M2 NVME PCIe v SATA SSD Comparison

Double07 · 8 Apr 2019 at 02:39

I have 2 bog standard SSDs, an ancient 120GB one as a boot drive for Windows and a 500GB one for games (plus a 6TB mech drive for everything else).

The smaller SSD is going to die in the not too distant future so I was looking for anyone who can comment on the real world difference between an average SSD and say a Corsair MP510 NVME drive, is there really that much of a difference in say Windows boot times, bit of gaming, etc?

I was thinking about a small NVME for boot and say a 1TB SDD, but would it really make any difference to just haveing the 1TB SSD with Windows and games?

Reviews are all a bit abstract and I appreciate it's very much down to the user case, however any real world thoughts would be appreciated.

Cheers

Disco_P · 8 Apr 2019 at 02:53

I didn't notice the upgrade to a 2GB/s Samung SM951 from my Sata Samsung 830 in either OS stuff or games. It even killed itself so I have gone back to the Samsung 830 without noticing the downgrade.

That being said I also didn't notice the year that I had all my drives plugged into sata 2 ports so...

edscdk · 8 Apr 2019 at 03:45

Hdd to ssd was a massive upgrade ssd to fast nvme probably faster but not really noticeable without actually benchmarking or timing

Double07 · 8 Apr 2019 at 05:00

Cheers, this was what I was expecting as a reply but it's nice to have other people reaffirm your suspicions

Ill probably just buy the best SSD I can afford at the time and that'll do me.

tamzzy · 8 Apr 2019 at 05:47

Double07 said:
probably just buy the best SSD I can afford at the time and that'll do me.

Negative.

You should buy the largest SSD you can afford from a reputable brand.

Also your use dictates whether nvme is the wiser choice.
As mentioned above, there's negligible real world gains from sata3 SSD to a nvme ssd, which is correct if all you are doing is gaming. In which case, a larger sata3 SSD is preferable to a smaller nvme ssd. Of course if you are able to source a nvme SSD of the same quality and size for the same price as a sata3 ssd, then go with the nvme drive...lol...
However if you're doing work that hammers the storage subsystem like video editing or same drive file copying, then nvme would be the wiser choice.

Double07 · 8 Apr 2019 at 07:48

tamzzy said:
Negative.

You should buy the largest SSD you can afford from a reputable brand.

Also your use dictates whether nvme is the wiser choice.
As mentioned above, there's negligible real world gains from sata3 SSD to a nvme ssd, which is correct if all you are doing is gaming. In which case, a larger sata3 SSD is preferable to a smaller nvme ssd. Of course if you are able to source a nvme SSD of the same quality and size for the same price as a sata3 ssd, then go with the nvme drive...lol...
However if you're doing work that hammers the storage subsystem like video editing or same drive file copying, then nvme would be the wiser choice.

Yeah I actully meant biggest to be honest. And yeah I mainly just mess about on the internet and play games so SATA SSD would be fine.

Cheers