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Hello! Can i set up SSD with sata 3 in my 2010 imac? or it will be working with just sata 2 and 3Gb/s? Will the difference be between Wd 7200 drive and this ssd with sata 2? Thank you!
Your are correct EveryMac says it’s likely a SATA II, so, a SATA III drive would be backward compatible at the lower speed. If this answer was helpful please remember to return and mark it Accepted.
Hi Most of the SSD / HDD are backwards compatible - as the manufacturer always promises backwardfs compatibility, it is not a must in practice ;-) I installed a Kingston 240 GB Sata 6 GB to my Mac 2009 with C2D processor and Sata 3 GB and noticed a slight increase in speed, but more in agility. I measured around 100 MB/s while constantly writing … the same disc in a i7 Mac with Sata 6 GB does 490 MB/s in the same test. This will be the main difference. Regards, Stone
