cMP SSD PCI Boot

[adam9c1]

I have a cMP 5,1. Looking for recommendations on a PCI Card I can use with a SATA3 SSD.
Ideally something I could connect another drive to.
I could have one or both drives in optical bay.

 

[phairphan]

I and other users here use the Apricorn Velocity Duo. You can mount two SATA 3 SSDs directly to the card—no need to put them in the optical bay.

You can read more about the card in this Macrumors forum thread: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/dual-boot-confirmed-for-new-apricorn-velocity-duo-x2.1721573/

 

[kschendel]

SATA3 SSD will work in any of the drive bays, but at SATA 2 speeds. It's surprising how little difference it makes most of the time, unless you're limited by long sequential reads or writes. If you want SATA 3 speeds, the Apricorn card seems to be the consensus choice.