Upgrade to sata 3 worth it?

[Kronk42583]

I recently bought some upgrades to my formerly budget pc.

Thermaltake 430w PSU
Asrock 770 motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157176
Phenom 2 x4 955BE multiplier at 18x = 3.6 ghz
Hyper 212 cooler
4x2g gskill ripjaw ram 8gb total
640gb wd caviar black HD (not the fastest drive I've owned)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136319
Radeon hd 5670 512gb(games surprisingly well, though I wanted more for BF3)

Just bought a radeon 9650 2gb and want to unlock to 9670 but am too afraid to on this wimpy PSU so I bought a seasonic x650 gold

More importantly I wanted an ssd so I bought a corsair force 3 180gb but haven't installed it yet
I also frequently use an external USB 3.0 3TB hard drive
My M/B doesn't support sata 3 or USB 3

10 years ago I had a raid 0 system with 4 20gb hard drives and I loved the performance jump, but now I am looking for speed but more importance on stability.
Am I going to notice a significant difference if I upgrade my mobo with one like this?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157275
Or this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157262
I've never had an ssd before, so I am expecting a big jump even at sata 2 speeds, but I just wonder if I'd be wasting money trying a newer mobo

I play BF 3 a good bit, do lots of mp4 encoding and may start playing more games now that it's a more capable system.

 

[Pyree]

You can always get a SATA 3 SSD and use it again on a SATA 3 mobo when you are ready to upgrade.

You will find that your OS, application and game load time will be much faster even with SATA 2 bandwidth.

I don't get better FPS on FSX with SSD, but the loading of the game is so much faster.

 

[Kronk42583]

Best answer selected by Kronk42583.

 

[Kronk42583]

Got it installed properly, took extra care to update firmware, enable ahci, And ensure trim is enabled. Holy crap its fast. Total boot time is 26 seconds, and 2/3 of that is pre windows loading. Its just insane. I'm almost always the first on a multiplayer game like battlefield 3. World of warcraft, skyrim, and Starcraft 2 loading are super fast. Team fortress and left for dead 2 loads are almost instant. I absolutely know that fps do not go up with the ssd, but for everything else, the speed is increased by so much it just FEELS like I have a 3x faster computer. Easily the biggest upgrade I have ever noticed when upgrading a part. I may upgrade my mobo eventually to one with USB 3, much more USB 2.0 ports, and crossfire capability, but I won't expect there to be that great a difference in noticeable ssd performance, it's just already so fast.

Just a point of reference, I've read that even apple has no computers with sata 3. I've played around with a family members newly bought MacBook air and it is crazy fast too at sata 2 speeds. My mid 2010 MacBook pro 15 inch feels like a slug compared to my gaming PC that cost hundreds less.

 

[Pyree]

Sounds about right on Window boot time and beat everyone there on multilayer game.