Hey, all. My HDD is due for replacement, and I'm on the fence as to wether or not I make the jump from a traditional HDD to an SSD. Now, if I were running a newer rig, this would be a no-brainer, but the computer for which this is intended is an aged but well maintained home computer that is NOT used for graphic intensive purposes.

The motherboard is an ASUS P4P800-MX (CLICK HERE FOR THE SPECS) and does feature two SATA ports...so from there I am to copy my drive an configure things as needed to make this my primary drive.

So, my questions are:
(1) Is it worth the hassle to changeover?
(2) Has anyone made the jump, and any pointers you can give for the transition?

 

how old is the computer?

I switched on my macbook pro last nov when my HDD shit the bed. My laptop will be 3 years old this summer and switching to a SSD was the best thing ever. Lightning fast.

 

socket 478...that's like a decade old, man.

You can buy the SSD now, then throw it into a new rig when you upgrade. Your current board more than likely has SATA I, which is 1.5Gb/s (according to wiki, 150MB/s). at that point your motherboard is limiting the performance of the SSD.

Your mobo is old enough that i'd also be concerned about compatibility with higher capacities. In all honestly a computer that old isnt too useful..i bet flash media on the internet takes a toll on it. I'd go with a cheap conventional hard drive.

 

True Sata 1 FTL. Still the random writes would kick ass. you'd see a big improvement even with sata 1. Do SSDs even work with sata 1 or do they require sata 2? backwards compatible?

 

Yeah, therein lies my concern...all of the SSDs I've seen are SATA III. Flash is...well, rough, but livable.

Dunno, that's why I'm asking too! Most I see are SATA II or III

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/27...ompatible-sata