I recently bought an SSD for the system in my signature. The SSD is capable of SATA3, but my motherboard only supports SATA2. I am easily hitting the limit of SATA2, and I was thinking about adding a SATA3 controller.
The problem is, my motherboard only has PCIe 1.1, so a typical PCIe 1x SATA3 card will probably be slower than running the onboard SATA2 controller (250MB/s vs 300MB/s). So I think my only option is to get a PCIe 4x card. I haven't had much luck in finding a card to suit my needs.
I'm looking for recommendations on what card if any that I could get. Or confirmation that I'm stuck with what I have.
The problem is, my motherboard only has PCIe 1.1, so a typical PCIe 1x SATA3 card will probably be slower than running the onboard SATA2 controller (250MB/s vs 300MB/s). So I think my only option is to get a PCIe 4x card. I haven't had much luck in finding a card to suit my needs.
I'm looking for recommendations on what card if any that I could get. Or confirmation that I'm stuck with what I have.