 mmI Did It My WayPremium
join:2001-04-07
Matawan, NJ | SSD's and older controllers Is there any issue (besides speed) if I decide to put a SSD in an older computer? I have a PC on my TV running XMBC which is SATA but it's a few years old. It is running Win 7 and I will reload Win 7 to get the alignment right. |
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 rusdiAmerican VPremium,MVM
join:2001-04-28
Flippin, AR
kudos:1 | I don't think there will be any issues getting the SSD to work in your system, (it's a physical drive).
The only disadvantage I see is, you won't be able to realize the full potential, (speed) of the SSD, because of the limited older SATA pipe. It will still probably out run every other component in your system, and you may not see any real speed increase, 'cause your drive will be waiting on the CPU, and memory.
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 OctaveanPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-31
New York, NY
kudos:1 | reply to mm
Yeah, beyond the issue of speed due to the older SATA controller,…
As long as Windows 7 runs fine now you shouldn’t have any noteworthy problems. The default SATA controller driver probably works fine (I assume). TRIM support might not work if you were in the position that you had to use a different driver. Still modern garbage collection on SSD’s are rather robust typically so even then you shouldn’t have to worry about degraded performance over time.
In short you should be fine. |
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mmI Did It My WayPremium
join:2001-04-07
Matawan, NJ Reviews:
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| said by Octavean:Yeah, beyond the issue of speed due to the older SATA controller,…
As long as Windows 7 runs fine now you shouldn’t have any noteworthy problems. The default SATA controller driver probably works fine (I assume). TRIM support might not work if you were in the position that you had to use a different driver. Still modern garbage collection on SSD’s are rather robust typically so even then you shouldn’t have to worry about degraded performance over time.
In short you should be fine.
That's what I was worried about was the lack of TRIM support. |
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 pogPremium
join:2004-06-03
Kihei, HI
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| said by mm:That's what I was worried about was the lack of TRIM support.
I don't know if TRIM is dependent on the SATA controller. I've always thought it more a function of the OS, supported by the individual SSD.
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 DarkLogixPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | I think it might still need to be supported by the driver that the OS loads |
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mmI Did It My WayPremium
join:2001-04-07
Matawan, NJ | reply to mm
I pulled the trigger. TigerDirect has the M4 Crucial 128meg for $159 with free shipping today. I already have one in my main desktop and love it. I just want to quiet things down in my XBMC PC. |
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 Wily_OnePremium
join:2002-11-24
San Jose, CA | Ideally your BIOS supports AHCI. If not, your SSD performance will be somewhat lower.
Depending on your motherboard you should use the generic Microsoft drivers otherwise TRIM may not work. For example, I have an older Nvidia board, and I had to force it to use the MS drivers. |
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rusdiAmerican VPremium,MVM
join:2001-04-28
Flippin, AR
kudos:1 | reply to mm
I didn't mean to suggest your system couldn't/wouldn't benefit from the addition of a SSD. Depending on the entire system components, I was merely saying, if your CPU is *example* an older Athlon XP2100, with one GB DDR, and you thought the addition of a SSD would speed the system up, I doubt it would. 
Sorto like installing a turbo-charger on a moped. Why would anyone do that? 
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