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So my hdd has been making very loud grating noises for a while now and it obviously needs replacing. I wanted to go ssd however my mobo is a 78lmt from gigabyte and only has sata 2 (3 gb/s). So my questions are:

1. Is it still worth upgrading to an ssd

2. If it is, could i save money by buying a slower ssd as a faster one would be bottlenecked anyway

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1 minute ago, Mr_Random_Guy said:

So my hdd has been making very loud grating noises for a while now and it obviously needs replacing. I wanted to go ssd however my mobo is a 78lmt from gigabyte and only has sata 2 (3 gb/s). So my questions are:

1. Is it still worth upgrading to an ssd

2. If it is, could i save money by buying a slower ssd as a faster one would be bottlenecked anyway

Yea it is still worth upgrading as random perf is the main thing holding back usability in day to day workloads and that won't matter much for SATA 2. And yes, I wouldn't buy a top tier ssd anyways... Just avoid the BX200 and get a budget TLC drive and you will be fine (SP550, MX300, Trition 150 etc).

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Well most SATA SSDs are capable of maxing SATA 3 so I would assume one running on SATA 2 would be about half its normal speed.

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3 minutes ago, DeadEyePsycho said:

Well most SATA SSDs are capable of maxing SATA 3 so I would assume one running on SATA 2 would be about half its normal speed.

On sequential yes... on random 4k's it would be the exact same. And randoms are the main issue, and seek times. Both are unaffected by the swap.

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Ok i've narrowed it down to one of two, either:

ADATA Premier SP550 480 GB

or

PNY CS1311 480 GB

here is a link to a comparison of the two:

http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/PNY-CS1311-480GB-vs-Adata-Premier-SP550-480GB/3616vs3624

 

the pny seems to beat the other in everything but 4k mixed io, in which the adata wins by a huge amount. So which should i get?

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