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| 1289823 | 2012-07-21 10:36:00 | I am planning on getting a Intel 330 120Gb SSD which is a SATA III drive . My mobo is GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-UD4P which is SATA II . Will this sdd work on this mobo . I am guessing it will . How much of performance difference will i see as opposed to having this drive on a SATA III mobo or just getting a SATA II SSD ? Anything else i should be aware of . Thanks |
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| 1289824 | 2012-07-21 10:46:00 | Perhaps slightly throttled transfer speeds? Realistically though you should still see a large increase due to the removal of the mechanical parts, so it would still be well worth it. | 8ftmetalhaed (14526) | ||
| 1289825 | 2012-07-21 13:24:00 | Yeah it'll work fine but at a max speed of 4gbps. It's a minor difference. If you have a SATA3 motherboard, that's great, but SATA2 will do just fine for now, as most current SSDs are barely just faster than SATA2. |
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| 1289826 | 2012-07-22 07:15:00 | Thanks guys for the advice. I will go that route then | learning (5137) | ||
| 1289827 | 2012-07-22 08:59:00 | Yeah, it will be a mssive improvement over a mechanical drive, but you'll definitely be capping the SSDs performance with SATA2. The 330 series can hit about 450 - 500MB/sec transfer rates, SATA2 an sustain ~300MB/sec. | inphinity (7274) | ||
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