No AHCI support board + SSD = ?

[shijilt]

I have ordered my 250 GB Samsung SSD , its on the way.
The oldest part in my PC is the motherboard - AsRock N68C-GS FX which have 4 "SATA 2" ports.
And I just found that my motherboard does not have an AHCI option in it.
In bios - there is SATA Operation mode, in it only "IDE" and "RAID" options are there.

I was expecting to get a better boot time and overall faster system response and load time for games like GTA V.

Should I continue with SSD ? or cancel my order and buy a 1/2 TB HDD instead ?

I wont change the MB , because it will feel like spending money for nothing.

 

[USAFRet]

You want the features of a new motherboard, but you don't want to change the motherboard.

That SSD on a SATA II port will be choked. It will be 'faster' than an HDD on that same port, but it will not reach its full potential.

 

[johnnyb105]

Yep Have to agree it will never reach the speeds that's its suppose to but it will be faster then a regular HD ..I recently upgraded and friends pc which didn't support the SSD motherboard is a older G31M-GS it was faster but no where near the speeds the drive can produce.

 

[k1114]

But most people won't do anything to reach that max so are unaffected. You'll want to select raid as ahci is a subset and it should turn on trim depending on the controller.

 

[shijilt]

But most people won't do anything to reach that max so are unaffected. You'll want to select raid as ahci is a subset and it should turn on trim depending on the controller.

I can activate RAID with only one SSD ?
in IDE mode , TRIM wont work ?