My Gigabyte motherboard has an mSATA connection for an SSD drive that can be used in conjunction with a standard hard drive to improve performance. The mSATA connection is at 3.0 GB/s. The mobo also has SATA III connections which run at 6.O GB/s. Which is faster -- 6.0 GB/s 7200 RPM hard drive connected to SATA III or same hard drive used in conjunction with 3.0 GB/s SSD?
I would hate to spend money on the SSD if the decreased data rate of the mSATA connection would actually make the whole thing slower.
I would hate to spend money on the SSD if the decreased data rate of the mSATA connection would actually make the whole thing slower.