Hi, I'm in the process of a big upgrade, I was going move the SSD containing my windows install into the new PC, until a friend told me that generally doing that doesn't end up well. Instead of formatting the drive, I'm considering going for an M.2 drive (the ASUS Prime Z370-A which I'm getting has a built in slot).
I'm seeing on Amazon that some are SATA, some are PCI, etc, would all be compatible with the motherboard? I know SATA has lower read/write speeds, would there ever be any noticeable difference for anything other than if you were caching heavy amounts of data? I'm also curious if the reliability (in terms of writing lots over time) is better or worse than the non M.2 SSDs?
Finally, what's some good makes you'd recommend that aren't super expensive? I'd never even heard the term M.2 until last week, so I'm completely in the dark as to what's good
I'm seeing on Amazon that some are SATA, some are PCI, etc, would all be compatible with the motherboard? I know SATA has lower read/write speeds, would there ever be any noticeable difference for anything other than if you were caching heavy amounts of data? I'm also curious if the reliability (in terms of writing lots over time) is better or worse than the non M.2 SSDs?
Finally, what's some good makes you'd recommend that aren't super expensive? I'd never even heard the term M.2 until last week, so I'm completely in the dark as to what's good