GA-X58-USB3 and an SSD

[Vale]

Hi all,
I want to upgrade my system and install windows 7 64bit Pro so i can utilize all of my 24gig of DDR3.
So i want to get a really good SSD around 250gig in size or bigger, i hear the OCZ Vector or Samsung 850 pro's are the ones to get ?
Thing is i am unsure of what type to get for my board. I am looking at these so if you can advice i would be most grateful

OCZ Vector 256GB

[Vale]

Or

Samsung 256GB 850Pro

[dmdilks]

I have own most of them out there and they are all about the same. Like anything you buy read the reviews on them. 

[Vale]

I guess what i need to know is if these are compatible with my board..
Some new boards have a designated white sata socket but all mine are blue so i wondered
If there was a limit to transfer speed meaning buying a top end ssd would be a waste due to
The limits of an old board.... Or will the two ssd's mentioned work fine ?

[Graceman]

Look at the OCZ Revo drive 3 board and forget sata its a PCIE Card and runs off the PCIE buss if you have it free of course.
if you want fast then you will not believe this, it comes in 240Gb size
I have just installed in  G1 Sniper M3 MB it was originally bought  for my X58 ud3r MB nut I decided to just go for a new MB cpu & water cooled system.

[Vale]

That is a nice drive  but its a little pricey lol, what i could just do to clarify is if the OCZ or Samsung drive i suggested would be compatible with my board please ? or because of the age of the MB what is the best SSD via sata i can get ? to be honest the PCIe thing does look tempting lol

[dmdilks]

Just be careful of the OCZ drives. Some of them are just made for cache memory. If you buy sata 3 SSD it will be backwards compatible.

Here is a link so you can tweak them. This was mostly for the older ones.

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?63273-*-Windows-7-Ultimate-Tweaks-amp-Utilities-*

That OCZ that you have up there should be fine.

[Vale]

Thanks dmdilks thats a good heads up.
So if i am working on the fact that i will be using an SSD on backward compatility settings surely that makes the sata 3 SSD only
perform as good as my MB's sata rate ?
so...
Is getting a sata3  6gb/s a waste if cash ? would i be better getting a lower end SSD that will still perform as good as the MB allows ?

Am i making sense lol

[dmdilks]

It is safe to buy that one because down the road you will be updating your MB sometime in the near future.

You will really not going to see that much of a performance drop. Looking at both drives the Samsung would be the better drive.

I get all my stuff from newegg and the samsung has a better rating. Plus try and fine a cable that doesn't have any clips on them.

In all the SSD I have own most of them the cable with the clips on them don't stay clip in. You can buy a sata 3 cable without clips.