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    Slow write speed with SSD on SATA2

    Your motherboard has 8 SATA 2 (3Gb/s) ports. Double-check that your SSD is connected to one of the 6 Intel SATA ports (SATA1 - SATA6), not to one of the 2 Silicon Image SATA ports (SATA_E1 - SATA_E2). Connect the SSD to port SATA1 if it is not there already. See page 2-2 of your...
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    Agility 3 or Vertex 3?

    Vertex 3s use Synchronous NAND, which is a faster and higher quality NAND than the Asynchronous NAND that the Agility 3 uses.
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    Need a recommendation on a SATA-III PCI-Express card

    Your motherboard only has a PCIe x1 slot available (your graphics card is using the PCIe x16 slot) so you can only connect a x1 controller card to it. You need a PCIe x4 or x8 card to get maximum advertised speeds from any SATA III SSD. SATA III speeds are from 301MB/s to 600MB/s, so expect...
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    How do I ensure I am actually buying the same OCZ Vertex 3 that is in the reviews?

    :D:D I'm not an OCZ employee, but I do own 2 Vertex 2 60GB. So it was easy for me to find the info. I guess you can call me..........Mini Me!! :D:D
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    How do I ensure I am actually buying the same OCZ Vertex 3 that is in the reviews?

    The Part Number should be VTX3-25SAT3-240G and the UPC should be 842024025436. Here's the link to the Product Sheet: http://www.ocztechnology.com/res/manuals/OCZ_Vertex3_Product_sheet.pdf