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SoildSnake

SoildSnake

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I am thinking of buying these three times; the PCI card since my Asus P5Q Pro Turbo does not have sata 3.

1) Are they all compatible with each other? The card does not seem to support my board; according to the website but a lot fo people are using it with other boards.

2) Also i read about how you need a sandybrdige system/mobo in order to gain the best performance from the SSD is this true? What kind of performance could i expect with my P5Q with the card?

3) Is this the best card to get; i want something good / compatible; I'm assuming the controller type etc is important when using a SSD

4) Any thoughts on the Segate; no more issues with their drive failing? Sound? Performance?

OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-071-OC

Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (ST2000DL003)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-244-SE

Asus U3S6 USB3.0 & SATA 6Gbps PCI-Express Controller Card
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CC-000-AS

Thanks
 
Actually, SATA 6 Gbps ports would make the Vertex 3 significantly faster but speeds you'd get with that add-on card wouldn't be as good as with the new Intel controllers (which come with Sandy Bridge, hence "you need an SB mobo to gain best performance").
 
So firstly the card is compatible with my mobo then?

What percentage of performance could i expect with the vertex three when using just my sata 2 mobo and the sata 3 PCI card, whould it be much better than a vertex TWO?

Thanks guys
 
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In your Asus P5Q Pro Turbo mainboard adding a second PCIe card (I'm assuming you've only got 1 graphics card in) will drop your graphics card from 16x to 8x. Now that might be only a few % slower but it's there.

Running the Vertex 3 with the adaptor card you will get close to the stated specs; running it from the mainboard you should get c285MB/s, i.e. the limit of SATA 3Gb/s (aka SATA II) and roughly the same speed as the Vertex 2E.

If you're planning to update your mainboard (and CPU and RAM etc) soon to one that supports SATA 6Gb/s or get the adaptor card and take the performance hit on your GPU then the Vertex 3 makes more sense, otherwise the Vertex 2E will be significantly cheaper for the same speed when plugged into your Asus P5Q Pro Turbo.

Edit: I'm asking myself the same question at the moment; I need to add another SSD but don't feel that updating my system to a 6Gb/s SATA mainboard (I've got a P5Q Deluxe) makes sense as I just don't believe the difference between 285MB/s and 500MB/s is going to be that noticeable in the real world. With the Vertex 3 due in the next week or two I expect further price reductions of the Vertex 2E despite the fact that the Bigfoot is already in This Week Only.
 
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Thanks for the detailed response.

It sucks that i would get a GPU impact so i will probably avoid doing it.

I still would like the vertex three; remembering that right now i would only have vertex 2 speeds since connected stright into MB but once i buy a new PC i can stick that in for sata 3 speeds; especially since no point updating the MB, CPU etc just for that... might as well buy a new PC! Or as you suggested i may see what prices the bigfoot goes to; i tried a vertex 2 before and the difference over my raptor is not much for my needs

One final question; if i put a different esata and/or USB3 PCI card onto my motherboard would my GPU also take a performance hit; is there a way to avoid this?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CC-005-SR&groupid=701&catid=49&subcat=424

Thanks again
 
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If you plug anything into a PCIe slot it will take you down to 8x on your GPU on that mainboard. The difference might only be single figures %; I don't know as I haven't tried it.
 
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