus walks you through the evolution of the SATA standard and the advantages that exist from upgrading from SATA1 to SATA2 or SATA3.

[@xadrach]

This guy might be big one day. He's got good tech tips

[@cameronnnnnn]

Ya, we would call his YT channel... ✨Linus Tech Tips✨

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[@thetruthexperiment]

Hahahaha

[@thetruthexperiment]

Wow, they talked about air flow 10 years ago

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@Zenovia talk about ironic.

[@Dan-rt6bc]

Woahh Linus looked same for 9 years until a beard is grown

[@chugs1984]

omg - Linus is an imortal! A highlander!

Watching this in 2022 it's just like as if I were in a time machine! From a humble beggining for today's success! It makes me so proud of Linus, man! He never gave up!

[@naviddaneshvaran5411]

Thanks, This guy explains with a lot of passion. I appreciate that.

[@tcv_sacred734]

it’s linus afterall

[@ulanos]

I’m legitimately retarded u realise that this comment was made 1 yr ago?

[@Rayyan-if9xg]

Linus is looking like a teenager here 😂

[@piezku]

He always is :D

[@tonyc8925]

probaby still a virgin that time

[@ARat7777]

He still does

[@brusher.production]

Yeah, except his voice still hasnt changed lol

[@yahiryellow1]

nigga look like the ShamWow guy

[@jody024]

LINUS do a new video on this

[@DragonProtector]

agreed and still got ide only system

[@PAULAJSCOTT]

You are an outstanding teacher! I love it that I have to pause it every once in a while to catch up--that is rare. Usually when I try to learn stuff on KZbin I have to fast forward to find the ten percent or so of the video that is actually educational. You're a breath of fresh air: you don't waste any time and I bet you've taught more people more efficiently than just about anybody else on KZbin. Thanks for being so generous with your knowledge, and so respectful of your students' time. One a scale of one to five I give you six stars. Thanks again.

[@jacoboikv]

Linus, you did it again, you helped me solve a tech problem with a video older than my nephew

[@Silverado1st]

7yrs and still relevant! Great vid, very informative.

[@bobalue49]

Very informative.Thank You for speaking in a loud clear intelligent voice.

[@TurboLoveTrain]

I just watched an entire 10 minute video on SATA cables and it was worth every minute.

[@ejayasaula]

My new built computer say "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key." What is the problem? I dont have any OS disc yet but is it gonna be fix when I installed windows

[@robertmoyse448]

I don't know, put the disc in?

[@amirmohammadjalili2676]

After many years still a great and useful video for noobs like me who are trying to understand the history of computers.Thank you very much Linus

[@tatelidgard5647]

Gotta love the windows vista screen in the background

[@L2REVOLT]

Excellent show. I'm sure people learned a lot =) Thanks Linus

[@jimmykelley883]

Outstanding presentation! Thanks!

[@mdchowdhury3874]

Wow man, I enjoyed your entire video bud. good job

[@coleture]

This really helped and made it easy to understand!

[@Yaqub818]

Great Video , Thank you so much for taking your time , and go back in time. What a breakdown you did. OUTSTANDING VIDEO !! Thanks again for using correct terms!

[@marks372]

Great explanations about SATA Cables. Bravo! Man! Keep doing it! You are great!

[@joseespinosa7500]

Your awesome Linus! Even till this day this video is still holds up. You pretty much covered all my questions....lol.

[@cameronscott6338]

He's treating those motherboards how I treat my meat

[@martinwest4980]

Cameron Scott he wasn't jerking those boards

[@mauricobian]

He didn't tenderize them though.

[@tomatotom984]

Smol

[@drakeboolin]

hehehe that was funny lol hehehehahaha

[@billys7519]

Is that windows Vista on the TV in the background....

[@szabiakanich]

Great video. I just subscribed. You're doing a great job at explaining things. Keep it up.

[@jlh5995]

Hey NCIX - thank you for taking the time and effort to product this excellent, easy to understand and follow, video tutorial on SATA I, II & III, and SAS, cable usage and terminology. Keep up the good work!

