M.2 SSD Questions

clutchc

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I need to find a not-too-expensive ~120GB M.2 SSD for this motherboard: http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/990FX%20Extreme6/
...to replace the SATA SSD I have in the system now. (Need to move the SATA to another machine)
The board's specs state it will accept...
PCB Length: 4.2cm 6cm 8cm 11cm
Module Type: Type 2242 Type2260 Type 2280 Type 22110

I would like it to be at least as fast as a decent SATA SSD. So If anyone has some pointers or suggestions for me, I would appreciate it.

This is the newegg selection I have found that seems to be in that category: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100011693%20600488413%20601193224%20600414917&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&Order=RATING&PageSize=36
I'm not quite sure of the differences other than the lengths.
 
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for me its got to be samsung

which would mean i would get the 850 evo or the sm951

though that board might let the sm951 run faster than a ssd it wont run it at full speed as its pci-e x2 not x4
and the differences are some are sata which means same speed as a 2.5 ssd

others are pci-e which with the right motherboard can hit 5 or 6 times the read speed and 3 or 4 times the write speed

my sm951 does 2000/1600 and the just released samsung m2 drives can easily beat that
 

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Lol... I saw that "PCIe Gen2 x2 & SATA3" listed but for some reason never associated it with x2 lanes for some reason. Thanks again.
 

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Yes, boot drive. I had a cheap M.2 in here awhile back and had no issue using it as the boot drive. But I sent it back because it was so slow. Then went back to the 2.5" SATA SSD.
 

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If I can just get the same speed as the 2.5" SATA III I have in the system now, I'd be happy. If that means keeping the cost down, even better. But I thought you said my x2 interface would hold it back?
 


 
yes and can even install a pre boot recovery environment with it and that has a great little tool in it as well for boot record problems--actually fixed boot issues for me that nothing else could before

its a great piece of software all round considering its free
 

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I'll try it on my next clone. I have been using EaseUs, but it has some quirks I don't like. One of which is that it doesn't always realign the sectors when cloning a HDD to a SSD. And this time since I'll be cloning a SSD to a SSD, I wasn't sure if the current sector alignment would copy.
 
i think macrium is better than easeus

and pretty sure when you look in the advanced options its got something about re-aligning in there some where which was already ticked would have to check as i just select the same back up profile every time it lets you make different profiles to image clone etc so you dont have to set all the options every time

but i definitely did check the first couple of times i used it if it aligned ok afterwards
 
and running it from the pre boot environment i think allows more stuff i seem to recall a write new mbr option as well which is probably part of the fix unbootable pc issues tool i mentioned earlier

thats not in it when you use it in windows--since if in windows your pc can boot so guess its not necessary to have it there