Will this NVMe M.2 really make a difference?

Zeebedy · 7 Jul 2017 at 19:53

Hey guys,

I will be doing a fresh install of W10 when RX VEGA is relaesed, and awas thinking of upgrading my SSD at the same time..

I currently run a 128gb Drevo SATA III SSD and was thinking of upgrading to a Samsung NVMe M.2 SSD and wondering if it will be worth it, i.e. noticeable performance gains on a verity of tasks?

HoneyBadger · 7 Jul 2017 at 20:00

Does your board have an ultra m.2 slot?

Day to day, you won't notice the difference in truth, but it'll help future proof your PC and they're awesome!

Zeebedy · 7 Jul 2017 at 20:03

Yeah mate it does.

Ahh, ok, thanks for that, I think I will stick with the SSD I have then, I mean it performs well and aint exactly a slouch atm so..

HoneyBadger · 7 Jul 2017 at 23:04

Fair enough

Smudge · 9 Jul 2017 at 12:04

rip-the-jacker said:
Hey guys,

I will be doing a fresh install of W10 when RX VEGA is relaesed, and awas thinking of upgrading my SSD at the same time..

I currently run a 128gb Drevo SATA III SSD and was thinking of upgrading to a Samsung NVMe M.2 SSD and wondering if it will be worth it, i.e. noticeable performance gains on a verity of tasks?

When I built my Ryzen rig I was in the same boat, have a sata evo 850 pro and bought a nvme 960 to plug into the new motherboard. To be honest I cant feel any difference! There wasnt a huge amount extra to pay for the NVME over another sata drive and I just wanted to try an NVME drive, so went for it. I now have both drives in the system, so the extra, fast storage space is nice, Ive put a steam folder on the old drive and boot from the new one.