Will this SSD work on any MOBO

Lee H

Gonna get this beuty and wondering do I need a special port for this or will a standard SATA port do

OCZ Vertex 3 120Gig - Maximum Read: 550MB/sec, Maximum Write: 500MB/sec

OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 2.5" SATA-III Solid State Hard Drive - Aria Technology

I am finding out the mobo as we speak

Cisco Inferno

Lee H wrote: »

Gonna get this beuty and wondering do I need a special port for this or will a standard SATA port do

OCZ Vertex 3 120Gig - Maximum Read: 550MB/sec, Maximum Write: 500MB/sec

OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 2.5" SATA-III Solid State Hard Drive - Aria Technology

I am finding out the mobo as we speak

You will want to use a sata 3 port.
my suggestion would be to purchase a Sata3 pci-express card. or sata3 pci card.

Lee H

The mobo is an i5 socket about 12 months old so its quite new

Is it very likely that this ASUS board will work the SSD to full speed

also is SATA 3 port 6Gbps interface

Thanks

Lee H

Just found out now the MOBO is a P7P55D Rev 1 which has 2 x 6Gbps ports

With an i5 plus 8 gig or RAM will I see a noticeable difference by upgrading from a Vertex 1 to a Vertex 3

Lee H

Bought the Vertex 3 120Gig drive today and came home to find my MOBO does not have a 6Gbps port

Can anyone recommend a utility that can show me the SSD's current read and write speed

also

I need to purchase this but I am googling it for images and cant for the life of me figure out were the dam SATA cable would plug into, nothing on these pictures is showing me a typical SATA port like you see on a MOBO

Asus U3S6 USB3.0 & SATA 6Gbps PCI-Express Controller Card

Cheers for the help


also

I kept getting a message on boot, detecting drives please wait.......so I googled it and was told to change from ACHI to RAID/IDE but I had to select "disable" on this option for thie boot message to stop - can anyone shed any light on that

Asif Dasl

Lee H wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a utility that can show me the SSD's current read and write speed

CrystralDiskMark

Lee H

Considering this is a VERTEX 3, is this normal results for a 3Gbps port?

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CrystalDiskMark 3.0.1 x64 (C) 2007-2010 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : Crystal Dew World

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* MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s]

Sequential Read : 209.946 MB/s
Sequential Write : 170.362 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 209.575 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 168.453 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 29.195 MB/s [ 7127.7 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 60.865 MB/s [ 14859.6 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 23.252 MB/s [ 5676.8 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 97.088 MB/s [ 23703.2 IOPS]

Test : 1000 MB [C: 28.2% (31.5/111.7 GB)] (x1)
Date : 2011/05/05 22:27:57
OS : Windows 7 Ultimate Edition [6.1 Build 7600] (x64)

Asif Dasl

Lee H wrote: »

Considering this is a VERTEX 3, is this normal results for a 3Gbps port?

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CrystalDiskMark 3.0.1 x64 (C) 2007-2010 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : Crystal Dew World

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* MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s]

Sequential Read : 209.946 MB/s
Sequential Write : 170.362 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 209.575 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 168.453 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 29.195 MB/s [ 7127.7 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 60.865 MB/s [ 14859.6 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 23.252 MB/s [ 5676.8 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 97.088 MB/s [ 23703.2 IOPS]

Test : 1000 MB [C: 28.2% (31.5/111.7 GB)] (x1)
Date : 2011/05/05 22:27:57
OS : Windows 7 Ultimate Edition [6.1 Build 7600] (x64)

That's kinda the ballpark figure I had in my mind you would get using a 3Gb port. You really need a 6Gb port to get the manufacturer speeds. If you really need the higher speed then you might want to get a 6Gb SATA controller card to put in the computer. I checked eBay and they are cheap enough, it would be worth doing for double the transfer speeds.

Lee H

Thanks for your help

Would a 6Gbps controller card require any drivers, if I pop it in and simply connect the VERTEX 3 to it will my PC then just boot up

As I have ASUS mobo would this be recommended

Asus U3S6 USB3.0 & SATA 6Gbps PCI-Express Controller Card [U3S6]

Asif Dasl

You might be lucky and might not need to install a SATA driver. If it's Windows 7 then I would guess you'll be fine.

Lee H

So will my BIOS be able to boot this drive once its connected to the CARD without having to press a certain key to install 3rd party drivers, do you know what am getting at?

Asif Dasl

I know what you mean, yeah, you should be OK if it's Windows 7, if it's Windows XP then you will probably need the drivers. At worst at least with Windows 7 you can access the drivers using USB instead of a floppy drive with XP.

Lee H

Are they meant to be plug and play or are all these controller cards classed as 3rd party

Reason I ask is I am giving the PC back to my friend and might advise him to buy and install this card, he has installed PCI cards before but don't think he will be able to follow his nose regarding drivers on boot-up

Asif Dasl

Like I say it'll depend on the OS, if it's Windows 7 you should be able to plug in to the card and boot from it straight away. If it's XP it'll be a nightmare to get working properly, and will probably require complete reinstall etc. They are 3rd party cards but should work Plug and Play with Windows 7.

Lee H

OK thanks for your help much appreciated