Hi there, Im hoping you fine fellows could possibly tell me if my current aging motherboard (Asus P7P55D-E) would be compatible with a Samsung 850 EVO SSD, I have googled this but there seems to be some confusion as some sources say it cant and others say it can but with limited performance, regards.
Help with SSD compatibility
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Yes it will just make sure you use the 6gb data as that will provide a faster bandwidth.
Source: asus support
Source: asus support
is it this mobo below?
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P7P55DE/overview/
it has 2 x Marvell sata 6 ports, with these controllers they are not able to reach the full speed of a SSD
i have a old x58 board and use my sata 2 ports and still noticed a big difference over a HDD.
you may find that the controller is better on your board than mine but something to keep in mind
currently on sata 2 ports i get a read and write of 270mb but will change when i upgrade at some point
when using my marvell controller the max i got was 400mb read and 250mb write, sata 2 ports where more reliable as using intel controller so stuck with them
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P7P55DE/overview/
it has 2 x Marvell sata 6 ports, with these controllers they are not able to reach the full speed of a SSD
i have a old x58 board and use my sata 2 ports and still noticed a big difference over a HDD.
you may find that the controller is better on your board than mine but something to keep in mind
currently on sata 2 ports i get a read and write of 270mb but will change when i upgrade at some point
when using my marvell controller the max i got was 400mb read and 250mb write, sata 2 ports where more reliable as using intel controller so stuck with them
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