Very old computer with SSD? Help

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Hello everyone. I have a very old computer, I plan to get a new one by next year. But for now till i get it would like to get a SSD, this would put my system better and also stays for the next one.
I was looking and i was thinking on this Samsung 860 Evo. Then i read a bit and saw some guys saying i should check my motherboard too see if it would work . So i found this info on ASUS site on my motherboard support part about Qualified Vendor List.


My system is :
Asus P5KL AM EPU
2G RAM (will have 4GB next week)
Intel duo core 2.8 on 3.22mhz

So my question is can i get this Samsung 860 Evo ?

Thanks in advance cheers
 
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It should work fine. I've used SATA SSD on the G31 chipset and older. You won't get the full performance benefit due to the limitations of SATA II. It's still an big improvement over a HDD. I'd change the BIOS settings for the drives to AHCI if it is on IDE mode before installing Windows.

By the way. You can pick up a used Core 2 Quad CPU for about $10 on eBay for another performance boost.
 
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Sata is Sata. If your mobo has a Sata port for the storage drives, a Sata ssd will work. Upto the limits of the port. So a Sata III drive like the 860 EVO will work upto the limits of the Sata II port on the mobo.

Still 5x faster than a Sata II hdd.

QVL is qualified Vendor List, not Qualified Ram list or Qualified SSD list. What Asus did was test Samsung drive they had at the time, that particular model. But the Samsung used the same Sata controller, so the only real difference in any of the models was size. Since they certified that model was good, then all of the Samsung models were good. Then. Since then, Samsung has changed/upgraded their controller, but it's still compatible with older tech.
 
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Velocityg4 and Karadjgne thanks alot for the replys i really appreciate the help and lesson. And yes i will follow your advice and try to find a cheap Core 2 Quad CPU for another help in perfomance. Thanks once again !
 
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Hey guys. So i have bought the Samsung SSD. I see you say to change to AHCI before installing Windows, i have checked and i dont have that option on bios.
On the Storage Configuration i have [Enhanced] "more 2 options , Disable or Compatible.
Enhanced Mode Support on [S-ATA] "more 2 options P-ATA or S-ATA+P-ATA

I see i could migrate the OS for SSD but from what i read will stay on same "format" and not full performance. So wont reinstall windows till i get this sorted. Any help is welcome, cheers


 
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https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005642/technologies.html

AHCI is only supported on certain mobo's in the lga775 family. You'll need to find the ICH (Intel Controller Hub) of your particular mobo. For instance, if it's ICH7 it does not have AHCI, whereas if it's ICH7M it does. The list of compatible controllers is in the link.

Serial - ATA (Sata) is far better than Parallel - ATA (Pata) for storage purposes.
 
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Sorry, that print on imgur is too blurry. In the highlighted it says Intel 82801? GR/GH (ICH7 FAMILY), so I believe that's listed as supporting AHCI. Since you have Sata 3Gb headers, that would make sense. My best guess is that it's either a default setting that's not user accessable, or it's user accessable only once under format decisions. Or under a different tab. You'd use enhanced - compatible - sata+pata.

Oh, and format isn't IDE or AHCI, windows Vista+ is NTFS format, old DOS upto Win 98SE was Fat32. IDE or AHCI is how that drive is used, not how the OS is written.
 
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