Crucial M4 on Intel G31 and ICH7

[x1222]

I'm planning to get a Crucial M4, but the computer uses this old Intel G31 and ICH7 chipsets and E5200 CPU. I don't believe the motherboard supports AHCI either. It's an ASUS P5PKL-CM. The computer is running Windows 7.

Will there be any problems running off the chipset and without AHCI? Maximum performance isn't too important, as long as it's a good difference from Hard disks and the SSD doesn't degrade too fast. Can I still get TRIM support as well?

 

[razel]

That's not that old. It's Core 2 and is plenty of performance still. It's SATA 2 and supports AHCI. Just set it in the BIOS to 'enhanced.'

 

[postmortemIA]

That's not that old. It's Core 2 and is plenty of performance still. It's SATA 2 and supports AHCI. Just set it in the BIOS to 'enhanced.'

as far as I know, ICH7 does not have AHCI support. I have two PCs with at, and neither have AHCI drivers or AHCI options in BIOS.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I wouldn't worry about it. The SSD will improve performance much more than it would lose from lack of NCQ. Just go for it!

 

[x1222]

okay SSD it is! Thanks.

 

[Cerb]

If you run it native SATA (but not AHCI), can't you install RST and get NCQ?