Is it worth buying a SATA III SSD while my mobo supports only SATA II?

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Is it worth to get a SATA-3 controller to max my SSD out?

After multiple thoughts I decided to buy my first SSD drive, and after some research i've found theese:

  • OCZ Vertex 2
    • SATA II (3Gb/s)
    • SandForce SF1200
    • Max Read: up to 285MB/s
    • Max Write: up to 275MB/s

and

  • OCZ Agility 3
    • SATA III (6Gb/s)
    • SandForce SF2281
    • Max Read: up to 525MB/s
    • Max Write: up to 475MB/s

(both of 40 GB capacity)

Agility 3 costs only 10$ more than Vertex 2. Is it worth buying it, assuming that my motherboard supports only SATA II 3Gb/s? Can I do something to avoid the bottleneck? (upgrading mobo is not an option)

develroot

Posted 2011-08-24T09:48:31.510

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See my answer here. In short, if the price difference is really $10, you should definitely get the faster one because the controller chip is evidently better.

– billc.cn – 2011-08-24T09:56:20.987

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I'd say for 10 bucks it's worth it for future proofing and better performance.

Col

Posted 2011-08-24T09:48:31.510

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If you plan an upgrade in the next year - definitely.

If not - you must check which is more stable of the two models and has lower fail rates..

D.Iankov

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