Which NVME M2 ?

chaparral · 28 May 2018 at 16:17

Am building a new z370/8700k system but I have no clue on which NVME M2 to choose (about 250gb) for use as a window boot drive
As last time I built a system there was only sata SSD available...

I see a lot of Samsung ones on ocuk all around the same price I don't have a clue on what the difference is between them

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sams...-3.0-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-hd-22g-sa.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sams...3.0-x-4-nvme-solid-state-drive-hd-22d-sa.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sams...-3.0-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-hd-23m-sa.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sams...state-drive-mzvlb256hahq-00000-hd-23g-sa.html

Also not sure if I should posted this under the Storage Drives part of the forum..

BongoHunter · 28 May 2018 at 16:48

970 Evo 250GB is probably a good choice right now, less money than the pro, but similar performance

Minstadave · 28 May 2018 at 16:52

BongoHunter said:
970 Evo 250GB is probably a good choice right now, less money than the pro, but similar performance

The 960 Evo isn’t bad either if its cheaper than the 970. There’s very little between them apart from benches.

Jamin280672 · 28 May 2018 at 17:14

Im running 2 Samsung Evo 960's 250gb each, I originally used one for Windows boot drive and programs and the other for games until AMD sorted out nvme RAID on X370, now they are RAID0 together.

Going from SSD to nvme is like going from a mechanical hard drive to an SSD, I couldn't believe the speed increase, go for the 960 or the newer 970 for only £10 more.

Minstadave · 28 May 2018 at 17:16

Jamin280672 said:
Going from SSD to nvme is like going from a mechanical hard drive to an SSD, I couldn't believe the speed increase.

I couldn’t believe the speed difference either! It was nil.

BongoHunter · 28 May 2018 at 17:18

Minstadave said:
I couldn’t believe the speed difference either! It was nil.

If just gaming I agree - the difference is hard to notice on all but a few titles. If doing other work such as running lots of VM's - the difference can be huge

Jamin280672 · 28 May 2018 at 17:23

wait for the blue light on the monitor, just filmed this ages ago with a mobile phone, but im searching for the power button with my other hand which is why it takes a while to come on, no SSD I ever used was this quick.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4azWiBh1cc

chaparral · 28 May 2018 at 18:00

I also noticed a cheaper WD black one https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-b...-solid-state-drive-wds256g1x0c-hd-542-wd.html

Not as fast the Samsung ones but still has a Read up to (MB/s): 2050 & Write up to (MB/s): 700

Jamin280672 · 28 May 2018 at 19:29

chaparral said:
I also noticed a cheaper WD black one https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-b...-solid-state-drive-wds256g1x0c-hd-542-wd.html

Not as fast the Samsung ones but still has a Read up to (MB/s): 2050 & Write up to (MB/s): 700

That's OK, but half the write speeds of the Sammy's for £10 less, id rather pay the extra £10 myself.

BongoHunter · 28 May 2018 at 20:11

Some of the Intel drives are worth a look if you have deep pockets and can benefit from the performance, the 900p and 905p are awesome - but big bucks

800p is also good - but only available in smaller capacities, and can still be quite expensive

chaparral · 30 May 2018 at 14:35

I ordered this one today.

970 EVO Polaris 500GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sams...-3.0-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-hd-23n-sa.html