mSata Plextor M5M 128GB

[Yoyellow]

Heya,

quick question:

im gonna build a hack on a Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H mobo, this one has an mSata port.

id like to use the Plextor M5M 128GB msata disk (or any other msata disk), is there any reason for this "not" to work?

really like you input

thanks.

 

[nobodynose]

Heya,

quick question:

im gonna build a hack on a Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H mobo, this one has an mSata port.

id like to use the Plextor M5M 128GB msata disk (or any other msata disk), is there any reason for this "not" to work?

really like you input

thanks.

It should work fine, though if I'm not mistaken the mSATA port on that motherboard (as on most motherboards with an mSATA port) is only SATA-II, so you won't get the full performance out of the drive.

 

[Yoyellow]

i made this mac for a clueless friend, indeed the msata port on the GA-Z77-DS3H has sata2 speed, doing a quick read/write check, and it capped at around 260MB read and write, still freaking fast, and we didnt pay anything more then a normal ssd.

 

[bryonhowley]

Running at Sata II speed is really the only draw back. I had a Gigabyte motherboard went I first setup my Hackintosh but it had a bad PCI-E slot and I had to replace it so I got a Asus Z77 Sabertooth and of course it did not have a built in MSata port. Long story short I got a adapter to change it to support a 2.5 inch and must say it is much faster running Sata III. It was the best way to still use the hardware I already had. That said the performance was not that bad running Sata II.