Add an SSD to a Dell Vostro 270s?

[Prlaba]

I just purchased a used Dell Vostro 270s desktop. The small-form-factor system provides a total of two SATA II headers on its motherboard, one connected to the 500 GB HDD, the other to the DVD-RW drive.

I'm considering adding an SSD to the system to improve performance. The SSD would become bootable drive C, while the HDD would be used for storing docs, photos, music, videos, etc..

Assuming I can find physical space inside the cabinet for the SSD, what's the best approach for adding another SATA port?

The motherboard provides two low-profile PCI slots, one a PCIe 16X slot, the other a PCIe 1x slot. Both slots are currently unused.

I found online some inexpensive PCIe 1X SATA III controllers that offer dual internal SATA III headers.

1. Will the 270s support a total of four SATA headers (two SATA II headers on the motherboard and two STATA III headers on an add-in PCIe card)?

2.. Will the additional PCIe SATA card and SSD overload the 270s's meager 225W power supply?

3. To further improve performance, can I connect the SSD and HDD to the PCIe SATA III headers? (The DVD-RW drive would remain connected to one of the SATA II headers on the motherboard.) Will the BIOS 'see' the add-in PCIe SATA III headers at boot time?

If anyone has done something like this, I'd appreciate hearing about your experience.

Paul

 

[sna]

hello ,

if you are not going to use any graphic card inside your pc , the best way for you is to get PCIe 3.0 SSD .

it will be blazing fast and will word at 6 times the speed of SSD ...

there is no need to buy SATA card.

tell me how much you want to pay for this..

another option for you is to disable the DVD alltogether and use its port and buy an external USB DVD and use it. it is very cheap around 30$ ...

anyways no one uses DVD anymore ...

also PCIe x1 will never give you true SATA3 speed .. you will need PCIe x4 card for that.

the BEST solution is to GET SSD CARD and not 2.5 inch ..

there is another solution as well is to use external usb3 harddisk for Data ..

there are many options for you.

1- the fastest is SSD PCIe Card .. installed in the X16 slot
2- SSD in place of hard disk , and harddisk in DVD port and use external DVD usb
3- use External harddisk for data.

tell me what you think and how much you want to pay for this so I can help you more. and dont worry it is CHEAP. PCIe SSD are not much expensive.