New Board?

David Roberts · 1 Jun 2018 at 08:48

I’ve been thinking about upgrading my current HDD to ssd but when i realised that my mb is sata 2 this has put the dampers on things as I have read that this will cut the performance by half which defeats the object a bit.
Because funds are limited, the only option open would for me would be to find a sata 3 mb that can utilise my existing CPU and ram. My existing board is the MSI (micro star) 760GM-P23 FX. Does anyone know of a board that meets this requirement?

varkanoid · 1 Jun 2018 at 10:12

Or if you do not want the hassle just buy a cheap pci/pcie sata3 card if you have a spare slot on your motherboard

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/startech-2-port-sata-iii-6-gbps-pci-express-esata-controller-card-pe

David Roberts · 1 Jun 2018 at 14:13

Thanks for that. I didn't known that was an option that was open to me. Is there a particular type that I should go for, I noticed in the wording in your link PCI express, but the link goes to 404 error.

Dave

bremen1874 · 1 Jun 2018 at 14:17

He presumably meant this https://www.overclockers.co.uk/star...press-controller-card-pexsat32-cc-004-sr.html

You'll get most of the benefits of a SSD even on a SATA II port. It'll still be a very worthwhile upgrade and is worth trying before spending any extra money.

AETAaAS · 1 Jun 2018 at 14:19

Depending on your use case, SATAII would be fine, as the biggest benefits from going to an SSD (for daily tasks anyway) is from the improved random read times, and not from the bandwidth.

David Roberts · 1 Jun 2018 at 14:28

Just had a look at the spec for my board, regarding PCI slots it states:Number of Total Expansion Slots: 3 Number of PCI Slots: 1 PCI Express Standard: PCI Express 2.0 Total Number of PCI Express Slots: 2 Number of PCI Express x16 Slots.

I'm not sure that I understand the technicalities, which one should I be using?

Thanks again
Dave

AETAaAS · 1 Jun 2018 at 15:32

David Roberts said:
Just had a look at the spec for my board, regarding PCI slots it states:Number of Total Expansion Slots: 3 Number of PCI Slots: 1 PCI Express Standard: PCI Express 2.0 Total Number of PCI Express Slots: 2 Number of PCI Express x16 Slots.

I'm not sure that I understand the technicalities, which one should I be using?

Thanks again
Dave

I suggest; skip the expansion card for now, plug the SSD straight into your motherboard and give it a go, because you will get the majority of what you want with just that.

David Roberts · 1 Jun 2018 at 18:07

Thanks for all the helpful replies.