98se pci sata card question

[thrasher_565]

so im trying to build the ultimate 98se pc well i do have one some what stable others said something about using an pci sata card. but my question is why and witch one to buy? i have been having a hard time getting other mb to run stable and some take 6+ houses to format... if a pci sata card will help ill buy one just need to no witch one...

 

i think this is the right from to post in?

[svmlegacy]

A lot of motherboards of that vintage don't have SATA. I personally use one for a Pentium III machine, making it easy to interchange it with more modern machines (And to use cheap SATA SSD's... but keep in mind 98SE doesn't support TRIM.)

[thrasher_565]

8 minutes ago, svmlegacy said:

A lot of motherboards of that vintage don't have SATA. I personally use one for a Pentium III machine, making it easy to interchange it with more modern machines (And to use cheap SATA SSD's... but keep in mind 98SE doesn't support TRIM.)

ya all the mb im trying to use all have sata. 775. im just wondering why some mb take 6 hours to format well others dont. maybe that's because im trying to get a mb that has an core 2 quad support?

 

i do have a wd velociraptor 150gb hdd but if i can get an ssd to work that should be faster in theory?

 

dont really care about the scandisc thing degrading the ssd over time. if it cause unstable then maybe.

Edited October 20, 2021 by thrasher_565