Generally speaking, IDE mode provides better compatibility for the older hardware. But the hard drive may perform more slowly in IDE mode. If you want to install more than one hard drive and use the advanced SATA features, AHCI mode is a better choice.
Is AHCI better than IDE for SSD?
Advantages of AHCI over IDE AHCI supports some important new features that IDE does not, such as native command queuing and hot-plugging hard drives. It also offers an improvement performance (speed) over IDE.
Should SSD be AHCI?
Should i change IDE to AHCI on my SSD? Yes, you should.
Can I use IDE for SSD?
Putting an ssd in would be pointless, as IDE only reaches speed’s of 133Mb/sec, which is the speed of most HDD’s.
