ssd on AMD speed problems

[Memphis Raines]

I was running an intel core 2 P35 system and wanted to move to something newer more power efficient and with faster ports (sata3/usb3/ddr3)

I decided to go with AMD and a gigabyte 880 board.. with an X2 550


I read a lot about AMD chipsets being slower than intel esp with sandforce ssd controllers.. and i know to take benchmarks with a pinch of salt lol..

but i cant get past the numbers.. they are actually lower (apart from Atto) then the Sata2 intel board (which i cant find the benchmark pics for atm) but around 240 read and 200 write Seq. roughly..

I dont want/cant to go back as for 1, this system uses around 50% of the lekky the core2 did and it is generally quicker


Anyway, I am just looking at what options i have atm on a tight budget..
a, a newer/better AM3 mainboard? or b, give in and go over to intel i3/5

or c, get a different ssd better suited to the AMD chipset? (if there is one)

 

[Memphis Raines]

as pointed out, i was getting close to sata2 limits on my old board, and now i am getting slower speeds on a newer sata3 board

and other systems bench between 450 and 500MB seq read

 

[Memphis Raines]

tbh.. i dont like atto, as compressed data is no use to me.. If i copy to another ssd i only get around 150 - 180MB/sec.. on large files which is pretty dissapointing tbh