P5B & 1TB Questions

[Drongo Dave]

Hi All, I've got an old P5B with the latest bios & Windows XP SP3. Does any of this support a 1TB drive?

TIA,
Dave.

 

[lopri]

Yes.

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[Drongo Dave]

Thanks!

I'm out of date severely, so you are saying yes, I can stick a 1TB SATA in it & have nil problem?

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Yes, your bios supported large drives from version 0806 I believe. Anything later and you'll be fine

 

[Drongo Dave]

I got a 1TB Caviar & it has been working fine for more than 2 weeks, thanks people!

SSD, does XP support it?

Is there any good reason for using any of the newer version of Windows?

TIA.

 

[Rafael]

Yes XP will support SSD, the only thing you will not get support for SSD is the TRIM.
If I am not wrong, the only OS you get TRIM support is Windows 7.
I think if you have 2 Gb of ram, you will be fine to stick with Windows 7.
I think all your hardware you will not have any problem upgrading to a newer Windows, I think you should try and test yourself.
IMO, it is better than XP.