Msata or sata3 ?

[givingtnt]

same price, same 500gb

witch one to pick ?

[Electronics Wizardy]

there the same.

[givingtnt]

Just now, wrathoftheturkey said:

mSATA is just a smaller form factor, I guess if you care about space go for it,

The normal drive is probs cheaper though

actually msata is 10$ cheaper.

 

ok then

[givingtnt]

Just now, wrathoftheturkey said:

Actually, get the SATA drive. There might be weird compatibility stuff with your motherboard otherwise

why ? I mean, the motherboard has a dedicated msata slot why would I have any problems ?

[Captain_WD]

On 14.09.2016 г. at 4:56 AM, givingtnt said:

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Hi there

 

AS the guys pointed out, mSATA and SATAIII cannot really be compared. mSATA, just like M.2, 2.5" or 3.5" is a form factor meaning the size of the drive and where it fits in the case. SATAIII, like PCIe, PATA, SATAII, SATAI etc., is a connection type from which depends the performance of the drive and what you can do with it. 

To put it simple, asking if you should get a mSATA or a SATAIII drive is sort of asking if you should get a truck or a diesel car.

 

Which specific model are you looking at? What type of usage are you planning to have? On what system are you going to use the drive on? 

 

Captain_WD.

[givingtnt]

4 hours ago, Captain_WD said:

Hi there

 

AS the guys pointed out, mSATA and SATAIII cannot really be compared. mSATA, just like M.2, 2.5" or 3.5" is a form factor meaning the size of the drive and where it fits in the case. SATAIII, like PCIe, PATA, SATAII, SATAI etc., is a connection type from which depends the performance of the drive and what you can do with it. 

To put it simple, asking if you should get a mSATA or a SATAIII drive is sort of asking if you should get a truck or a diesel car.

 

Which specific model are you looking at? Watt type of usage are you planning to have? On what system are you going to use the drive on? 

 

Captain_WD.

im looking at samsung 850 evo 500gb
its for my pc (tower) wich has a dedicated msata slot. (msi gd-65 z97)

though I might have found a used 1tb 850 evo. for 100$ more. and its msata ***

[Captain_WD]

15 hours ago, givingtnt said:

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Well, both the SSD and the motherboard use the SATAIII interface so you should be OK and shouldn't see any difference between this and a regular 2.5" SATAIII SSD.

Be careful with second-hand SSDs an always request the raw values of the S.M.A.R.T. status of the drive so you know what is its condition and how much of it was used. 

 

Captain_WD.

[givingtnt]

On 9/14/2016 at 7:47 AM, Captain_WD said:

Hi there

 

AS the guys pointed out, mSATA and SATAIII cannot really be compared. mSATA, just like M.2, 2.5" or 3.5" is a form factor meaning the size of the drive and where it fits in the case. SATAIII, like PCIe, PATA, SATAII, SATAI etc., is a connection type from which depends the performance of the drive and what you can do with it. 

To put it simple, asking if you should get a mSATA or a SATAIII drive is sort of asking if you should get a truck or a diesel car.

 

Which specific model are you looking at? Watt type of usage are you planning to have? On what system are you going to use the drive on? 

 

Captain_WD.

ok thanks !

[givingtnt]

8 hours ago, Captain_WD said:

Well, both the SSD and the motherboard use the SATAIII interface so you should be OK and shouldn't see any difference between this and a regular 2.5" SATAIII SSD.

Be careful with second-hand SSDs an always request the raw values of the S.M.A.R.T. status of the drive so you know what is its condition and how much of it was used. 

 

Captain_WD.

ok thanks !