HTPC1530 Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Hi, I am in the market of buying my first SSD drive. I have seen 64gb sata II and III drives around the 80 to 120 dollar mark. Would I see a big difference in my HTPC if I went with an Sata III and not the Sata II? My current HTPC specs AMD Athlon II X2 240 2.80 GB Ga-MA785GM-US2H 4GB Ram DDR2 800 ATI Redeon HD 5670 GPU Win 7 ultimate 64bit 80gb sata 300gb ide for tv recording Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImTheTypeOfGuy Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 SATA 3 is twice as fast so you would definitely see a difference. Maybe not in playing a movie but on boot times, loading MC, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcdoc Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Your board does support sata 3 so you will not see any difference at all. For an HTPC go with a Vertex 2 for your system and you will not be disappointed and you will save some money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikon Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 If you really wanted to go SATA III with that board you could use an addin card like this one: http://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/HDD-Controllers/SATA-Cards/2-Port-SATA-6-Gbps-PCI-Express-SATA-Controller-Card~PEXSAT32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTPC1530 Posted August 14, 2011 Author Share Posted August 14, 2011 Thanks for everyones input. I am going to get the vertex 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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