Intel 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller Driver Question

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chrispyone

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Hi everyone, I have a question about updating some of my Intel Drivers, like the Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller driver.
I've been searching the web and Intel site, but I can't find the drivers for it. I know mine is very out of date and needs updating, but Windows Update says it's using the most up to version (Which it always says even when we know it's not true), and Intel Hardware Checker app doesn't seem to find it.
So I'm very confused and was wondering if anyone has a link to the drivers for this controller, or could offer me any advice please.

Thank you
 
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Thank you, that is one I found already, but I was unsure as it doesn't say anything about C216. Plus, it says the latest is 2012, but a lot of other sites I found show updates from 2013 and early 2014 :-\

[Edit] Sorry I should have added my Mobo model: ASUS Z77 Sabertooth. I did check the ASUS page but I was always told to download drivers like these direct from Intel themselves.
 
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Well I just added a couple of extra SSD's to my rig, I benched them after any firmware updates were done. The results were very slow, and I know 100% that they are plugged into Intel SATA 3 (6GBs) ports with SATA 3 cables. So I checked my drivers as I recently did a fresh install of Win7, and I saw my Intel Chipset drivers are from early 2011.
 
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SSD benchmarks vary a LOT depending on the benchmark testing. See http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/minisite/SSD/global/html/about/whitepaper08.html

They recommend "The best picture of a Samsung SSD’s performance will come from a system- level, trace-based performance test like PCMark Vantage or PCMark 7 because these tests closely approximate actual consumer usage scenarios. If one must rely on benchmarking tests rather than hands-on testing, these tests are where to focus."
 
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Yeah I do understand what you mean, I would normally take a bench as a rough guide, but before I did the fresh install of Win 7, my boot SSD benched at around 505MBs Read and 490MBs Write, that was with loads of junk on it. But now since the install and my drivers have gone back to being nearly 4 years out of date, it benched half of that speed! One of the new SSD's benched slower than a 5 year old SATA 2 (3GBs) HDD.
I have tested the new SSD's, not including my boot drive, on another PC and they benched at the speed they should and seemed a lot fast in normal use too.

So I think I definitely need to update these drivers like I did a couple of years back, but now, I just can't find them anywhere.
 
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Yes, I had them before my fresh OS install, I think mine were from 2012/2013, and I have seen people with versions as recent as 2014. But.... I can't find them anywhere and I have really search hard :-\

The latest Chipset drivers on the ASUS site is from early 2012 which is a start, but while searching the web, I found a few sites like Lenovo, DriversCape, e.t.c.. that have more up to date versions from 2014. I'm just not sure if they would be compatible with mine and if sites like DriversCape are safe to use.
 
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But wouldn't the Lenovo drivers be specifically for Lenovo devices??? Sorry if that's a derpy question, drivers are not my strong suit.
I mean I would be willing to try them, but what could result from the wrong or incompatible chipset driver??? Would be easy to role back to a compatible one, or would it be catastrophic??
 
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