Inspiron 530 - BIOS Restrictions

Hi.

I have been using my 530 for a few years now and have changed the hardware configuration considerably in that time. The MOBO and processor are original but the rest has changed, i.e..

• RAM 2  x   2GB DDR2 800
• GPU  -  Radeon HD4600
• Power supply - Upgraded for additional drives and GPU loads
• HDD 1  -  Replaced with Samsung SSD
• HDD 2   -  1.5 TB Samsung HDD for Data
• HDD 3   -  1.0 TB  Seagate HDD for backup
• Optical drive 1  -  Original DVD RW
• Optical drive 2  -  LG BD  RW
• PCi to SATA card to support HDD3 for Backup process. (a bit slow but not a real problem)
• OS  -  Currently running Windows 7 Professional 64 bit

This runs most things I throw at it without too many issues but I feel I am not getting true benefit from my SSD as the chip set and BIOS do not support AHCI mode and there appears to be no way around this without a Mobo / processor upgrade to one that supports AHCI.

If anyone out there has faced this issue, have you found any solutions? Also is the performance hike I might get by using AHCI mode worth the effort that I would need to put in or should I stick with what I have?