Hello,
I am considering installing a solid state drive. If I were to do this it, would only be for booting and I would keep all my other drives on my HDD. I'm pretty sure I have SATA II ports but wouldn't be surprised if I had SATA I. I'm not sure how to check this as I can not find any spec sheets on my motherboard online.
I was reading these articles on SSDs
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-upgrade-hard-drive,2956.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/sata-6gbps-performance-sata-3gbps,3110.html
From those I've gathered that it isn't so important that one has a 6GB/s SATA connection, which is good for me. However, In the first article it said, "we do want to mention that it is important to use a SATA controller with AHCI support because it's necessary to support the TRIM command." I went through my BIOS and it showed two options for my SATA configuration: IDE and RAID. I'm assuming that means my SATA controllers do not support AHCI. If this is the case, should I pass on upgrading to an SSD?
I would appreciate any other useful advice that I do not explicitly ask for up above. Thank you!
My current specs
Motherboard
Manufacturer Dell Inc.
Model 0RY007 (Socket 775)
Chipset Vendor Intel
Chipset Model P35/G33/G31
Chipset Revision A2
Southbridge Vendor Intel
Southbridge Model 82801IR (ICH9R)
Southbridge Revision 02
Hard Drives
WDC WD5000AAKS-75A7B0 ATA Device
Manufacturer Western Digital
Form Factor GB/3.5-inch
Business Unit/Brand Desktop/WD Caviar®
Heads 16
Cylinders 16383
SATA type SATA-II 3.0Gb/s
Device type Fixed
ATA Standard ATA8-ACS
LBA Size 48-bit LBA
Features S.M.A.R.T., AAM, NCQ
Transfer Mode SATA II
Interface SATA
Capacity 488GB
RAID Type None
I am considering installing a solid state drive. If I were to do this it, would only be for booting and I would keep all my other drives on my HDD. I'm pretty sure I have SATA II ports but wouldn't be surprised if I had SATA I. I'm not sure how to check this as I can not find any spec sheets on my motherboard online.
I was reading these articles on SSDs
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-upgrade-hard-drive,2956.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/sata-6gbps-performance-sata-3gbps,3110.html
From those I've gathered that it isn't so important that one has a 6GB/s SATA connection, which is good for me. However, In the first article it said, "we do want to mention that it is important to use a SATA controller with AHCI support because it's necessary to support the TRIM command." I went through my BIOS and it showed two options for my SATA configuration: IDE and RAID. I'm assuming that means my SATA controllers do not support AHCI. If this is the case, should I pass on upgrading to an SSD?
I would appreciate any other useful advice that I do not explicitly ask for up above. Thank you!
My current specs
Motherboard
Manufacturer Dell Inc.
Model 0RY007 (Socket 775)
Chipset Vendor Intel
Chipset Model P35/G33/G31
Chipset Revision A2
Southbridge Vendor Intel
Southbridge Model 82801IR (ICH9R)
Southbridge Revision 02
Hard Drives
WDC WD5000AAKS-75A7B0 ATA Device
Manufacturer Western Digital
Form Factor GB/3.5-inch
Business Unit/Brand Desktop/WD Caviar®
Heads 16
Cylinders 16383
SATA type SATA-II 3.0Gb/s
Device type Fixed
ATA Standard ATA8-ACS
LBA Size 48-bit LBA
Features S.M.A.R.T., AAM, NCQ
Transfer Mode SATA II
Interface SATA
Capacity 488GB
RAID Type None
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