SSD Sata 2 - whats the point of the 'better' drives on this?

[SurreyNorthern]

HI all,

In a quandary here...

I have a bunch of machines, that could do with a performance boost.

On the assumption all are Sata-II .........

1. One is a linux box (Vostro V130 maxed at 4GB, w/500GB HDD), given this is almost a test box and SATA2... is there any benefit in throwing anything other than say a Kingston A400/ Crucial BX in it? I have a second one (my main laptop running W10) that I did throw an MX500 in!

2. Old desktop running a P5K-E motherboard with an E2160... Yep, no doubting the SATA in this one, and indeed the spec on the Asus site says its Sata 3gb spec. https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5KEWIFIAP/

This is actually running the usual office stuff, plus some dev stuff..... tempted to throw an 860 or MX500 in this, but is it worth it?? (based on the fact I might actually replace this with a refurb Dell desktop or HP ex-office possibly...)

3. HP Laptop Pavilion which I think is a G6 of some flavour (Currys/PCWorld flavour) of approx 6 years vintage. There is a possibility this may be SATA 3'd (but then I could be wrong - how to check)?, and as it is the machine of SWMBO and she complains of performance issues.. already maxed out on RAM.

Opinions of the SSD route for these, taking into account benefits or otherwise...

Thanks!!

 

[Disco_P]

After a motherboard upgrade I had my Samsung 830 SSDs plugged into sata 2 for a year and didn't realise until I ran a benchmark. Plugged them into the right ports and it wasn't noticable. Sata 3 only offers benefits to sequential reads and writes.

 

[SurreyNorthern]

Ok, so the question then becomes - is it still worth chucking in a 'high end' SSD such as 860s/MX500s over the lesser SSDs...

Ona SATA2, does the performance difference of the MX500 over the BX500 show even in the SATA2 environment - warranty period aside

 

[Disco_P]

Outside of benchmarks I doubt you'd even notice the difference on sata 3.

However I greatly value warranty, I'd pay extra for 5 years over 3. It shows the manufacturer has more faith that the drive won't go bad plus you won't have to get your wallet out in the unlikely case of failure in years 4 and 5 of it's life.