Good M.2 SSD?

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Just making sure you know the difference between NVMe M.2 SSDs and those that use SATA bus? If you don't get an M.2 SSD that is NVMe, it will only be as fast as it's SATA counterpart as they use SATA lanes as opposed to PCI on NVMe M.2 SSDs which is much faster. Anyway, the second you listed is an NVMe so it will be much faster than the WD Blue, obviously only half the size though so it depends on your use/preferences. If your system is only used for general computing, gaming and light workloads the WD Blue will perform as good as you'll need, but if you do anything storage intensive or just want absolute maximum speeds for lower load times, boot times and transfers speeds, you'll want the NVMe. Hope this helps!

TL/DR: The ADATA XPG is much faster, if you're happy to sacrifice the capacity of the WD Blue.
 
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Samsung 970 EVO. I know if you go for 500 GB, it might be a little pricey, but its worth the money I promise you. Its read/write speeds are insane. It is top on the market among M.2 SSDs. And yes, it supports NVMe.
 
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Well, I only really need it just for Windows and putting a few Steam games and things for school on there. So would you recommend the WD Blue for that then?
 
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Yes, for your uses it should run great. Most games you won't notice much of a difference between NVMe and SATA, talking from experience. Since that and general computing use is your main usage, having double the capacity will likely serve you better, imo.
 
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