SATA 3 support on either Elite 7200 or Elite 7300?

[rhaanappel]

The motherboards on the Elite 7200 and Elite 7300 use the Intel H67 chipsets which should support SATA 3 but none of the HP documentation can confirm this.  I would like to take full advantage of a high-end SSD, which means using a motherboard that supports SATA 3 (6Gb/s transfer).

Does anyone know whether these or any other HP PCs support SATA 3?

[AOG]

Hi,

According to the specifications NO its not supporting 6Gb/s 

see the link

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=za&taskId=120&prodSeriesId=...

check the blue notes, its says the intel H67 does not support 6Gb/s speed

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

No, the 7200 doesn't support the 6.0 GB/S transfer rate according to the quickspecs.

See the 7200 quickspecs below, page 4.

* Because the Intel H67 chipset does not support SATA 6.0Gb/s, these hard drives will operate at

3.0Gb/s on HP Elite 7200

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/13999_emea/13999_emea.PDF

I can't find the same detailed info on the 7300 but it has the same chipset, so I would say no to that too.

The Elite 8200 does support SATA 3.  I have one, so I know.

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/13879_na/13879_na.PDF

Paul

[AOG]

I am surprised coz Intel H67 must support Sata 3 according to the specs

http://www.intel.com/Assets/PDF/prodbrief/324586.pdf

and if you check the link under storage section you will see 3.5-inch, 7200-rpm, 6.0-Gb/s SATA hard drive (NCQ, SMART):3 

[Paul_Tikkanen]

I see what you mean regarding the Intel info, but HP is specifically stating that the SATA 3 drives will only run at SATA 2 speeds.

I wonder if HP is wrong on this one...

[hisdudeness]

Hi all,

just asked this question in the german HP community and got the following response on 07/13/2011:

english translation:

"The SATA Ports on the HP Elite 7300 have a speed of 3.0 Gb/s.

Find further information here. 

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/14106_div/14106_div.HTML"

original message: 

Die vorhanden SATA Anschlüsse beim HP Elite 7300 haben eine Geschwindigkeit von 3.0 Gb/s.

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Produkt finden Sie unter der folgenden Seite:

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/14106_div/14106_div.HTML

Hope this helps.

cheers

Gerd

[AOG]

So in this case which manufacture controlling the sata port? Ports support sata 2, with chipset support sata 3?

That is silly

by the way... the link does not say the motherboard support Sata 2 only, it just giving and options of replacement