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My boss has a PC with an ASUS Striker II (Nvidia 780i). I was recently talking with him about SSDs, and he wants to get one.
As far as I can remember with my previous 680i board, Nvidia chipsets don't support AHCI. So, my questions are:
1 - Is it still worthwhile for him to get an SSD, even without AHCI? Will there be a huge performance drop compared to a SSD with AHCI enabled, or will it still be lightning fast compared to a mechanical HDD?
2 - Will Windows 7 still be able to pass the TRIM command, or will it need to rely on background garbage collection? If background GC is the only option, which drives would be best? Sandforce / Indilinx / Intel / Micron / etc.
He's looking to spend about $250 or so, and around a 100-120 GB hard drive would be best. Reliability is absolute top priority. What do you guys recommend?
As far as I can remember with my previous 680i board, Nvidia chipsets don't support AHCI. So, my questions are:
1 - Is it still worthwhile for him to get an SSD, even without AHCI? Will there be a huge performance drop compared to a SSD with AHCI enabled, or will it still be lightning fast compared to a mechanical HDD?
2 - Will Windows 7 still be able to pass the TRIM command, or will it need to rely on background garbage collection? If background GC is the only option, which drives would be best? Sandforce / Indilinx / Intel / Micron / etc.
He's looking to spend about $250 or so, and around a 100-120 GB hard drive would be best. Reliability is absolute top priority. What do you guys recommend?