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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: Siso on December 22, 2011, 10:50:07 pm

Title: P67A UD7 : GSATA and SATA
Post by: Siso on December 22, 2011, 10:50:07 pm

Hi folks - newbie here.
I'm afraid I'm not much of an expert - I have a reasonably hi-spec setup in order to cope with some hungry and temperamental music software.  My first question is fairly basic so please bear with me.

What is the difference between the GSATA ports (connected to the Marvell chipset) and the SATA 3 ports (connected to the P67 chipset)?  How do I decide between GSATA and SATA when connecting a SATA 3 drive to the board?  Do I get better performance from the GSATA or the SATA -  or neither? 

I have 2 HDDs : one SATA 3 HDD for OS and apps and one SATA 2 HDD for data only.  Currently the OS SATA 3 HDD and CD/DVD drive are in the GSATA ports as configured by the supplier and I added the SATA 2 at home to the first SATA 2 port.    What would be the difference if I switched the OS HDD (and maybe the CD/DVD drive) from GSATA to the SATA 3 (Intel) ports?

I have read the manual and googled this and watched Utube vids about the board but haven't found a clear cut answer, and only found this forum today.  Anyway thanks in advance for any advice.

Title: Re: P67A UD7 : GSATA and SATA
Post by: Gloup_Gloup on December 23, 2011, 12:04:10 am

Hi Siso,  ;)

Welcome to forum,

The Marvell chipset (GSata) is not good for Hard Disk or SSD.
Is good only for DVD reader-burn or CD reader-burn.
Because is more slow than P67 chipset (Sata3 ports)

So connect your HD or SSD in ICH chipset . Not on Marvell chipset.

Gloup_Gloup

Title: Re: P67A UD7 : GSATA and SATA
Post by: Siso on December 23, 2011, 10:10:55 am

Quote from: Gloup_Gloup on December 23, 2011, 12:04:10 am

Hi Siso,  ;)

Welcome to forum,

The Marvell chipset (GSata) is not good for Hard Disk or SSD.
Is good only for DVD reader-burn or CD reader-burn.
Because is more slow than P67 chipset (Sata3 ports)

So connect your HD or SSD in ICH chipset . Not on Marvell chipset.

Gloup_Gloup

Thanks Gloup_Gloup - it's good to get clear advice on this.  I'm about to reinstall the OS so I'll reconnect the first HDD. 

Title: Re: P67A UD7 : GSATA and SATA
Post by: teknology9 on December 23, 2011, 11:07:21 am

Hi Siso,

There is also another option of a Highpoint 640 RAID card if you want to go down that road which will give you better speeds. Here:

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/3309/highpoint_rocketraid_640_sata_6gb_s_4_port_pci_e_2_0_controller/index1.html

The trade off is the boot time...but once up and running it flies.

Just something you might want to consider.

Teknology9