No TRIM on Marvel 9128 6GB SATA 3 and Intel 520 240GB SSD?

[yatlee]

I decided to hold off on Z77, but instead spent money on a new SSD on my X58 Sabratooth board connecting via the Marvel SATA 3 port. I installed the Intel toolbox, but it said the drive is not recognized. I did some research on the net and realize the Marvel doesn't support TRIM. Anyone can confirm this?

 

[mrpiggy]

Just use the Intel ports. They will perform better and support things like TRIM much better overall with an SSD even though only at SATA2 3G speeds. The Marvel on-board SATA3 ports on the x58 Sabertooth suck with SSD's (yes I have one of these motherboards). They are bearable with HDD's, but for everything except a couple of select benchmark tests, the Intel ports will perform/work better with your SSD and you won't notice any speed difference in real-life useage.

 

[yatlee]

Thanks, That's what I thought until I tried it and the Marvel port showed a 50% improvement on read over the intel port. Write comes in about the same as Intel port.