SSD compatibility with MSI 790FX

[RAB86]

I was thinking of getting Intel X25-m 80gbbut my question is it compatible with my MSI 790FX gd-70 mobo? I know that it's 2.5" and I can get and adapter for it but what about it having a SATA II does my motherboard support SATA II?

 

[sub mesa]

Sure no reason to think it should not work.

 

[RAB86]

Okay thanks, I was wondering could you give me a quick run down of how it would hook up to the mobo? Does it hook up into the SATA port?

 

[sub mesa]

You just connect it like any other SATA drive; your system doesn' t know the difference between a HDD or SDD it behaves the same. Only the SSD is alot faster.

 

[sub mesa]

In the BIOS, you can select the Serial ATA transfer mode, this setting is important:

IDE - for old operating systems like MS-DOS and Windows XP
AHCI - for newer operating systems like Vista / Win7 / Linux etc.
RAID - for RAID arrays

You would want to use AHCI, unless you use Windows XP, then you set it to IDE.

 

[RAB86]

Thanks a lot I'm new to all of this I'm trying to learn as much as I can.

 

[Toysmith]

I just finished installing Win7 Ultimate 64 on that mobo with the exact same SSD drive. Works like a champ and my windows score went from the typical 5.9 to 6.8. Not as good as an SLC drive, but nice.