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what ssd can I use
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no m.2 slot, PCIe will not boot and can only be used as a secondary storage drive, SATA is the way to go.
do not spend money on a top of the line evo drive, the ports are 3Gbps SATA2 ports. even a budget SSD will saturate the available bus.
my suggestion
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/MZJkcf/sk-hynix-sl308-250gb-25-solid-state-drive-hfs250g32tnd-n1a2a
do not get smaller than 240GB. too much babysitting, IMHO.
do not spend money on a top of the line evo drive, the ports are 3Gbps SATA2 ports. even a budget SSD will saturate the available bus.
my suggestion
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/MZJkcf/sk-hynix-sl308-250gb-25-solid-state-drive-hfs250g32tnd-n1a2a
do not get smaller than 240GB. too much babysitting, IMHO.
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MERGED QUESTION
Question from mihailorankovic904 : "can I use ssd on my mobo"
what ssd can I use on my mobo GIGABYTE GA-78LMT-S2 1.2 . cam I use pci-e ssd and where can I put my graphic card amd r7 250 if I use my pci-ex 16 slot
Question from mihailorankovic904 : "can I use ssd on my mobo"
what ssd can I use on my mobo GIGABYTE GA-78LMT-S2 1.2 . cam I use pci-e ssd and where can I put my graphic card amd r7 250 if I use my pci-ex 16 slot
gaius_iulius
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1) Your motherboard doesn't offer any M.2 ports, which makes the use on an SSD with a PCIe interface cumbersome.
2) Your PCIe standard is 2.0, which makes connecting an SSD to a PCIe interface a bad idea.
3) In general, you will not notice a difference in speed between an SSD connected to a SATA interface and one connected to PCIe. PCIe-connected SSDs only make sense if you regularly transfer huge files ... and not to another device via a slow USB 2.0 port either. For a "normal" user, a SATA-connected SSD is totally sufficient.
4) Your motherboard only offers SATA2 ports, which operate at 3Gb/s. While it is not impossible to connect an SSD to them (it'll still be faster than your HDD), it will not allow you to make full use of the SSD's speed. The SSD will work at 70% of its maximum speed. (Explanation: 3Gb/s = 0.37GB/s = 378MB/s. So your SATA2 port can transmit 378MB per second. A good SSD will read and write at about 520-540MB per second. 378 are 70% of 540.) You should connect an SSD to a SATA3 port, which offers double the speed of SATA2, namely 6Gb/s.
You can use a SATA-connected SSD with your current motherboard, but it's advisable to look for a new board sooner or later, because
- your mobo offers PCIe 2.0 ... PCIe 3.0 is today's standard;
- your mobo offers SATA2 ... SATA3 is today's standard, and if you wish to use SSDs, you should really connect them to SATA3 ports;
- your mobo offers USB 2.0 ... USB 3.0/3.1 is today's standard (and USB 2.0 really sucks, it only offers 10% of the speed of USB 3.0).
You don't need a fancy board with a lot of expensive extra features. A mobo costing between 70 and 90 bucks should do nicely for you.
Cheers,
Gaius
2) Your PCIe standard is 2.0, which makes connecting an SSD to a PCIe interface a bad idea.
3) In general, you will not notice a difference in speed between an SSD connected to a SATA interface and one connected to PCIe. PCIe-connected SSDs only make sense if you regularly transfer huge files ... and not to another device via a slow USB 2.0 port either. For a "normal" user, a SATA-connected SSD is totally sufficient.
4) Your motherboard only offers SATA2 ports, which operate at 3Gb/s. While it is not impossible to connect an SSD to them (it'll still be faster than your HDD), it will not allow you to make full use of the SSD's speed. The SSD will work at 70% of its maximum speed. (Explanation: 3Gb/s = 0.37GB/s = 378MB/s. So your SATA2 port can transmit 378MB per second. A good SSD will read and write at about 520-540MB per second. 378 are 70% of 540.) You should connect an SSD to a SATA3 port, which offers double the speed of SATA2, namely 6Gb/s.
You can use a SATA-connected SSD with your current motherboard, but it's advisable to look for a new board sooner or later, because
- your mobo offers PCIe 2.0 ... PCIe 3.0 is today's standard;
- your mobo offers SATA2 ... SATA3 is today's standard, and if you wish to use SSDs, you should really connect them to SATA3 ports;
- your mobo offers USB 2.0 ... USB 3.0/3.1 is today's standard (and USB 2.0 really sucks, it only offers 10% of the speed of USB 3.0).
You don't need a fancy board with a lot of expensive extra features. A mobo costing between 70 and 90 bucks should do nicely for you.
Cheers,
Gaius
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