Motherboard question

[priv4cy]

Is it possible to put an ssd if i have asus p5kpl-am motherboard? It's an old motherboard im wondering if i can put an ssd in it because i want to make it running again after i bought my new pc.

[tank234]

m.2 ssd no, but you can get a sata ssd 

[aDoomGuy]

Are you talking about M.2 storage? It is a DDR2 motherboard? No you can't do that but you CAN use a 2,5" SATA SSD but I think it would have it's performance held back by the 3Gb/s SATA ports on the board.

[priv4cy]

1 minute ago, aDoomGuy said:

Are you talking about M.2 storage? It is a DDR2 motherboard? No you can't do that but you CAN use a 2,5" SATA SSD but I think it would have it's performance held back by the 3Gb/s SATA ports on the board.

Yes its DDR2 motherboard, no im not talking about m.2 storage. 

[Fasauceome]

Any SATA storage device is treated the same by a PC (they're all seen as a "hard drive") so it will work and it will provide a great speed benefit 

[aDoomGuy]

Just now, priv4cy said:

Yes its DDR2 motherboard, no im not talking about m.2 storage. 

2,5" SATA SSD you can use but it will probably have it's bandwith reduced to half due to the 3Gb/s ports on your board. On more modern boards the SATA interface is 6Gb/s and I'm not sure how this will impact you but probably not so much impact in normal situations (loading Windows, a game etc).

 

Basically yes you can use a 2,5" SATA but don't expect it to reach its advertised speeds and it should still be faster than a spinning drive.