Older M.2 slots better than SATA SSD?

AccessDenied · 5 Apr 2021 at 14:09

Hi Guys

I want to do a fresh install of windows and I am getting low on storage space. I just realised my Mobo has an M.2 slot - I assumed it didn't as its 4 years old now. Would you recommend moving over to M.2 NVME drive now - will I see a performance increase? Not sure if this is an older version or not?
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My current mobo is: Asus X99-E Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard

spec reads;

Storage New Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
- 1 x M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 Socket 3 with M Key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 storage devices support (Support PCIe storage device only)*
Intel® X99 Chipset with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and Intel Rapid Storage Technology 14 support
- 1 x SATA Express port (compatible with 2 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports)
- 8 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports
Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology**
*The M.2 socket shares bandwidth with PCIe X16_3
** Due to chipset behavior, The SATA6G_7/8, SATA6G_9/10 ports do not support IRST including RAID configuration.
***These functions will work depending on the CPU installed.

My main HDD right now is : Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive.

Thanks for your help in advance.

mickyflinn · 5 Apr 2021 at 15:57

You could get an m2 probably wont make much diffrence in performance generally compared to a ssd .

What size do you want ? Below is good value option.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-b...-solid-state-drive-wds100t2b0c-hd-56l-wd.html

AccessDenied · 8 Apr 2021 at 20:17

Thanks for your reply - would you say the perfermance is not much different as its an older mobo/m.2 slot or just generally there is not much of a performance gain between m.2 and ssd?

LordBeggar · 14 Apr 2021 at 16:28

AccessDenied said:
Hi Guys

I want to do a fresh install of windows and I am getting low on storage space. I just realised my Mobo has an M.2 slot - I assumed it didn't as its 4 years old now. Would you recommend moving over to M.2 NVME drive now - will I see a performance increase? Not sure if this is an older version or not?
---

My current mobo is: Asus X99-E Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard

spec reads;

Storage New Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
- 1 x M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 Socket 3 with M Key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 storage devices support (Support PCIe storage device only)*
Intel® X99 Chipset with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and Intel Rapid Storage Technology 14 support
- 1 x SATA Express port (compatible with 2 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports)
- 8 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports
Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology**
*The M.2 socket shares bandwidth with PCIe X16_3
** Due to chipset behavior, The SATA6G_7/8, SATA6G_9/10 ports do not support IRST including RAID configuration.
***These functions will work depending on the CPU installed.

My main HDD right now is : Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive.

Thanks for your help in advance.

Won't make difference to system. You will only see improved speed if you are editing 4k or 8k raw videos files