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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: kOvaxo on March 30, 2012, 10:14:13 pm

Title: GA-x58A - Sata 2_0 ///ignoring Marvell Sata 3-Whice ssd would be better ?!
Post by: kOvaxo on March 30, 2012, 10:14:13 pm

hello..
am welling to buy SSD Sata 3 and am aware of Marvell 9128 controller wont give me the full speed nor the Intel SB Sata 2_0

here the SSD types i have in mind
 Samsung 830 64G
 Intel 520 60 GB
 Crucial 64 GB m4

which one will be the best choice as it will running on Sata 2_0

*Changing the mob is not an option (x58)
*Reading speed is all i care about

Title: Re: GA-x58A - Sata 2_0 ///ignoring Marvell Sata 3-Whice ssd would be better ?!
Post by: Dark Mantis on March 31, 2012, 02:29:14 pm

Hi

Generally using a fast SSD on the Intel SB ICH10R chip ports will be the best solution for you. The Crucial M4 or the Intel will not be miles apart and I doubt whether either will provide a noticeable difference on this motherboard.

Title: Re: GA-x58A - Sata 2_0 ///ignoring Marvell Sata 3-Whice ssd would be better ?!
Post by: kOvaxo on March 31, 2012, 03:00:50 pm

so shall i go and pick samsung 830 ones ?!
by the way is there any way to improve the speed on marvell controller or even PCI-E card ?!
i saw this at newegg but i cant find any true reviews about it
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812161006

any ideas ?!

Title: Re: GA-x58A - Sata 2_0 ///ignoring Marvell Sata 3-Whice ssd would be better ?!
Post by: Dark Mantis on March 31, 2012, 03:06:56 pm

I was advising choosing either the Crucial or the Intel SSDs.

If you want to pay more you can get much better speed by using a PCIE card instead of a SSD. Have a look at OCZ's RevoDrives the x3 is especially fast but even the X2 is still speedy and will knock spots off a SSD.

Title: Re: GA-x58A - Sata 2_0 ///ignoring Marvell Sata 3-Whice ssd would be better ?!
Post by: kOvaxo on March 31, 2012, 03:14:10 pm

yea RevoDrives x2 is out of stock and x3 is off the budget
and i saw some review about Samsung 830 : http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/tests-ssd-review-solid-state,3103-9.html
64GB ones is the king of 64GB sizes  ?!