[@hornedowl_]

Rip

[@ttropicalgamer6634]

ncix went bankrupt rip

[@bmanishap]

Very informative. Thank you !!

[@bru-ri5es]

i dont think htis guy has noticed this video is 9 years old and that person is actually linus tech tips

[@muhammadimanbindeni8018]

@@bru-ri5es yeah I think so too

[@iamthestormthatisapproaching69]

@@bru-ri5es i don't think this user has even noticed the comment

[@ronnieballs8145]

I left this video with the original question still in my head. So... much... information!

[@Mechwiz1]

Great job. I needed to know about those standards as I am running a net Cafe here. My equipment will be ready for upgrade and you video will help me in my buying and installation decisions. Thanks so much.

[@dranavaque91]

Breaks old SATA port durring demonstration on purpose to show frailty because it is ancient.

[@ralanham76]

It was Ancient in 2011 !!

[@marcuslin5019]

Hello Linus, need help for the safety issue of using MOLEX 4PIN to SATA power connecter............I bought a computer with an outside PSU brick so if I want to get one more SSD into the system I need to use an adapter to utilize the on-board 4 PIN molex to supply power to the SSD. However, I heard that the molex 4pin to SATA cable catches fire frequently (please kindly google "SATA connector burn", all of them are this kind of adapter cables, which has only 4 wires instead of 5)..............can I get some professional opinion from you guys about this 4pin to sata adapter? Silverstone is still selling it, does is mean it's still reliable?

[@marventoma7834]

Very well explained Linus!! You deserve a subscriber

[@elijahmant2855]

Interesting. Clearly explained.Thanks, man.

[@BloodScatter]

Nice info. I will never get confused know. Thank you!

[@dylanr13]

So will i need a sata power cable for my hard drive?

[@dimjim2365]

Thank you. Awesome video and clarification.

[@LukeLGK]

Great video! Keep them comin! Slow down! No hurry on video!

[@csndco]

Thank you for you time, this was well done.

[@Fallbackonus]

P67A-UD4! I have one sitting next to me thanks to your unboxing all those months ago :). Cheers Linus!

[@justrosy5]

Thank you! I'm still confused about the SATA cabling for my DVD drive. It came with only the data cable, but not the power cable. Will the power cable come with the power supply (not yet purchased)? Or will I have to purchase the SATA power cable separately, and if so, does that also plug into the motherboard to draw power through that from the power supply, or does it connect directly to the power supply? It's been over 20 years since I did a build, and was used to the "Master/Slave" IDE cables. Since that's gone, now I have to learn a lot of stuff "over-again-for-the-first-time." Help?

[@Mintor94]

Very informative video, greetings from 2021

[@alex-clydecomputerservices1306]

Excellent video. Found it very clear and informative.

[@GenDrag1]

What an intelligent young man, great work!

[@ragefuel6285]

Nice history lesson! Introducing about Sata 6.0 gb/s. Bet you never thought we'd still be stuck on this 8 years later.

[@kso35]

HIGHLY EDUCATIONAL. thANK YOU LINUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@yashs100]

this video brought me back to the time of RIBBON cables.

[@obfuscated3090]

True, but those fuckers were durable!

[@muratpolat3312]

you are very informative, thank you.

[@learningtimewithjoy]

Thank you for making this video. I am preparing for the CompTIA A+ certification and this video helped me understand SATA.

[@codyback1980]

+Joy Parker Same here! haha

[@florinfriedwalsky5709]

Linus as a young guy,long time,jesus 9 years pas and its still the best

[@BF3blackstar2e]

So... Whats the biggest length a sata cable can be?

[@AeonFlexMusic]

ok yeah u answered my question at the end of the vid thanks, pretty solid explanations

[@MeeMoo220]

Great video! So helpful. Talk about SCSIs next!

[@ChromeDeathPunch]

i had no clue SAS exsisted...... til now... thank you for the info

[@diyye4585]

watching this video in 2020, still learned a lot of things

[@follow_rallo2009]

Damn Linus been on his hustle a long ass time. Props.

[@Iamgercornholio]

Didnt tell me anything new, but still very well made and informative video!

