mSata vs SSD vs other SSD options

[weckart]

Are there any nvme or PCI/sata cards that could be used to hook up msata or m.2 SSDs straight to a PCI slot in a power mac? My searches just turn up PCI-express adapters. If there's a good PCI card that does this then it would save a bunch of cables and adapter boards...

I had one that hooked up ATA drives directly to a PCI connector - the Sonnet Tempo HD

For SATA/AHCI/NVMe drives, the only such cards I have seen have PCIe connectors, so won't work. M.2 came out way after PCI became a legacy bus. There is zero market in retrofitting new technology into obsolete hardware so I don't expect any such cards to become available since existing SATA to IDE adapters should cater for the retro crowd.

 

[powermi]

Im thinking moving from SATA boot drive on my dual 1ghz QS for a SSD, must the SSD has anything special (Im worried about TRIM support).

cheers.

 

[TheShortTimer]

Im thinking moving from SATA boot drive on my dual 1ghz QS for a SSD, must the SSD has anything special (Im worried about TRIM support).

cheers.

I've been using an SSD with my own dual 1Ghz QS for the most part of this year and I haven't experienced any problems. The TRIM support - or lack of it isn't that much of an issue from what I've read on here but others who are more knowledgable will weigh in hopefully.

 

[powermi]

Yes, for the moment I was happy with a fast SATA disk, wanna give a try to SSDs on powerMacs.

 

[eyoungren]

(Im worried about TRIM support).

The TRIM support - or lack of it isn't that much of an issue from what I've read on here but others who are more knowledgable will weigh in hopefully.

Any relatively new SSD (say within the last five years) will have good to robust GC (garbage collection) as part of it's firmware. Just keep about 25% disk space open to allow for that.