Which drives on which SATA ports?

[Neon01]

Hi all, I recently picked up a couple new drives - an 80 GB intel G2 SSD (system) and a 750 GB WD Black (storage). So these are on top of my other 500 GB seagate HDD and SATA DVD Burner.

I have an Abit IP35 Pro MB with six SATA ports in groups of two.

My question is, does it matter which goes on which (like it used to with PATA slave and master). Right now I have the following, but I'm not sure if its optimal:

Port - Drive
1/2 - X-25M/None
3/4 - WD Black 750/Seagate 500
5/6 - SATA DVD Burner/None

How does that look? Thanks

 

[keenan]

Doesn't matter. Some motherboards will use the SATA ports on the add-on IDE controller as well, and these tend to be pretty poor quality. Often used for eSATA (as on your board), but sometimes you'll see them on the motherboard as well. In your case though all 6 internal SATA are provided by the ICH, and all 6 will perform the same.