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post #1 of 13
3/4/11 at 12:39am
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I'm looking to buy an up and coming SSD that fully utilizes Sata 3 but my mobo only supports Sata 2. Which SATA 3.0 PCI expansion card is the best?

Help is definitely appreciated.
Edited by i7monkey - 3/4/11 at 12:42am
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post #2 of 13
3/4/11 at 5:06am
There's no PCI/PCIe SATA6 GB/s expansion card that's better than the Intel SATA6 GB/s unless you get into something decent/pricey.

I purchased an LSI 9240-4i card and it works well on my Crucial 256GB C300 drive.

It doesn't matter if you want/need RAID or not.

I couldn't find any SATA 6GB/s cards that were an improvement over an Intel ICH10.

Save your money for a new MB or prepare to spend @ 200.00.
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3/4/11 at 6:33am
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Save your money for a new MB or prepare to spend @ 200.00.
Really?

I guess I'm screwed. No point in buying a new MB for now, if I'm gonna buy one, I might as well save up for Ivy Bridge then, cause really, what's the point of buying a 1366 mobo only for sata 3.0?

Would it be stupid if I bought an OCZ Vertex 3 or a Crucial C400 and ran it with Sata 2? I think I'd lose around 100mb/s on most tasks, but would it still be worth it?
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post #4 of 13
3/4/11 at 6:40am
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Really?

I guess I'm screwed. No point in buying a new MB for now, if I'm gonna buy one, I might as well save up for Ivy Bridge then, cause really, what's the point of buying a 1366 mobo only for sata 3.0?

Would it be stupid if I bought an OCZ Vertex 3 or a Crucial C400 and ran it with Sata 2? I think I'd lose around 100mb/s on most tasks, but would it still be worth it?

Sequential performance is not important for OS. Over 90% of the OS operations are random. The rest are small sequential reads and there are only tiny sequential writes. Large sequential read/writes are almost non-existent.
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3/4/11 at 6:48am
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Sequential performance is not important for OS. Over 90% of the OS operations are random. The rest are small sequential reads and there are only tiny sequential writes. Large sequential read/writes are almost non-existent.
Thanks Duckie

Based on early reviews or other information, which next gen SSD would you recommend? OCZ Vertex 3? Crucial C400? Something else?
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post #6 of 13
3/4/11 at 7:09am
Just to show ya the difference.....

Here's my Crucial 256GB C300 with the crappy Asus 6GB/s card....



Here's the same drive with the Intel ICH10R....



Same drive with the LSI 6GB/s card.......




As you can see, a quality SATA3 interface makes a difference.

IMHO the OCZ/SF drives don't hold a candle to Crucial.

I've had 9 SSDs and the OCZ Vertex 2s were the only drives that I knew I was going to sell immediately after using them for one day.
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3/4/11 at 7:21am
Buy the Crucial and call it a day.

I'm looking to purchase another 256GB C300 for a RAID0 setup when the C400 series emerges and the C300s drop in price.

Crucial isn't persnickety about where the drive was purchased and the 256GB C300s are going for @ 420.00 on Ebay but I have seen some new units go for 300.00!

I haven't seen any confirmed specs on Crucial's new drives but great deals may be in the future for a C300 drive when the C400s emerge.
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post #8 of 13
3/4/11 at 8:16am
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I'd love to buy the LSI PCI card, but it's too expensive. Would the C400 perform horribly on a regular Sata 2?
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post #9 of 13
3/4/11 at 8:48am
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Would the C400 perform horribly on a regular Sata 2?
I can't speak about the C400 series because they haven't been released but my chart above with the C300 on an ICH10R IS SATA2.

Seriously, what else is there to know?
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3/4/11 at 9:03am
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I can't speak about the C400 series because they haven't been released but my chart above with the C300 on an ICH10R IS SATA2.

Seriously, what else is there to know?
I'm a noob when it comes to SSD's

I have the ICH 10R as well. Thanks for the help
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