Can I use my SSD OS drive with this old MSI mobo?

TurboJ

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I'm in the process of building a new rig and I'd like to sell my existing hardware to raise funds for this; I'm looking for advice if I can use my SSD OS drive with this old mobo and CPU.

I have an old MSI MS-7336 (LGA 775) with a fitting processor (Don't know the CPU type but the system works).

This is the mobo: http://mxdtr.com/hp-ms-7336-msi-ver-1-0-ms7336-motherboard-specs-details-specifications/

I have Win 7 64bit on a Kingston SV200 S3128G SSD drive.

Now, can I take my SSD and install it onto the older rig? The idea is to use the old rig as a 'stand in' until I get the new components for my new build.



 


Sure you can. I cannot find out if that MB has SATA II or SATA III ports, but given the age, they are prolly SATA II which will limit the speed of the SSD but it will still be quite fast.

Go for it! Good luck!

Yogi

 

USAFRet

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Will the drive work? Sure.
Will the existing OS actually boot? Maybe.
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. No way to tell until you try it.
 

itsallpoo

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I thought I'd read that since SSD communicates a bit differently from a spinner drive (i.e. write cycle) that the motherboard must support AHCI properly or an ssd drive will not work properly on it. I tried putting windows on an SSD on my five year old MSI NF750-G55 and while it finally loaded windows told me that important files were missing and recommended a repair. I finally found the AHCI setting hiding under the raid selections in the bios, haven't tried again since I finally found that but just saying...when was full AHCI support finally available and how can you figure out whether your motherboard will properly support a SSD if it's not spanking new and made within the last year or two.