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Any reason this wouldn't work...

ezjay1975ezjay1975 Member UncommonPosts: 131
in Hardware

Is there any reason this SSD : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147247

Wouldn't work with my motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131402R

Also if theres a SSD that offers better bang for my buck please leave me any suggestions

 

Comments

  • RidelynnRidelynn Member EpicPosts: 7,383

    SATA is SATA, they are backwards compatible and it should work fine barring getting a bad part.

    As far as bang for the buck - most SSDs are so fast that, while you can measure differences between them using benchmarks, the difference in a 12.04 second and 12.02 second boot time is not terribly meaningful. The warranty is what you really pay for here, and this 3 year warranty isn't the longest in the industry, I think it's long enough and not really worth paying a huge premium to get a longer warranty.

  • syntax42syntax42 Member UncommonPosts: 1,385

    SATA is forward and backward compatible.  If you have a SATA III connecting to a SATA II, they will both perform at SATA II speeds.

    You won't get full speed out of your SSD, but that won't matter much.  It will still be MUCH faster than a mechanical drive for booting and gaming.

  • QuizzicalQuizzical Member LegendaryPosts: 25,531
    It should work fine.  The thing I'd worry about most is that given the age of your motherboard, you might have Vista or earlier, and neither Vista nor XP knows what to do with an SSD.  An SSD can be made to work on those older OSes, but may take some tweaking to get the proper performance.
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