Compliant with Serial ATA 3.0 specification, backward compatible with SATA 2.0 SATA 1.0; PCI-Express v 2.0 compliant, backward compatible with PCI-Express v 1.0.
Supports communication speeds of 6.0 Gbps, 3.0 Gbps and 1.5 Gbps; supports Gen 1i, Gen 1x, Gen 2i, Gen 2m, Gen 2x, and Gen 3i.
Supports AHCI 1.0 mode and IDE mode, native command queue (NCQ), FIS based on port multiplier switch or command switching and hot plug.
Compatible with SATA6G, 3G and 1.5G hard drives.
User with SATA 3.0 data cable for best results.