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NetMelc

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Hi,

I've currently got a Z-97C motherboard and an i5 4590. My current storage setup is a 128GB SSD from Kingston and a 1TB Barracuda Hard drive from Seagate. I would like to upgrade my SSD to an M.2 SSD because I would like to get more SSD storage, and I guess I would upgrade my speed at the same time:)

So I've heard about PCI-e SSD but I still dont fully get it: If I put my M.2 SSD in the M.2 slot of my mobo, will it run with SATA or PCI-e expected speeds? And will I have enough PCI-e lanes (considering I have a GTX 1060 and a network card) to install my SSD?

Anyways, I would like suggestion for a M.2 PCI-e SSD that is around 500 GB in capacity, but if it's good value, I could take a 1TB one

Thanks in advance,

NetMelc
 
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So yea then just get a normal M.2 SSD like a Samsung 850 Evo (Don't need the Pro).

I don't know what kind of SSD you have exactly, but for the most part even on lower end ones the read speed are ususally 450-550 MBps read. The write would probably be faster as smaller SSD's usually have slower writes (usually 128 and under but most 250+ all have 500+ MBps write speed too)

Honestly you probably won't even see a different upgrading the SSD. You would just be benefiting from more space.
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M.2 has SSD and NVMe SSD cards.

A SSD, like a Samsung 850 Evo/Pro in M.2 WILL best the SAME EXACT SPEED as a 2.5 inch SATA as it will be wired to the SATA pins on the M.2 slot

now if you got like a Samsung 960 Pro, THAT is a NVMe drive and you will get the NVMe Speeds. a NVMe drive will cost almost 60% more over a SSD and unless you are storing files on it, and doing things like 4K video editing off of it you WILL NOT see any real world difference between a M.2 PCIe NVMe and any normal SSD either M.2 or SATA. Boot times will be the same, load times will be the same or very nonminal difference for the price at least.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdF_aerWcW8

watch the video. at 1:25 he shows the boot times. The NVMe was 1 second faster. Unless you need fast read and write speeds and working with files either ON the PCIe SSD or to and from 2 or more PCIe SSD's there is no point.
 
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Ok thanks for the quick answer. I'm gonna stick to a standard SATA M.2 SSD, as it will be faster than my current 2.5 inch SSD and still it will be cheaper than buying another 2.5inch at the 500GB range
 
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So yea then just get a normal M.2 SSD like a Samsung 850 Evo (Don't need the Pro).

I don't know what kind of SSD you have exactly, but for the most part even on lower end ones the read speed are ususally 450-550 MBps read. The write would probably be faster as smaller SSD's usually have slower writes (usually 128 and under but most 250+ all have 500+ MBps write speed too)

Honestly you probably won't even see a different upgrading the SSD. You would just be benefiting from more space.
 
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