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Sata III Controller Question

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hi everyone
i want to buy a new ssd but unfortunately my mobo doesnt support sata 3
so im planning on buying a sata 3 pci-e controller for that, but im wondering will the presence of the controller make issues with the speed of the ssd?

is it worth buying a sata3 controller and a sata 3 ssd or should i just go for a sata2 ssd?

Thanks for ur time
 
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is it worth buying a sata3 controller and a sata 3 ssd or should i just go for a sata2 ssd?
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Neither. Get an SATA III SSD and plug it into your SATA II ports. Cheap addon SATA III ports are actually slower in the real world than the SATA II ports you have.
 
The asrock card (marvell sata III controller - there have been many benchmarks showing this) will be slower than Intel SATA II in real world applications. It my have a higher sequential benchmark but lower overall performance in most applications. I would have to see benchmarks on the ASUS card to say if its any better than SATA II.
 
drescherjm is right. You will see satisfactory performance by just plugging into motherboard SATA II ports, and not have to spend any extra money.

The money saved would be better spent on upgrading your PC.
 
drescherjm said:
Neither. Get an SATA III SSD and plug it into your SATA II ports. Cheap addon SATA III ports are actually slower in the real world than the SATA II ports you have.
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Seconded. Doing this right now with my laptop. very well worth it even though i'm only getting about ~60% of the SSD's max speed out of it. (~280MB/sec, the thing tops out at 450-ish)
 
Like everyone else has said, plug it into the SATA2 port. Honestly, adding in cards and such will only make more work for a larger benchmark number, because in real world use, you will most likely never see an increase from the controller change.
 
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