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.