New Motherboard or Wait

[alexh173]

Basically I want to get an SSD, only one problem, My mobo only has Sata 2
As far as i'm aware I wont be able to run a SSD at its max speeds with sata 2.
Also the new Haswell chips appear to be coming out within a year so this leads me to thinking this: Do I upgrade my motherboard to one with Sata 3 or not?

 

[LukieBoy007]

I'd wait it out imo, and perhaps wait out buying the SSD too as a great deal may come along at some point.

 

[RJC]

What is your current motherboard.

 

[Armageus]

Basically I want to get an SSD, only one problem, My mobo only has Sata 2
As far as i'm aware I wont be able to run a SSD at its max speeds with sata 2.
Also the new Haswell chips appear to be coming out within a year so this leads me to thinking this: Do I upgrade my motherboard to one with Sata 3 or not.

Buy an SSD now anyway - yes you wont get huge transfer speeds, but it will still be a massive improvement over a hard drive as SATA2 will not limit the random access time.

Your SSD will carry across to your haswell build, a new board just for SATA3 is fairly pointless if you are planning on seeing how haswell turns out.

 

[alexh173]

What is your current motherboard.

My motherboard is the Asus P8H61-M

 

[RJC]

My motherboard is the Asus P8H61-M

I would not worry for the time being, i would highly doubt you would notice any performance difference

Just enjoy the speed of a ssd

 

[alexh173]

okay think I know what i'm going to do now lol thanks for the quick reply's!

 

[MagicBoy]

Just get the SSD. You'll still get blazing quick random access speeds and sequential transfers that are twice as quick as most spinny HDDs.

 

[Blue160]

I'm running a crucial M4 on a SATA II motherboard and it works great. Massively faster than a mechanical drive. Buy an SSD now, you won't regret it