I need help buying new NVME drive

asdfguy · 18 Jan 2021 at 20:27

I'm looking to buy a new NVME drive. I'm upgrading from a 128GB Samsung SATA 3 SSD. My budget is £130 maximum, and the minimum storage has to be 1tb.

Can anyone here recommend me a good NVME drive?

turbot1984 · 18 Jan 2021 at 20:35

Everyone goes for WD
▷ WD Blue SN550 1TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Sol… | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk)

I have got a Samsung EVO Plus and a Sabrent Rocket, but can't tell much difference from older SSD to be honest?

Kautya · 19 Jan 2021 at 19:19

+1 to the above. I have got this as primary drive in my second pc. Fairly quick and good value for money. If you are after a faster drive then the SN750/Adata SX8200 pro/Sabrent Rocket are also good options but will be over the 100 mark.

EsaT · 20 Jan 2021 at 16:56

WD Black SN750 would be higher end drive.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-b...-solid-state-drive-wds100t3x0c-hd-55v-wd.html

Cyber-Mav · 25 Jan 2021 at 13:23

id personally go with the gigabyte nvme drive its got almost triple the endurance of the western digitals. (600tbw vs 1600tbw)

DJ85 · 26 Jan 2021 at 08:42

Sorry for jumping in, but didn't want to make a new thread for 1 question, I'm also looking for a nvme. Just ordered a ge66 which has a spare gen 3 slot (why not gen4 on a new laptop?) But will a gen4 nvme do or does it have to be gen3?

And as above for OP I'm also looking at either WD blue/Black

Rroff · 26 Jan 2021 at 08:49

Might struggle at the budget but I've been using 970 Evo Pluses myself - so far seem decent though do need heatsinking/spreader to maintain performance (and probably longer term reliability). Have the advantage as well that Samsung's Windows 7 drivers seem to be the best if you are still using an older OS :s

Zeeflyboy · 26 Jan 2021 at 09:12

David Flett said:
Sorry for jumping in, but didn't want to make a new thread for 1 question, I'm also looking for a nvme. Just ordered a ge66 which has a spare gen 3 slot (why not gen4 on a new laptop?) But will a gen4 nvme do or does it have to be gen3?

And as above for OP I'm also looking at either WD blue/Black

Intel 10th gen doesn’t have pcie4.0...

Pcie4.0 drive will just default to using pcie3.0 so there is no problem using one, you’ll just be paying a premium for speed you can’t use.

DJ85 · 26 Jan 2021 at 09:13

Thank you, think ill grab the blue linked above.

gooober · 26 Jan 2021 at 19:51

asdfguy said:
I'm looking to buy a new NVME drive. I'm upgrading from a 128GB Samsung SATA 3 SSD. My budget is £130 maximum, and the minimum storage has to be 1tb.

Can anyone here recommend me a good NVME drive?

This is a easy 1 for me. I have just upgraded.

All the research I did and peoples suggestions on here.. conclusion...

If you only game then cheap is best as you won't really see any difference.

Now if your going to be transferring large files etc then go for expensive as that is the only real difference maker. The faster speed will allow it transfer a lot faster than the cheap.

That's just from what I have seen and read anyway. I suggest going to YouTube and watching the tests they have done to get a better picture.

champ222 · 2 Feb 2021 at 20:19

Ive seen recommendations to avoid ssds without dram, yet the wd blue nvme drive that everyone recommends is dramless. Is this less of an issue on the faster interface? Or should we be avoiding the dram versions of these too?

Cheers