new ssd drive

cellpack · 12 Sep 2012 at 14:34

Hi All,

I am looking at purchasing a new ssd drive, however my motherboard only supports sata 2, would it be benificial to purchase a sata 3 ssd and a sata 3 pci-e card?

Thanks

wazza300 · 12 Sep 2012 at 14:37

what board is it? add in cards have poorer controllers,there arnt any intel sata3 controlled add in cards as far as im aware,the best option is to still buy a sata3 ssd and install it on the intel sata2 ports

youd see around 250mb read/write,not full 500+ read/write but it would still be faster than any mechanical hdd

cellpack · 12 Sep 2012 at 17:04

its a GA-EX58-UD5 I was looking at possibly upgrading slightly, but trying to hold off for a little

wazza300 · 12 Sep 2012 at 18:14

id wait,or just buy a sata3 ssd and stick it on the intel sata2 ports,i have that board also besides my z68

cellpack · 13 Sep 2012 at 13:55

thanks I have been looking at the samsung 830 is that any good?

thanks

wazza300 · 13 Sep 2012 at 14:14

yes the samsung will do you fine,go for the cheapest option,they are all the same drive apart from the bundled accessories

cellpack · 13 Sep 2012 at 17:13

thanks so if i went for the laptop version and just got a desktop bracket that would suffice? cheers

wazza300 · 13 Sep 2012 at 17:28