SSD for CA810e mother?

[FroogAl]

I'm wanting to optimize my 10 year old Intel CA810E motherboard/pentium III@664 Mhz/(XP pro sp2) with a second Hard Disc Drive to speed up the paging. Obviously I don't need huge video or gaming capacity. The existing drive is 37Gb with over 50% freespace. I've cleaned and defragged as much as seems possible with PIRIFORM freeware.

Onboard Ram is maxxed out at a meager 512 Mb. Can I use a Solid State Drive (SDD) as a second drive in my PATA/IDE (40 pin) system or do I have to stick with a rotating disc? Perhaps a USB port could be used. I hate throwing things away..
I love the idea of non-mechanical HDD....a glaring oxymoron....or am I the moron?......TIM

 

[saint19]

Hi and welcome to Tom's forum.

Yeah, you can use an SSD for your rig, but keep in mind that the IDE SSD aren't very big (64GB max) and the only difference that you will see is the faster load times.

I suggest you save the money for a new build.

 

[FroogAl]

Hi and welcome to Tom's forum.

Yeah, you can use an SSD for your rig, but keep in mind that the IDE SSD aren't very big (64GB max) and the only difference that you will see is the faster load times.

I suggest you save the money for a new build.

Thanks for the quick reply; I've been checking newegg and tiger direct for inspiration.......my truck is even older than my PC!