sata 2 to sata 3 worth it??

mrh2019

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Hi, I'm just about to upgarde my main pc, going in is I5-2300, Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9, ASUS P8P67 motherboard which has sata 3 sockets.
My old pc has OCZ Vertex 2 120gg which is sata 2, main drive.
Would i notice any difference in real terms in upgrading to a sata 3 drive.
Please note this is not a gaming rig and not the one in my sig.
Sorry if this has already been ask before.
Thanks in advance
 
Sata ii has a max speed of 300MB/s
Sata iii is 600MB/s

There are already many SSD's that run at over 500MB/s.

Whether you'd notice the speed increase, it's hard to tell.. Depends what you use it for I guess
 
If you yous the drive for sequential reads/writes (e.g. video editing) then you would notice a difference. If you use the drive for running OS (where random reads / writes play a crucial role) then you probably wouldn't notice difference as random reads / write speeds are typically safely below the speeds of SATA II 300MB/s.
 
Any reason for going for the i5 2300? Way better off going for the unlocked 2500k so you can overclock it. Youll get better benchmarks with sata3 but you wont really notice in day to day use.
 
IvanDobskey said:
Any reason for going for the i5 2300? Way better off going for the unlocked 2500k so you can overclock it. Youll get better benchmarks with sata3 but you wont really notice in day to day use.
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Thanks for all the advice, dont think i'll bother upgrading to Sata 3.
AS for the i5 2300 its not going in my gaming rig, just the main pc (not the pc in the sig below) just every day stuff so dont need it overclocked, its on 24/7 so need it quite and cool..
 
Sata 3 might help with copying large files. Audio Visual editing maybe. Most of the time its latency which matters more hence SSD is a quantum leap forward for most

What year did they start including it on motherboards btw
 
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