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Worth Motherboard Replacement
Hello all, I'm installing a SSD drive in my old Gateway GT5676 and would like to know if there is available, or if it's even worth upgrading to a board that includes SATA 3GB/s ports?
The present board is the stock Gateway Foxconn (Bengal) RS780 Motherboard with SATA II only.
I'm only considering this because this PC has many upgrades and has been pretty good to me over the years.
I know the SSD drive will work with my present on-board SATAII Ports, the question is will there be a noticeable difference that would make it worth changing my mother board to go full speed?
I recently read about a sata expansion card for PCIe to sata 3, but but a video card uses that connection.
My thoughts were if I could find a compatible board that would take all my other hardware, but offer sata3
I could just mount the new board and plug all my old hardware in and be done with it.
Any advise?
Thanks
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