Question Getting an SSD, but H61 chipset does not support AHCI

[mikeespino]

Hello guys, I’m currently building a budget gaming desktop. I already have 8 gigs of ram, a 1050 ti, a decent power supply, and all I need is an SSD. My desktop is a Dell Optiplex 390, I basically got it for free.

Okay so on going with the upgrading SSD thing. I’ve noticed that when I go to my bios, and on to “SATA operation” I only have 2 options
1.Disable SATA
2.ATA or something
But I do not see a AHCI option, after doing some research, most say it was the chipset along with the motherboard (H61) does not support AHCI. Now is that gonna be a problem when I buy an SSD, will it be compatible, and if so, will speeds be worse while on IDE, like will my SSD perform as my HDD that I have right now?

 

[CountMike]

Performance is not in the question, Most new SSDs have Trim in its firmware, only thing to watch for is OS to recognize it as an SSD and turn off automatic defrag for it.