Going for PCIE 4 to PCIE 5

Vakas · Wednesday at 18:16

I have a 2TB Samsung 990 Pro which is PCIE 4.0 only had it a couple of months, PCIE 5.0 seem a lot faster but can you actually see this in real world performance is it worth the upgrade

Also Samsung don't do a Pro version of PCIE 5.0 do they?

hornetstinger · Wednesday at 18:19

Not worth it all won't notice it. Won't difference eve. With gaming on SSD 2.5" one second difference for windows load up

Vakas · Wednesday at 18:20

I've seen a few videos say the same kind of thing, would have thought it would be a lot faster

Philtor · Wednesday at 21:23

Might see a difference in benchmarks but that’s about it.

Vakas · Wednesday at 22:12

Philtor said:
Might see a difference in benchmarks but that’s about it.

No real world performance then

Philtor · Wednesday at 22:40

Indeed!

mickyflinn · Thursday at 08:49

You need 2 of them to make sense where your transfering large files from one pcie5 m2 to another pcie5 m2.

Time is money scenario.

WARburton · Thursday at 16:34

Vakas said:
I have a 2TB Samsung 990 Pro which is PCIE 4.0 only had it a couple of months, PCIE 5.0 seem a lot faster but can you actually see this in real world performance is it worth the upgrade

Also Samsung don't do a Pro version of PCIE 5.0 do they?

what spec system and use case is this for?

Vakas · Thursday at 21:50

Mainly for gaming

Gigabyte Aorus Master X870E
Ryzen 9800X3D
64GB 6000 RAM

Journey · Thursday at 21:52

I'd sooner spend £700 on an almost new enterprise grade 15.36TB NVMe U.2 SSD, at least then you'll be able to install at least two games.

Vakas · Thursday at 22:02

Journey said:
I'd sooner spend £700 on an almost new enterprise grade 15.36TB NVMe U.2 SSD, at least then you'll be able to install at least two games.

This is an idea too

WARburton · Thursday at 22:08

Vakas said:
Mainly for gaming

Gigabyte Aorus Master X870E
Ryzen 9800X3D
64GB 6000 RAM

god no. your defo good for gaming

Capitano · Thursday at 22:56

no difference in games or unlikely you'll even notice a difference in boot up times. Only time you'll notice is if you do multiple file transfers of big files and even then to make the most of it you need 2 drives.

If you plan on keeping this build and drive for a long time then you should probably go for the 5.0 as its better futureproofed however

Joxeon · Friday at 10:51

I've just upgraded to AM5 and went for 3 2tb gen 4 drives, 2 990 pro's which cost £103 and then 80 after cashback then a SN850X for £100, I did consider gen 5 but realistically for my use which is mainly gaming I saw little point to pay the premium.

I might upgrade one to a gen 5 in the future when prices come down but currently I see little reason to.