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| Thread ID: 123019 | 2012-01-28 03:28:00 | New PC needed. Looking for a good supplier of components | mchaggis (16202) | Press F1 |
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| 1256375 | 2012-02-13 23:59:00 | Thanks guys. I think I'm getting an idea of what I can get for the budget. Looks like I'm better to go i5, Z68 and SSD as the best preformace v cost option? On a slightly different note since the talk has turned to SSD's. I have an older system that is running 2 x SATA 2 drives. One of the Seagate drives has failed (something to do with firmware???) and the second Seagate drive to OK at present but..... I just put a new 500Gb WD Blue drive in it and was looking to install a SSD as the OS drive with the WD as the data drive. Question.... The MB supports SATA 2. Will a SATA 6Gb/s drive work? What else is needed? i.e. 3.5 to 2.5 adaptor? Special cables? etc. |
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| 1256376 | 2012-02-14 00:56:00 | If a mobo supports SATA 2 (but not SATA 3), it'll still work. But you'll have to change a jumper. And it wont run at SATA 3 speed | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1256377 | 2012-02-14 03:05:00 | So should I some $$ and get a 3 Gb/s rather than the 6 Gb/s if the MB is going to restrict the speed? | mchaggis (16202) | ||
| 1256378 | 2012-02-14 07:29:00 | You mean sata 3 then sata 2. These days mobos with sata 3 arent too expensive. | Slankydudl (16687) | ||
| 1256379 | 2012-02-14 12:03:00 | You mean sata 3 then sata 2. These days mobos with sata 3 arent too expensive. No. I meant some SSD's are 3Gb/s and the dearer ones are 6Gb/s. i.e. Intel 320 v Intel 520. The older PC I already have has a SATA 2 MB in it. My question is... If the SATA 2 MB in my current PC is going to limit the speed of the SSD is there any point paying more for a 6Gb/s SSD? |
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