mSATA vs 'normal' ssd

[Uther]

OK I'm a complete newbie as far as ssd drives are concerned. Having just got a Gigabyte board that can use an mSATA drive, is there any point using this over a normal ssd?

 

[wazza300]

use a regular ssd,msata are limited on some boards to sata2 speeds and disable sata port 5 when in use,they are handy if your limited for space or sata ports

otherwise stick to a regular ssd

 

[BarKeep]

You don't specify the board but on my z77 ud5 the msata is sata2 so saa3 is up to 2x faster depending on the ssd of course.

 

[Uther]

Thanks wazza!
Board is a Z68AP DS3.

 

[Deleted member 138126]

It all depends. The mSATA Lite-On SSD in my latest laptop outperforms the regular SATA Crucial C300 SSD in my desktop (plugged into a SATA 2 port).