mSATA Gigabyte z77x ud3h?

[Abstractfear]

I'm trying to shave a little cost from my PC build. My motherboard supports mSATA. Could I use a 64Gb mSATA for my OS? What would the pros & cons be?

specs:
Intel core i5-3570k (pending)
Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H
Sapphire HD 7950 Vapor-X (pending)
G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB (pending) *(possible upgrade to 16GB)*
Phanteks PH-TC14PE_BK 140mm
XFX Core Edition PRO650W
Western Digital WD Blue 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache
**SSD HERE**
Fractal Design Define R4 w/ window

 

[ksham]

Could I use a 64Gb mSATA for my OS?

Yes.

What would the pros & cons be?

Pros: a bit more portable.
Cons: a lot slower.

Sapphire HD 7950 Vapor-X (pending)

Get the Sapphire Dual-X Radeon HD 7950. The Vapor-X edition of that card is voltage locked.

 

[Abstractfear]

so now the question is, Samsung 840 pro, Kingston hyper X, or crucial m4.

 

[Abstractfear]

so now the question is, Samsung 840 pro, Kingston hyper X, or crucial m4.

 

[ksham]

Samsung 840 Pro.

 

[Abstractfear]

also I cannot find the Sapphire Dual X 7950 on Newegg, Amazon, Nor Tigerdirect 🙁

 

[ksham]

Sapphire Dual-X Radeon HD 7950 ($279.99 @ Newegg)

 

[Abstractfear]

Thank you so much for all the info!