ide ahci ?

[OCIR]

HI all I NEED TO ASK A ? WHEN I FIRST BUILT MY COMP I PUT MY HDD IN THE SATA 3 6GIG PORT ITS A WD HDD 1 TB 64 MEG CASH SATA 3 6 GIG. BUT IN THE BIOS I LEFT IT IN IDE MODE. so my ? is can i chang it to AHCI IN THE BIOS ? WELL THERE BE A DIFFERENCE IN PERFORMANCE? AND IS IT THAT SIMPLE TO ? THANKS I AM LEARNING ALL THIS STUFF THE BEST I CAN AND THIS FORUM IS THE BEST I HAVE SEEN

 

[logicearth]

WELL THERE BE A DIFFERENCE IN PERFORMANCE?

Not really no. But do this, turn off CAPS LOCK.

 

[OCIR]

sorry about caps our work comps have to have caps on at all times for work stuff after 2 yrs of this i just over look caps sorry

 

[Sardonicus]

You can enable AHCI in the registry, then switch from IDE to AHCI in the Bios.
Performance varies, but don't expect a huge performance bump as only SSD's really benefit from SATA III.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/61869-ahci-enable-windows-7-vista.html