Is SSD performance based on the CPU?

[TrueBlueLS]

I'm asking this question as I am not 100% happy with the performance of the Sandforce Microcenter SSD I put into my laptop. I'm still on the edge that Vista is coded worth crap and that I'd benefit from Windows 7, but I'm stuck with Vista until Best Buy's Reward Zone dumps $25 in certificates into my account. I've tried using the nForce drivers as well and had similar performance. I don't know if the nForce 430 supports AHCI or even if my motherboard does.

The system specs are as follows:

AMD Sempron 3400+
Quanta 30B7 Motherboard (Compaq laptop/no BIOS options)
2GB Micron PC6400

 

[Dan_D]

The CPU doesn't really have anything to do with it. Your chipset does support AHCI if it supports SATA natively. However NVIDIA's south bridges / chipsets have pretty terrible AHCI performance. You also have to have the controller set to AHCI mode to see the maximum performance of the drive. In legacy IDE mode it won't perform quite as well as it could.

 

[mjz_5]

i say nvidia.. but man, its still alot faster than an hard drive.. look at your 4k reads and writes, smokes any regular laptop hard drive!

 

[TrueBlueLS]

The CPU doesn't really have anything to do with it. Your chipset does support AHCI if it supports SATA natively. However NVIDIA's south bridges / chipsets have pretty terrible AHCI performance. You also have to have the controller set to AHCI mode to see the maximum performance of the drive. In legacy IDE mode it won't perform quite as well as it could.

I'm probably SOL with not having a AHCI option in the BIOS. I'd be tempted to try it as I'd like to pump some life into this laptop.

i say nvidia.. but man, its still alot faster than an hard drive.. look at your 4k reads and writes, smokes any regular laptop hard drive!

It is better than the stock 5400 hard drive that was in there. I guess I just figured performance on par with the X25-V in my desktop since the laptop is older.