upgrade to internal Solid State Drive from a tradizional hard driver

[Filippopune]

I want to upgrade my old desktop computer with an  internal Solid State Drive.

There are many  internal Solid State Drive on the market  a can not know which is the best and compatible with my  motherboard.(Joshua-H61-uATX (Joshua).

Which internal Solid State Drive should I buy for make my computer faster during  startup and open the app faster. My concern is with make my computer faster, and I do not care much about computer games and store my date in the internal hard driver. ( I use a external hard driver to store my data)

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

This SSD provides the best performance for the price, IMHO.

This is the 500 GB model.

WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD Unità allo Stato Solido Interna 2.5", 500 GB : Amazon.it: Informatica

You will need to also purchase a 3.5" to 2.5" drive adapter so the smaller SSD fits where your PC's current hard drive mounts.

[Filippopune]

Where I can find the  adapter _. 

I find this in Amazon, but I am not sure.

https://www.amazon.it/Sabrent-Drive-Desktop-converter-serraggio/dp/B00UN550AC/ref=asc_df_B00UN550AC/...

I upload the speed image of my hard drive.
Can you tell me, more or less how much my computer speed increases on startup and waking up from hibernation . These two things are very slow on my computer. When I use the computer, the performance is good. I use the Windows 10 debloat operating system.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

Yes that adapter should work.

Here are other options you can look into.

Amazon.it : Corsair Dual SSD Mounting Bracket 3.5" CSSD-BRKT2, Black

The boot time should be less than 25 seconds with a solid state drive.

Where you see the sequential read and write speeds (1st and 2nd lines), they should be at least double with a SSD.

Do you know what SATA speed the SATA port on the motherboard is?

The Joshua motherboard may only be SATA II.

Run the free utility that I zipped up and attached below to see what SATA speed your PC's drive is running at.

Look at my screenshot below and see this report...you want to see the same...SATA 6 Gb/s @ 6 Gb/s

[Filippopune]

I do not.

I see SATA 6 Gb/s @ 3 Gb/s.

What does meen it?

I upload image of the text.

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

What that means is the SATA controllet is only SATA 2.

A SSD will still be better than a mechanical hard drive,  but it will only run at the SATA 2 speed, and not the faster SATA 3 speed. 

[Filippopune]

Then the top speed of sata 2 is 300MB/s. This means, the speed of the SSD will be no more the 300MBs regardless the real speed of the SSD. If so the speed of my computer will be double.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Yes, that is about right. .

I have SSD'S in a couple of desktop PC'S with SATA 2 controllers, and they work much faster than the mechanical hard drives did. 

Best thing I ever did was to add SSD'S to those PC's. 

[Filippopune]

What you thing if i buy a sata3 pci express card.
Can I get the full speed of a SSD with the new card?
If so, what card should I buy? 

This is what i found in amazon. 

BEYIMEI da PCI-E a SATA3.0 Scheda di espansione del Disco Rigido, Scheda di espansione Controller PCIe-SATA, interfaccia SATA6GB Supporta SSD e HDD, Adatto per WinXP/Vista/Win7/Win8/Win10/LINUX.

My Idea is to buy first the SSD and if I am not satisfied of the performance, I  can buy the card later. If I can do that I will buy the SSD . But if I can not upgrade from sata 2 to sata 3. I will not. If I buy a SSD I want to enjoy  the full speed of it.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

Unfortunately, I don't know if the PC's Joshua motherboard will boot from a device in a PCI express slot, so I cannot advise you as to whether or not you can do it.

I would buy the SSD, and move it to a newer PC in the future that has a SATA 3 controller.