Can my motherboard sata controller bottleneck a new ssd? AMD SB850

[dimster]

Hi guys

I need some help here. I want to buy my first ever ssd and I am excited (it is going to be a huge in performance I know) !

I have a question though.

I am not sure if I can maximize the full potential of a new ssd. As I can see most of the new ones they have speeds exceeding 500MB/s.

I have an old motherboard Asus M5A88-V EVO which uses AMD SB850 controller. It has support for sata 3 but still I am not sure how good it is. Some more info can be found here

http://www.anandtech.com/show/2952/5
http://anandtech.com/show/2973/6gbps-sata-performance-amd-890gx-vs-intel-x58-p55/5

Does someone have any experience at all?

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Yes, you're absolutely limited by the south bridge.
I had it happen with an old 880 chipset board myself.

 

[dimster]

To note the sdd they used for the test is obsolete and did not full utilize sata III as today's ssds.



http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/storage/2010/10/12/crucial-realssd-c300-review-128gb/3

http://www.tweakpc.de/hardware/test...128/benchmarks.php?benchmark=hdtuner&lang=eng

http://www.storagereview.com/crucial_realssd_c300_review_256gb

Oh nooooo!!
What should I do now? Should I buy a crap ssd (low specs) or can I use something like an adapter (pcie whatever)?

 

[ATMINSIDE]

I'd just grab the same thing as most other systems, the 850 EVO.
It's a solid drive, won't break the bank, and will give your system a nice kick in the rear