SSD Speed Questions

[BigMak]

Belay that
Seems the controller is kinda crap. The Sata3 only uses x1 and most of the time read is a bit better then Sata2 onboard but write performance is much worse.

2012 Review with fast SSD

I also did a little homework, seems this generic looking card is o.k

http://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-RC-22...III+controller

Interesting enough the guy says it worked better in the x16 slot and even that being done don't expect to hit SATA III max speed, as the pci-x bus is limited to a maximum of 5GB. I guess it is up to the user do determine if it is worth it, but $30 is not bad at all, beats the heck out of a new motherboard upgrade for the interim.

[harlequin]

want to go omg?


http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/713/marv9128.jpg/

crucial M4 on a marvell 9128 SATA 3 controller.....

so yes , your sata 2 is actually FASTER...

dont get either of those addon cards - they both use the awrful marvell 9128 controller chip..

and why is it so slow? internally the chip is pcie 1x , so is maxed out at around 380 mb/s and as you can see , real world speed is alot lower