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ej13

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I have recently updated my PC with an I7 6700, Asus h170 Gaming Pro M/B, RTX650 PSU, 16gb ram. I am looking at replacing my aging 250gb SSD and would like to go 500gb to 1 tb.

What difference if any will I notice between a M2 Sata SSD and a M2 PCI SSD?

Any recommendations on a specific drive would be welcome.I am looking at staying current and fast but I don't need anything extreme. A larger size will be an asset but a second here or there is not a big deal.

Thanks
Emmett

PS: I have been researching for a number of days prior to posting this.
 
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Boogieman_WD
Hey there, ej13.

Well, having in mind your words "I am looking at staying current and fast but I don't need anything extreme", that's a definite SATA SSD in my opinion. You shouldn't go for a NVMe SSD just for the sake of it (unless of course it fits your budget and this is not something you'd worry about). The real life performance differences (at least noticeable ones) will be only if you'll do heavy writing/reading operations on that drive. If you're into photo/video editing, then sure, the NVMe drive will have plenty to offer in terms of performance. The same goes for rendering, streaming, recording 4K videos. Working with multiple partitions and a big load of files at the same time could choke a regular SSD.

Basically what I'm...
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Hey there, ej13.

Well, having in mind your words "I am looking at staying current and fast but I don't need anything extreme", that's a definite SATA SSD in my opinion. You shouldn't go for a NVMe SSD just for the sake of it (unless of course it fits your budget and this is not something you'd worry about). The real life performance differences (at least noticeable ones) will be only if you'll do heavy writing/reading operations on that drive. If you're into photo/video editing, then sure, the NVMe drive will have plenty to offer in terms of performance. The same goes for rendering, streaming, recording 4K videos. Working with multiple partitions and a big load of files at the same time could choke a regular SSD.

Basically what I'm saying is that you should go with an M.2 SATA SSD unless you really have a good reason for getting an M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD.

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD
 
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