14 Feb 2016 at 10:21 #1 Petrolhead Petrolhead Associate Joined 7 Jul 2008 Posts 1,336 Location Newcastle upon Tyne Is it worth adding a PCIe SSD onto a 1155 mobo with H77 chipset, over a SATA SSD?
19 Feb 2016 at 10:02 #2 harryface harryface Associate Joined 12 Nov 2011 Posts 196 Location Reading I've heard about these pcie ssds. I've heard they are a game changer in terms of hdd performance. Are you going to use it as a boot drive?
I've heard about these pcie ssds. I've heard they are a game changer in terms of hdd performance. Are you going to use it as a boot drive?
19 Feb 2016 at 16:00 #3 Petrolhead Petrolhead Associate OP Joined 7 Jul 2008 Posts 1,336 Location Newcastle upon Tyne Thinking about it
19 Feb 2016 at 16:59 #4 bledd bledd Don Joined 21 Oct 2002 Posts 46,853 Location Parts Unknown Personally I would wait until you've got a new system that has a native onboard port. If you've got a Samsung Evo 850 or similar already, besides benchmarks, you're not really going to notice the difference in speed.
Personally I would wait until you've got a new system that has a native onboard port. If you've got a Samsung Evo 850 or similar already, besides benchmarks, you're not really going to notice the difference in speed.
19 Feb 2016 at 17:22 #5 Petrolhead Petrolhead Associate OP Joined 7 Jul 2008 Posts 1,336 Location Newcastle upon Tyne I have a Samsung 250GB 850 EVO so going to hold off the PCI SSD as money running out as I have just bought DDR4 memory, X99 Mobo and an I7
I have a Samsung 250GB 850 EVO so going to hold off the PCI SSD as money running out as I have just bought DDR4 memory, X99 Mobo and an I7