Upgrading laptop from SATA 2 to SATA 3

Question

I'm trying to upgrade my Sony Vaio Fit Laptop with a SATA 3 SSD. My laptop however can only support up to SATA 2. Is there a feasible way of upgrading SATA 2 to SATA 3? I know SATA 3 is backwards compatible but I want to utilize a new SSD to its maximum potential.

Thanks,

Solution

Your SATA controller on your laptop is part of the motherboard. Yes, your new SSD will work, but at SATA-II speeds (3 gbps). I have run SSDs in SATA-II ports before and although you do not get the full SATA-III experience (6 gbps), they are still faster and more reliable than traditional hard drives.

Comments

[Frank Thomas]

No, not without replacing the motherboard, which is infeasible with most laptops. If you can find a motherboard for that model of laptop's chasis there is a slim possibility that you can swap it out (its quite difficult but doable on many models of laptop), but thats a lot of if's. you may be introducing incompatibilities with existing components like the screen, RAM, audio, wifi, etc. All that said, Sata3 disks are backward compatible with Sata2 buses.