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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: Vale on February 12, 2013, 10:39:36 pm

Title: GA-X58-USB3 and an SSD
Post by: Vale on February 12, 2013, 10:39:36 pm

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 :P

OCZ Vector 256GB




 (http://www.scan.co.uk/products/256gb-ocz-vector-25-ssd-sata-iii-6gb-s-indilinx-barefoot-mlc-flash-read-550mb-s-write-530mb-s-100k-i)

Title: Re: GA-X58-USB3 and an SSD
Post by: Vale on February 12, 2013, 10:40:56 pm

Or

Samsung 256GB 850Pro (http://www.scan.co.uk/products/256gb-samsung-840-pro-series-basic-25-ssd-3-core-mdx-21nm-toggle-nand-read-540mb-s-write-520mb-s-100)

Title: Re: GA-X58-USB3 and an SSD
Post by: dmdilks on February 13, 2013, 12:55:06 am

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

Title: Re: GA-X58-USB3 and an SSD
Post by: Vale on February 13, 2013, 12:10:15 pm

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 ?

Title: Re: GA-X58-USB3 and an SSD
Post by: Graceman on February 13, 2013, 03:34:18 pm

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.

Title: Re: GA-X58-USB3 and an SSD
Post by: Vale on February 13, 2013, 07:33:37 pm

That is a nice drive  :P 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

Title: Re: GA-X58-USB3 and an SSD
Post by: dmdilks on February 13, 2013, 09:57:37 pm

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.

Title: Re: GA-X58-USB3 and an SSD
Post by: Vale on February 13, 2013, 10:38:55 pm

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

Title: Re: GA-X58-USB3 and an SSD
Post by: dmdilks on February 14, 2013, 01:08:24 am

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.