[@hafengr]

I have a major issue and I am in search of ideas to solve it. I have connected a red Sata Cable to the Sata 1 connector on the motherboard but found it to be to short for use. I tried to pull out the cable but the plastic clip is not working and is not allowing the two small locking tabs to free themselves from the holes to allow the freedom of the cable to be pulled out. I have tried poking at them with several different items and even tried to use needle nose pliers to attempt to squeeze the tab in far enough to disengage the locks. All have failed me. Any suggestions from anyone??? I follow Linus avidly on your tube so fire away at resolutions here.

[@FioryFox]

i did my upgrade to an vertex just because of you and your amazing explanation unboxing and reviewing thing like bord's and ssd's

[@loydb]

Great info.... Keep up the good work!

[@staxoffunk1863]

hi just purchased a used machine that has several esata ports on back. I have about 10ide pata 120 to 300gb drives with data to access what cable(s) do i need to purchase and will i be able to quickly plug them up as needed to review \ access contents

[@kurtlittlewood4279]

Excellent, but what about 12v and 5v power delivery? do the sata cables do this? help please

[@AeonFlexMusic]

so in terms of connection speed, if i wanted to connect an external hard drive via sata III, it would be a faster connection than say, a USB 2/3.0 interface?

[@buddyroach]

so i can connect multiple IDES to one esata? i was wanting to build a tower or box that holds 10 IDE hard drives with its own power supply which allows you to connect them to a PC via esata. because motherboards these days either dont support IDEs at all or only have 2 IDE ports at most.

[@AeonFlexMusic]

so what was the purpose of docking the sata II connections onto the side of the motherboard? for eSata connectivity much like a USB or external storage device?

[@mikebreler9724]

I have one Sata 3 controller port on my mother board. I need a second one. Can I a breakout splitter with to do it or do I need to use some sort of card which will improve over a Sata ii but not as fast as the Sata 3 on mother board? Thanks

[@80sbreaker]

i have a shuttle Xpc version FH-67 what do i use the E-sata / USB in front of the pc for can i connect a bare external harddrice or what do i use it for

[@MythWarpathIX]

Im confused af. Im about to get an SSD, and i want to connect it to my SATA 3 Port Gb/s. Do i specifically need a a Sata 3 cable that supports 6Gb/s? Or can i just take a normal cable?

[@dannyk6550]

A "SATA 3 Port" is 6Gb/s.....A "SATA 3Gb/s Port" is a SATA 2 Port. But the cables are cheap and backwards compatible (meaning a SATA 3 cable will work with a SATA 2 or SATA 1 device) so just snag a SATA 3 (6Gb/s) cable or two. And check where you'll hook it up to see if straight-angle or right-angle is best!

[@janellebarbour4565]

Where can i find a duel SATA2 board connector like the one you showed on the board? I am having a very hard time fining them. Thank you

[@marvlb]

Very informative, learned a lot; however, could not understand what the controller card at the end of videos was called! Are you saying "staff card"?

[@Lysander-Spooner]

Very nice presentation.

[@RobertLaTuso]

Which is a good PCIe card for adding extra 3.0 SATA ports for installing a Western Digital Black 7200 rpm (6 Gb/s) HDD?

[@ShotAllowed]

Thanks very helpful

[@ayidn.h]

Lovely explanation and informative

[@BattousaiHBr]

is there an adapter that lets you link 2 of them into a single SSD to bump the upper limit of the drive to 6 gb/s? or at least faster than 3gb/s sucks to have a sata 3 gb/s mobo and a 840 pro.

[@oKacz]

My Corsair h150i requires this out of the commander core. It will not power on. I believe it is hooked to sata 4 wire instead of 5. Would that affect anything?

[@joshuaprice4675]

Can I use SATA on my CD/DVD rom drive and keep the other existing (IDE) cables until I upgrade them to SATA?

[@rfrancoi]

VERY impressive and information. I'm definitely subscribing to your channel. Thank you.

[@MonkeyBlueAss]

Smart young man ! Congratulations !

