Advice needed on an upgrade

[Rhodan]

I am wanting to upgrade my SATA hard drive to a SSD drive, either the Sandisk Extreme SSD or the Samsung 830 SSD.

The motherboard I have, Asus P7P55D-E PRO, says it has the following:

Intel® P55 Express Chipset built-in
6 xSATA 3.0 Gb/s ports
Intel Matrix Storage Technology Support RAID 0,1,5,10
JMicron® JMB363 PATA and SATA controller
1 xUltraDMA 133/100/66 for up to 2 PATA devices
1 xExternal SATA 3Gb/s port
1 xSATA 3Gb/s port (black)
Marvell® PCIe SATA6Gb/s controller:
- 2 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports (Gray)

Does anyone know if the above Marvell 6Gb/s controller has any compatibility issues or if its going to offer decent performance with the Sandisk Extreme SSD or Samsung 830 SSD?

 

[the1gooner]

Even on sata 2 going from a mechanical hd to an ssd is going to be a massive improvement in load times and os responsiveness.

Not sure about the compatibility with that controller but not heard of any troubles either. You can be assured though of very good performance.

The Samsung 830 is a great buy but get them while you can.

 

[Reedweaver]

Did you get the Samsung 830? I have the same motherboard and SSD. If you want me to help let me know...