Storage USB 3 PCI

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  1. Roskoken

    Roskoken What's a Dremel?

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    Was gonna get me brother a new SSD, but he has no USB 3 so am unsure of how to go about it, anyone reckon what the best way should be to go?

    SATA 2 SSD, not really cost effective, but it is a samsung and looks pretty kinky.

    SATA 3 OR a USB/SATA 3 PCI card with SSD attached.

    Questions are though, to what extent does the PCI card throttle the SSD, cause if it throttles it by any great deal would it be worth it just to buy the SATA 2 SSD or just get the SATA 3 SSD and take the hit on speed?, plus one day he might upgrade his asus striker.

    ta,
     
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  2. TheStockBroker

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    Wut.

    I have a feeling you're confused.

    Are you getting your brother an external drive he can carry around with him, or a speedy internal drive for his desktop/laptop, to ease access times etc?

    TSB
     
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  3. Roskoken

    Roskoken What's a Dremel?

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    its an internal drive, whats confusing?

    a) SATA II SSD (Samsung MZ-5PA064/EU SSD 470) - 220MB/s Write 250MB/s Read - £91.60
    B) SATA III SSD (Corsair 60GB Force Series GT SSD) - Read 555MB/s, Write 495MB/s - 91.92

    OR

    C) The SATA III SSD attached to a USB 3 PCI expansion card.
     
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  4. Zener Diode

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    In your OP you seem to have labelled "SATA" as "USB".
     
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  5. Roskoken

    Roskoken What's a Dremel?

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    woops
     
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  6. Atomic

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    Surely this would be an SSD Connected to an eSATA Card... SSD's aren't USB unless you put them into an external caddy?
     
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  7. Roskoken

    Roskoken What's a Dremel?

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    Eh aye man, just thought the pci cards that offer USB 3 externaly would have sata III connecters for internal SSD's.

    Regardless though, do they throttle the SSD much in anyones experiance?
     
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  8. Zener Diode

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    A SATA 3 SSD on SATA 2 should be fine, you probably don't need to buy another card. I have a Crucial M4 on SATA 2 and I'm very happy with the performance.
     
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