[@justinlivermore3956]

So I'm building my first pc and do I need sata cables for a hard drive and an optical drive?

[@T34MKILL4]

handy stuff there .thanks for the info.

[@stephenpimley5619]

absolutely fascinating stuff

[@winxxxxxx9]

nice review linus!! thX

[@sam477251]

Hi Linus, that explains a lot, need little help, I have a intel dh67bl motherboard+ core i7 2600 and wd caviar green 2tb sata /64mb cache problem is I am not able to install any OS on this HDD when pluged in any sata port.

[@abhishek7398]

very good video. thank you for such useful video.

[@stevoofd]

This was so helpful, thank you! I’m going to hunt down a nice 2TB hard drive to connect to my motherboard. I have one question though, atm I have 2 hard drives and 1 optical drive connected to 3 of the four SATA connectors coming out of the motherboard. (Sata2_0 - sata2_3). I have however only one set of cables running from the Powerbox to the hard drives with only 2 sata connectors to supply power, but I would like to install 3 hard drives at once, does that mean I need a new powerbox? I also have a sata connector in the cable set running from the powerbox to the optical drives, but if I disconnect that one I lose my optical drive. Thanks for the help!

[@abdulwahabghulammuhanmad3758]

I guess you'll need a new one (not that I know that you do), but it's better safe than sorry. So, I'd suggest you to not buy online (that is if you are). After the current pandemic, I say you take help from a certified computer tech (in person). Hope I could help :)

[@rachaelranney4746]

Do you do hardware only vids, or do you also do programming ones?

[@wstewkim]

Very informative and easy to understand. I just purchased a replacement DVD drive for my older tower and did not realize it was a SATA interface. I can return it or get a SATA to IDE bridge port for around $20. The DVD drive only cost that much umh!

[@UnawareBlaire]

I'm thinking of getting SATA III 6.0 GB/s Hard Drive for recording... 1080p Fraps specifically, would that work? Or should I plan on getting a RAID configuration? I would hope 60 FPS footage wouldn't slow the drive down, causing frame drops...

[@bwan32]

young linus, classic

[@Lordpiranja]

i have old asus p5qld pro only sata3gb. can i put ssd disk sata3 in to sata? will work or not???

[@i_hate_google_]

i have an old motherboard p5bvm and it has 1 port that says SATA_RAID1 does that mean I can connect multiple hdd to it in raid 1?

[@VishalKSingh-dc1cv]

There's a molex female connector on my 2.5 hdd along with SATA... The SATA data connector is rusted But what is the molex connector for exactly can I use it for data transfer and how to use it?

[@willempjebelgie]

very good channel thanks helps a lot

[@danrevarevalo2836]

hey idol i have a question, i am using a intel motherboard gigabyte with only 4 slot for sata cables can i use a adapter so that i can use 6 data storage without any problems causing the motherboard. tia

[@kyprosyoyo]

i have the asrock p55 deluxe3.it has sata3.i can use the sata cable that have in the box to connect my sat3 hard drive on the motherboard or i need other cable?

[@PyroChimp75]

Great tutorial/s mate! thanks!

[@UltimateRush658]

Hi Linus, I recently tried building my pc.. i purchased a z170 gaming motherboard (Asus), 2 8 GB Ripjaws, Corsair RM 850 power supply, etc.. The thing is I wasnt able to even reach the BIOS.. My motherboard lights turned on, my cooler fan was spanning and graphics card's fan was spinning. Though both fans from GPU and cooler only spun for just a few secs before turning off.. I also had some beeping happening where I would have like 2 beeps ( one long, one short). Any chance you could help me out with this?

[@Knuxsega]

Thanks LINUS!! Love ya man

[@TheAngriestGamer.]

will a SAS controller let me install a SAS drive to my mainly seta 3 gaming PC?

[@hazzardpt]

Linus what about RAID? Is there any benefit from having a SATA6Bbit vs a SATA3Gbit? when running ie: 2 disks in raid 0?

[@Miguelb772]

@killforpie is it not worth buying one then? my hard drive is only 5400rpm, would I not get a big performance increase?