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SATAIII SSD on SATAII port for nettop

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dc4517

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Hi all,

I have an Acer Revo 3610 that runs an Atom 330, 2GB RAM, and a 5400rpm HDD. I was considering installing a SSD as it has lately slowed to a crawl. I've read a few reviews and installs from a couple of years ago when this unit first came out, and that an SSD greatly improved the performance. However, back then SATAII SSDs were more plentiful, SATAIII was expensive - so it was an easy choice. When I look at SSDs today, SATAIII are plentiful and relatively cheaper than SATAII.

Will I have a problem running a SATAIII SSD on the SATAII port? I know I will be sacrificing performance, but since they're cheaper, I might as well buy the newer tech.

Thoughts?
 
SATA I, II, and III are all interchangeable. So yes you can use a SATAIII drive in a SATAII
machine.
I put a SATAIII drive in my wifes SATA1.5 laptop and it works great and really helped improve performance.
 
I put a Samsung SSD in my daughter's old Dell laptop and it made quite a bit of difference. One other thing I would suggest... do a clean install of the OS. Even with an HDD, a clean install every so often isn't a bad thing...
 
no problems I can think of. The SSD will most likely be restricted by the SATAII bus max speeds than by the SSD speeds, but it will still make a mind boggling difference on an older Atom rig.
 
RU482 said:
no problems I can think of. The SSD will most likely be restricted by the SATAII bus max speeds than by the SSD speeds, but it will still make a mind boggling difference on an older Atom rig.
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It will make somewhat of a difference, but I think the slow speed of an Atom 330 will likely prevent it from being "mind boggling".
 
The biggest benefit of an SSD is that random reads/writes have functionally 0 seek time.

The biggest downside of using a SATA 6 Gb/s SSD in a SATA 3 Gb/s slot, is that will cap your throughput for sequential reads/writes.

Get the more modern SSD, but as VirtualLarry pointed out, don't expect a miracle.
 
VirtualLarry said:
It will make somewhat of a difference, but I think the slow speed of an Atom 330 will likely prevent it from being "mind boggling".
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relative term. Having built many Atom systems, I can say it will be much more than "somewhat of a difference". Using the system will go from painful, to bearable
 
Back in 2010, an SSD was the only thing that made an Intel Atom netbook bearable. Don't be too afraid to go for a larger size SSD than you need. They are so fast and their laptop form factor so usable that you can continue to use that SSD in your next upgrade.
 
Been there, done this......several times recently...and it WORKS. so go for it 😀

worst case scenario is the old machine dies in a year or less, then you can transplant that SATA III drive into your new machine & be all set, or at the very least put it in an external case and have a nice backup drive !
 
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