GA-X58A-UD3R (Rev. 2) SSD Sata 3

[SkevoSamurai]

Hey guys i want to buy vertex 3 or Corsair force 3 series and i'm wondering if i can plug it in the sata 3 and get it worked coz a lot of stuff are heard...
Thanks In Advance

[Dark Mantis]

Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte Forum.

I am afraid the short answer is no. Because of the problems with the Marvell 9128 controller chip (which is the one that handles the SATA3) the fastes ports you have are the ones controlled by the Intel ICH10R (Southbridge). I would suggest putting it onto SATA2_0 and make sure that the controller is set to AHCI mode. This chip can handle all your hard drives but I would suggest putiing the optical drive on another controller set to IDE  mode.

[SkevoSamurai]

what if i purchase a pci controller with SATA 3 will i get full speeds with it?

[Dark Mantis]

Yes there should be no reason for that not to work.

[SkevoSamurai]

Could u please suggest a pci controller that should do the work?:/

[Dark Mantis]

There are many on the market and the prices and funtions vary. You just  need to set your budget and see what is available .

[Aussie Allan]

 Best "bang for buck" PCI with SATA 6Gb/s support that's bootable I found is HighPoints 640 "RocketRaid" 4 port card if your budget can stretch that far

 I think I paid about £120 from ARIA.com here in the UK

[SkevoSamurai]

Ty Dark!! and btw Aussie i don't want to raid i just want a single pci controller so i can get full speeds/bootable of vertex 3 and ty for ur time:) any other controller that u find reliable?

[Dark Mantis]

I think you will find that the card that Allan is talking about will serve as well for a single drive as for RAID. There is a two port version I think too.

[Aussie Allan]

 Yup!.... 620 (2 port)....640 (4 port) ... no onboard memory on the PCB and will run 1 SSD at full speeds, and future proofs yourself if you ever decide too..........JBOD too from Memory so you can extend the drive up to 4 units.

 Also comes in an external ported version (622 and 644)  The two port version (620) is a tad over half the value I quoted earlier.

 Check the spec to confirm on the highpoint website but I think there good for about 450Mb/s

 Aussie aAllan

[SkevoSamurai]

Thank you very much both of you guys i really appreciate the time spent

Alex

[Aussie Allan]

 Not a problem , ... that will cost you one "applaud" each and two shots of Ouzo thanks.....Tee Hee.....

 Aussie Allan.........come again soon!

[SkevoSamurai]

hahahaha for sure:DDD ouzo and gyro souvlaki:D cheers m8y:D