M.2 drive recommendation plz

swanseajack · 3 Jan 2020 at 22:32

I recently upgraded my rig to ryzen and a new motherboard which has an m.2 slot but I'm a bit confused by what type would be best for speed.

The motherboard is a tomahawk max, what I think I worked out is an m.2 sata would be limited to sata 3 speeds so it's best to get m.2 pcie, is that right?

Cheers.

tamzzy · 3 Jan 2020 at 22:36

m.2 is the form factor (looks like a stick of chewing gum)
sata 3 and nvme is the transfer protocol (nvme is faster in benchmarks, but real world usage - not so much)
that being said, nvme drives are practically at price parity with their sata 3 equivalents, so it would be silly not to get the newer drives

what is your budget?

Minstadave · 3 Jan 2020 at 22:36

You want a PCI-E NVME drive.

The Sabrent Rocket is good value.

swanseajack · 3 Jan 2020 at 23:11

Cheers, haven't really got a budget just wanted to know what type I need for speed, I'll be using it as a boot drive when I do get one.

tamzzy · 4 Jan 2020 at 08:17

You won't see much benefit from nvme over sata3 for a boot drive.

tamzzy · 4 Jan 2020 at 08:18

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...sata2-ssd-disappointing-performance.18861669/

swanseajack · 4 Jan 2020 at 11:37

Cheers, after reading that I might hold off until prices drop.

SJ

Jay85 · 4 Jan 2020 at 11:41

During christmas sales you could pick up 1tb drives for under a £100, but like people have said real world use its not much different from a sata 3 SSD.