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adding ssdrive to a pc using a large traditional drive

by Apr 11, 2014 8:57PM PDT

I have a PC using
Intel i3-3220 cpu,RAM 16GB,m/b Model name H61M-USB3v and a system type 64-bit. At the moment I have a conventional large size hard drive.The M/B has two places to connect to SATA cables.
4SATA 3Gb/s.
I would like to add a Solid State drive, just big enough for the operating system on solid state, to speed up the start up etc.
Is it possible and advisable ?
if so, any pit falls to watch out for!

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Some reading
by Apr 12, 2014 1:11AM PDT
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SSD readycache device.
by shafiqkhan31 Apr 12, 2014 9:20PM PDT

I am grateful to you for the response. However only one question remains unanswered.
Would it work with a M/B H61M, which has a lower speed ( SATA 3Gb/s) in stead of the faster 6Gb/s ?

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Yes
by Bob__B Apr 12, 2014 11:04PM PDT

Yes it will work fine...I have the sata 3Gb ports.

I suppose there is some minor perf loss using 3Gb vs 6Gb but I'm not going to fret about it.

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Thank you.
by shafiqkhan31 Apr 12, 2014 11:59PM PDT

I am grateful to you for the most helpful answer. I shall try it soon and will see it for myself.

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Better to go with SATA 6Gbs...it's backwards compatible with
by VAPCMD Apr 13, 2014 2:36AM PDT

3GB interfaces, it's faster, it doesn't cost any more and you can use it in another system in the future.

Let us know how it works out.

VAPCMD

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Thank you.
by shafiqkhan31 Apr 13, 2014 10:40PM PDT

I am grateful for added assurance.
I have ordered the SSD and shall be very pleased to report back.

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