Msata question

ATM i have a 256gb crucial m4 sata3 ssd as my main drive with windows 7 on it, I want to upgrade to windows 8 but would like to dual boot. Would I notice a huge speed difference in sata2 msata to my ssd. I don't care about SUPER fast boot times, i just want an OS that runs fast and can launch my programs fast.

Thanks.

 

Since you're going from a standard SSD at 6gb/s to Msata at 3gb/s you'll likely notice the difference. It'll still be plenty faster than a mechanical drive and appreciate the times, but it definitely won't be AS fast as the SSD you currently have. Comparing Msata to traditional SSD though, you can typically get SSD at the same price or cheaper. What's pushing you towards the Msata route?

 

Question about Msata. If you are using it as a caching drive, not as the os drive, is it true you can only use a max of 64gb?

 

probably the dual boot capability?

@OP: u might just as well sell ur 256gb ssd and get a 512gb one, make two partitions and get ur dual boot functionality without having to sacrifice performance i bet thats probably even cheaper than going for the msata drive.

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That's what I was actually getting at but wasn't sure if he had a sweet deal on an Msata and that's why it was being considered. Definitely go the two partition route on a traditional SSD. Going to be the ideal way to go.

That is correct, the limit to that is going to be the 64gb.

 

With an OS drive going from SATA III to II is fine really, the small file performance is going to be identical its just the peak throughput which for an OS drive is not hugely important.

 

and Sager's dont have any problem recognizing msata's as boot?

 

You'll want to specify it in the Bios but no problem with recognizing them as far as I know.

 

It's read like any other hard drive since electrically that's what the chipset reads it as.