Hipster Doofus Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Force 3 120gb ssd. What do I connect it too for best performance? Board is an Asus P7P55D-E Deluxe. It has Intel P55 Serial ATA connectors & Marvell Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors. So which one is it? Very confused as to what's the go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madnisman Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 For maximum stability I would recommend using the light blue native Intel SATA2 controller, you should connect it to the very first port. Marvell controller (gray) is not recommended since it seems to be underperforming and instable. Anyway, you can try this port and see which results you get, this controller seems to be connected via PCIe x4. If you're experiencing issues, switch to Intel port, I would prefer stability over speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hipster Doofus Posted December 22, 2011 Author Share Posted December 22, 2011 Thanks madnisman. Seeing as it is already in the marvell port I'll give it a go there. If I decide to switch to the Intel can I just plug the drive in there & start up or will I have to reinstall again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madnisman Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 You can just plug it into the other port, no need to reinstall. Would be nice if you can keep us updated and tell us how it works for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hipster Doofus Posted December 23, 2011 Author Share Posted December 23, 2011 I'm still at it. AAAAHHHHHHH Trying to install Ubuntu at the same time. A linux noob here. Anyway the drives are now connect to intel & will be in raid0 so I can't test them out in the marvell. (no raid support) My head is spinning with everything that is going on. As Spock would say, "That's not logical captain." Computers...............never a dull moment. Thanks for the advice. Appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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