quizzelbuck
Member
I am looking in to getting an SSD for my EVGA X58 SLI mother board.
My goal is getting the best 200GB SSD for my money, with a budget of
about 200-ish dollars. My problem is that my listed mother board only
supports sata 2.
My first set of concerns; Sata 2 vs 3.
I could do a sata 3 controller card with a sata 3 SSD. That would
probably cost the most but it would probably simplify the equation. If
the jump in performance is really drastic, then i might bump up my
budget.
Or, should i just buy the best sata 2 SSD? Is there an advantageous
trade off in terms of reliability and larger sizes for lower prices if
i just buy Sata 2? Or is it like ram in that its older, slower and
more expensive to stick with sata 2?
Lastly, I could toss a sata 3 SSD on this board and treat it like a
sata 2 SSD, sure, but is that wasting money? I really have no sense of
what an optimal price to performance ratio should be with SSDs right
now.
Second, and what ever you concluded after my first question will
matter here; whats the best 200 gig (or larger) SSD? Newegg seems to
agree with my budget here, But It seems like performance and
reliability are really at odds at this price range. Is there a magic
SSD out there that is really reliable and really fast for that price
and size?
I guess both my questions boil down to this: If your computer had the
same specs as mine, what SSD would you put in it for $200?
Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor
CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3
12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TR3X6G1600C8D
CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V v2.2 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80
PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7
EVGA E758-A1 3-Way SLI (x16/x16/x8) LGA 1366 Intel X58 Part# 132-BL-E758-A1
EVGA SuperClocked 012-P3-1572-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB
320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP
2 (two) x 1TB Western digital black edition hard drives
1 (one) x 2TB Western digital Green hard drive.
My goal is getting the best 200GB SSD for my money, with a budget of
about 200-ish dollars. My problem is that my listed mother board only
supports sata 2.
My first set of concerns; Sata 2 vs 3.
I could do a sata 3 controller card with a sata 3 SSD. That would
probably cost the most but it would probably simplify the equation. If
the jump in performance is really drastic, then i might bump up my
budget.
Or, should i just buy the best sata 2 SSD? Is there an advantageous
trade off in terms of reliability and larger sizes for lower prices if
i just buy Sata 2? Or is it like ram in that its older, slower and
more expensive to stick with sata 2?
Lastly, I could toss a sata 3 SSD on this board and treat it like a
sata 2 SSD, sure, but is that wasting money? I really have no sense of
what an optimal price to performance ratio should be with SSDs right
now.
Second, and what ever you concluded after my first question will
matter here; whats the best 200 gig (or larger) SSD? Newegg seems to
agree with my budget here, But It seems like performance and
reliability are really at odds at this price range. Is there a magic
SSD out there that is really reliable and really fast for that price
and size?
I guess both my questions boil down to this: If your computer had the
same specs as mine, what SSD would you put in it for $200?
Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor
CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3
12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TR3X6G1600C8D
CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V v2.2 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80
PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7
EVGA E758-A1 3-Way SLI (x16/x16/x8) LGA 1366 Intel X58 Part# 132-BL-E758-A1
EVGA SuperClocked 012-P3-1572-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB
320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP
2 (two) x 1TB Western digital black edition hard drives
1 (one) x 2TB Western digital Green hard drive.
