Can you put a SATA 2 drive into a SATA3 slot?

Can you put a SATA 2 drive into a SATA3 slot? sata 3 slot GIGABYTE solution offers considerably faster storage performance and support for both PCIe and SATA interfaces* for SSD devices * Supports only sata 3 slot You would probably need to use the PCIe slot if you have one free, but I simply don't know if the bus is fast enough

sata 3 slot SATA II SATA III : SATA III SATA Slot on Motherboard

sata slot You have 3 choices: You need swivel type or right angle SATA cables Change to a Short Half Height or Single slot GPU Swap the 2 slot is populated, two SATA Gbs ports are disabled Skuttleduffy 3 years 10 months ago first build, havent even gotten the parts yet so