Hi again! thanks for all the info and help.
so basically there are three (or 2.5) options:
1 - full on 3.5" SSD drive, very expensive (yes, cost is a factor)
OR
2 - or 2.5" SSD drive, mounted in one of two ways:
A - drive adapter in the drive bay OR
B - PCIe card in the PCI slot
I would probably go with the 2.5", since they're much cheaper.
there are advantages to both of the 2.5 options. I have always found dealing with the drive bays easier than dealing with the PCI slots - and the drive bay adapter is relatively inexpensive. But using the PCI slot would give me a whole free drive bay, or, in other words, not make it necessary to use a drive bay.
Of course, I don't know if I have a free PCI slot. I remember that I have two eSATA cards in different slots (along with a more recent USB3 card). I hardly ever use eSATA anymore, so possibly I could remove one of the eSATA cards and use that slot for PCIe for a 2.5" SSD drive.
thanks again!
w
just checking my system info, and this is what it tells me re PCI info:
ATI Radeon HD 2600:
Name: ATY,Lamna
Type: Display Controller
Driver Installed: Yes
MSI: Yes
Bus: PCI
Slot: Slot-1
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x9588
Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x106b
Subsystem ID: 0x00a6
Revision ID: 0x0000
Link Width: x16
Link Speed: 5.0 GT/s
pci1b73,1100:
Type: USB eXtensible Host Controller
Driver Installed: Yes
MSI: Yes
Bus: PCI
Slot: Slot-2@3,0,0
Vendor ID: 0x1b73
Device ID: 0x1100
Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x16b8
Subsystem ID: 0x6e01
Revision ID: 0x0001
Link Width: x1
Link Speed: 5.0 GT/s
pci11c1,5901:
Type: IEEE 1394 Open HCI
Driver Installed: Yes
MSI: Yes
Bus: PCI
Slot: Slot-2@4,0,0
Vendor ID: 0x11c1
Device ID: 0x5901
Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x16b8
Subsystem ID: 0x6e11
Revision ID: 0x0008
Link Width: x1
Link Speed: 2.5 GT/s
pci1095,3132:
Type: Other Mass Storage Controller
Driver Installed: Yes
MSI: No
Bus: PCI
Slot: Slot-4
Vendor ID: 0x1095
Device ID: 0x3132
Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x1095
Subsystem ID: 0x3132
Revision ID: 0x0001
Link Width: x1
Link Speed: 2.5 GT/s
pci1095,3132:
Type: Other Mass Storage Controller
Driver Installed: Yes
MSI: No
Bus: PCI
Slot: Slot-3
Vendor ID: 0x1095
Device ID: 0x3132
Subsystem Vendor ID: 0x1095
Subsystem ID: 0x3132
Revision ID: 0x0001
Link Width: x1
Link Speed: 2.5 GT/s