With low prices right now, wondering if it's worth replacing my ADATA SX8200 Pro 2TB with a WD 850x or Hynix P41 Platinum... advice appreciated! System is Ryzen 5900X and MSI Tomahawk X570 mobo (I don't have any free NVMe slots).
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NVME Gen3 vs Gen4 ???
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Was just about to ask the same thing. Looking at the link above i cant seem to find the P41, or 990 pro on the list. Am I looking at the wrong spot?
TPU didn't review them. This includes the 990 Pro as the high-end gen 4 drive and the SX8200 Pro as the high-end gen 3 drive, versus a controller used on PCI-E 5.0 drives, in a game which supports DirectStorage:
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We're still talking a few seconds, best case.
Also the WD 850x is missing.
If it's for OS and apps go 990 Pro, if it's for games WD 850x is the best.
Soldato
Bern seriously tempted
By the p41 platinum 2tb right now
£85 is a great price
And a great drive
Would have jumped on it but
Already got all 5 x m2 slots occupied lol
And removing them is a PITA
Especially with full custom loop in the way
Can't wait till someone releases a pc case with
Hot swap m2 bays
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As dave28 said
You may not notice much difference
From gen 3 to gen 4
If only got a single m2
More than one then copying files Between them
You should see a difference
By the p41 platinum 2tb right now
£85 is a great price
And a great drive
Would have jumped on it but
Already got all 5 x m2 slots occupied lol
And removing them is a PITA
Especially with full custom loop in the way
Can't wait till someone releases a pc case with
Hot swap m2 bays
Edited
As dave28 said
You may not notice much difference
From gen 3 to gen 4
If only got a single m2
More than one then copying files Between them
You should see a difference
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Man of Honour
Only if the files are tens of GB each. And even then you have Windows file system overheads to tend to. Via file explorer you will not be transferring at up to 7000MB/s for example (typical good speeds for higher quality gen 4 drives). Between gen 3 and 4 it's essentially going to be the same performance for large file transfers inside Windows unless you use tools that bypass the Windows Explorer transfer methods (FreeFileSync etc). And even then the difference is in single digit seconds between say a 15GB bluray movie rip.
That's also all assuming both drives are gen 4, because if the source is gen 3, and the destination gen 4, then you're only going to be writing at gen 3 speeds as that's the fastest the read can happen.
Bottom line? Makes no difference. Just get the best spec drive for your budget.
Soldato
Yeah should have said very large files
I do routinely move very large image files
Definitely don't get 7,000MBs sadly
But I do get a noticeable difference gen 3
Compared to gen 4
Got 3 x gen 3 and 2 x gen 4
Between both gen 4 moving 50--100GB images
Definitely faster for me
Exactly my experience as well. Slightly noticable improvement from SSD to nvme in load times, but day to day 3 to 4 no practical difference, and that was from a gen 3 that benches at 1500MBs to a gen 4 to 7000MBs.
Soldato
No not worth it.
Even SATA SSD to nvme SSD is literally barely any difference for games/general use.
Even SATA SSD to nvme SSD is literally barely any difference for games/general use.