mSATA vs. SSD

JmTwins10

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Long story short - I have a WD Black hard drive that I believe is failing. I wanted to upgrade to an SSD to put Windows 10 on, and just use the WD Black as a backup or put my games onto it.

Anyhow, a friend had a spare mSATA from an order he made, and he didn't need it. The thing is, it's an off brand SSD. It's 256Gb, and Lite-On manufactured it, and I'm not sure how reliable that is. I can't seem to find anyone who has bought a Lite-On mSATA. This leads to my questions.

1.) Should I use this SSD, or should I spend the 100 something bucks on a new one?
2.) Does ANYONE have any experience with Lite-On Corp. and is this a reliable SSD?
3.) This is a gaming PC I've created, does mSATA have any difference against SATA other than the connection type?

At this point, I feel anything is better than the drive I have now, but I just need opinions.

Thank you for any response I may get, and if more information is needed, please let me know!
 
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1. Basically just a different connection. Same performance as a regular 2.5".
2. Verify that your motherboard can actually boot from that. Not all can.
3. Check which SATA port (if any) it shares with. That SATA port may become disabled if using the mSATA port.
On my Gigabyte Z77 board, use of the mSATA port sucks up the SATA 5 port. One or the other.
4. Lite-On is an OK company. They make a lot of optical drives. I have a couple.
Lite-on is probably just a labeling thing. They probably do not 'make' them, but just slap their label on something made elsewhere.

USAFRet

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1. Basically just a different connection. Same performance as a regular 2.5".
2. Verify that your motherboard can actually boot from that. Not all can.
3. Check which SATA port (if any) it shares with. That SATA port may become disabled if using the mSATA port.
On my Gigabyte Z77 board, use of the mSATA port sucks up the SATA 5 port. One or the other.
4. Lite-On is an OK company. They make a lot of optical drives. I have a couple.
Lite-on is probably just a labeling thing. They probably do not 'make' them, but just slap their label on something made elsewhere.
 
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