Which SSD should I buy?

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I am looking at buying an SSD to run my operating system off once i get the money. AndI havent dived into the world of SSDs before so I only learnt of M.2 and NVME today. My question is which SSD should I get ?

1: https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/HDDSAM3500/Samsung-850-EVO-MZ-75E500BW-500GB-3D-V-NAND-SATA-I

2: https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/HDDCRU21525/Crucial-MX300-525GB-M2-2280-SSD-530MBs-reading--51

number one has faster R and W times but isn't a M.2 suppose to be faster? I am just confused on why the 2nd option is slower even tho it would be using PCIe and not SATA like the first one?

Thanks :)
 
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You board can use neither an NVMe drive or an m.2 drive.
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/P8Z77V_LK/specifications/

A regular SATA III drive is what you want.
You first link of the Samsung 850 EVO is the default choice.
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You board can use neither an NVMe drive or an m.2 drive.
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/P8Z77V_LK/specifications/

A regular SATA III drive is what you want.
You first link of the Samsung 850 EVO is the default choice.
 
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Thankyou for the help :) could you explain why though? because a m.2 uses a PCI-Express 3.0 and my motherboard does have that so why wouldnt it work? does my motherboard simply not support it?
 
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1. your motherboard does not support.

2. m.2 is simply the physical interface....how it plugs in
an m.2 drive can be either SATA protocol or NVMe.

 
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