SSD drive Sata 3.0 AM2 socket

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The mother board shows SATA on the connectors. I assume I can use SATA 3.0 SSD drives on this computer? This computer was made around the time SATA 3.0 came out. Which is supposed to be 2009.

This is the motherboard that is in it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/190795452783?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Please spare the jokes on this computer, it's worked well for 3 years. Any thoughts would be very welcome.


eMachines® EL1333G
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AMD Athlon II X2 215 2.7GHz
Chipset NVIDIA® GeForce® 6150SE
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4 GB of DDR2 667/800 MHz SDRAM (dual-channel support on two DIMMs)
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Serial ATA hard disk 320 GB
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Optical drive options:
• SuperMulti drive with Labelflash™ technology
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56K ITU V.92, Wake-on-Ring ready
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I kind of doubt it. I have a high-end 2011 laptop that has USB3 ports on it; I think it was one of the first to have them.

Should be marked USB3 on the motherboard. I've tried adding USB3 ports to an older desktop and had mixed results.

Seems the color blue is associated with USB3. It can provide more power, so a larger trace for V+ and V- may be another visual cue.
 
Originally Posted By: spackard
I kind of doubt it. I have a high-end 2011 laptop that has USB3 ports on it; I think it was one of the first to have them.

Should be marked USB3 on the motherboard. I've tried adding USB3 ports to an older desktop and had mixed results.

Seems the color blue is associated with USB3. It can provide more power, so a larger trace for V+ and V- may be another visual cue.


Hes talking about SATA, not USB.

SATA is backwards compatible. Your computer likely only has SATA2 ports; all that will happen is your maximum transfer rate will be limited to the SATA2 limit. My Samsung 830 is handicapped in this way to, does not hurt it, only slows it to around 260MB/s instead of 520MB/s read and 400MB/s write.
Its still way faster than a regular HDD.

Edit:
Yeah, I confirmed the chipset on that motherboard (nVidia nForce 430 MCP) has SATAII.
 
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Originally Posted By: oilboy123
I thought I read something about backward compatibility. That sounds good.

Yup, your new SATA III drive will work in SATA II mode just fine, other than decreased speed. I've done the same thing in my old Dell desktop from 2008.
 
Yes I noticed the 2 site prices. I have amazon prime as well. I'm trying to decide on the size now. If I'm just using the SSD for the OS and using a back up drive I'm thinking 128GB is sufficient from what I have read.
Originally Posted By: ClutchDisc
Wow, tigerdirect is expensive! Much cheaper on amazon. You can even get the 240GB for a little more than $100!
 
Originally Posted By: oilboy123
I'm surmising that a 128 GB SSD would be sufficient for this computer. I was going to set it up as the primary drive and use my 1 TB usb drive as the storage drive.


This is exactly how I have set up my Dell desktop. The SSD hold the OS and programs, the secondary drive holds storage. Startup and shutdown times are phenomenal!

Make sure to set up the SSD as an AHCI drive.
 
Yes I will have some reading to do to make sure I set it up right. I just bought a 128GB Samsung SSD.
Originally Posted By: weasley
Originally Posted By: oilboy123
I'm surmising that a 128 GB SSD would be sufficient for this computer. I was going to set it up as the primary drive and use my 1 TB usb drive as the storage drive.


This is exactly how I have set up my Dell desktop. The SSD hold the OS and programs, the secondary drive holds storage. Startup and shutdown times are phenomenal!

Make sure to set up the SSD as an AHCI drive.
 
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