SSD Compatibility with motherboard

[Gruxxar]

I filled up my 180 gig SSD and would like to upgrade to a 500 gig from amazon, but I noticed that my current intel SSD is an ATA device, and that got me thinking about compatibility issues.

What SSD would you recommend I replace it with? It looks like I have a few PCI slots open in my motherboard, and I would like to clone my current SSD to a new 500 gig one and carry on computing!

Amazon has some great samsung brand SSD's but I want to make sure that I am compatible. Should I stick with an intel brand? How do I know for sure what will work and what won't?

-Thanks!




Specs (thank you speccy)



Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i7 3930K @ 3.20GHz 49 °C
Sandy Bridge-E 32nm Technology
RAM
16.0GB DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Intel Corporation DX79TO (CPU 1) 39 °C
PCI Data
Slot PCI-E
Slot Type PCI-E
Slot Usage In Use
Data lanes x16
Slot Designation Primary PCIE X16
Characteristics 3.3V, PME
Slot Number 0
Slot PCI-E
Slot Type PCI-E
Slot Usage Available
Data lanes x1
Slot Designation PCIE_X1_1
Characteristics 3.3V, PME
Slot Number 1
Slot PCI-E
Slot Type PCI-E
Slot Usage Available
Data lanes x16
Slot Designation Secondary PCIE X16
Characteristics 3.3V, PME
Slot Number 2
Slot PCI
Slot Type PCI
Slot Usage Available
Bus Width 32 bit
Slot Designation PCI Slot 1 (SMBUS)
Characteristics 3.3V, PME, SMBus
Slot Number 3
Slot PCI-E
Slot Type PCI-E
Slot Usage In Use
Data lanes x1
Slot Designation PCIE_X1_3
Characteristics 3.3V, PME
Slot Number 4
Slot PCI-E
Slot Type PCI-E
Slot Usage Available
Data lanes x1
Slot Designation PCIE_X1_2
Characteristics 3.3V, PME
Slot Number 5

Graphics
HP 2711 (1920x1080@60Hz)
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 (EVGA) 38 °C
Storage
931GB Seagate ST1000DM003-9YN162 ATA Device (SATA) 31 °C
167GB INTEL SSDSC2CW180A ATA Device (SSD)
2794GB Fantom External HDD USB Device (USB (SATA)) 37 °C

 

[drtweak]

ATA just stands for Advanced Technology Attachment. It is just a name. PATA or SATA is the different. PATA are the old IDE Drives (Even though SATA are also considered IDE Devices as well) that have the big cable ribbon to connect them. So don't let that fool you. Very few SSD were every PATA and the ones that were are made for laptops (44 pin IDE Drives) So just buy your SSD, if it comes with cloning software great. Connect the new drive in with your current one and migrate your current drive to the new one. If it doesn download Macrium Reflect and clone your drive.