Will this SSD work with this MOBO?

[merlinbadman]

OCZ 120GB Agility 3 SSD - AGT3-25SAT3-120G
http://www.ebuyer.com/268244-ocz-120gb-agility-3-ssd-agt3-25sat3-120g-agt3-25sat3-120g

Gigabyte GA-P61-USB3-B3 H61 Socket 1155 7.1 Channel HD Audio ATX Motherboard
http://www.ebuyer.com/261352-gigabyte-ga-p61-usb3-b3-h61-socket-1155-7-1-channel-hd-audio-atx-motherboard-ga-p61-usb3-b3

Im not overly familair with SSD's and SATA3. The SSD is 6gb/s but the mobo says it supports up to 4 3gb/s HDD's.

Any advice you be great!

 

[Caruda]

You can plug a SATA III (SATA 6Gb/s) drive into any SATA port, but you will lose performance if it is not connected via a SATA III port.

That being the case, this motherboard only has SATA II (SATA 3Gb/s) ports. Due to the speed of the newer SATA III OCZ drives like this one, you won't get the fully performance value of the drive from this motherboard.

If you really want to use that drive, which wouldn't be a bad idea, you'll want to make sure to get a motherboard with SATA III (SATA 6Gb/s) ports.

It gets confusing because everyone seems to refer to the ports differently, but below are the terms normally used.

SATA I (SATA 1.5Gb/s)
SATA II (SATA 3Gb/s)
SATA III (SATA 6Gb/s)

Hope that helps.

 

[merlinbadman]

Many thanks for your reply. I just found the 6gb/s Mobo, it was only £3 more expensive.