What is the difference between 3g and 6g drives

Log In. New Discussion. SAS 6G vs. New Member. Hello Disk Experts! A few questions for you regarding SAS 6G vs. The 3G is more of an important factor with certain chipset MacBook Pro and others.. Whats a "kit"? Is he buying Mavs So I'll continue to suggest them. I have Mavs on a couple sticks. Fritz, One thing to factor about future proofing is your buddy may not be able to take the SSD and install it in a newer Mac. These days, I don't think it is wise to assume a newer machine will have a user replaceable drive in it.

Apple may make it so difficult to swap out a drive that it isn't worth it. But, the drive will always be able to be throw into a enclosure and used with a newer Mac.

JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Fritz Well-Known Member. Apr 6, 2, Been doing some in depth comparisons today and I can't really see a difference. Could it be compatibility with drives larger than 2TB or am I missing something else?

Feb 15, 7, 1, CA. Reactions: DavidRa. Thread starter tankman Start date Mar 16, Joined Aug 21, Messages Joined May 11, Messages Difference is how much bandwidth you can push through the pipe.

Of course you'll need a SAS controller and meant to be raided if you really want to benefit from it. Joined Jan 4, Messages Joined Jan 3, Messages Generally, the difference between 3G and 6G for a single rotating disk, doesn't matter much. But most sas installations use an expander, and then you will be using many disk on normally 4 connections.