PCIe SSD Compatability

[Zonder]

One of my Sata SSD has failed so thinking of swapping to a PCIe based one but I am unsure if my motherboard will support one? (I do require boot functionality)

Motherboard: CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z.

I am looking at:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sams...state-drive-mzhpv256hdgl-00000-hd-207-sa.html

with expansion card

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus-hyper-m.2-x4-pci-e-mini-adapter-card-black-pcb-hd-032-as.html

 

[ExRayTed]

Yup, those will both work fine. Why not just get another regular SSD though? Not sure you'll notice much difference to be honest.

 

[Borealis]

Those parts will be fine together.

Why not just get another regular SSD though

TBH, the performance difference between a PCI-E SSD and a SATA SSD won't be noticable.

You'll find that for 256GB, a SATA drive is cheaper too.

 

[pastymuncher]

At the end of the day, how much faster than silly fast can you actually notice without running a benchmark? A normal ssd will be much cheaper size for size.

 

[Zonder]

It's a dev / gaming box. I do some data processing on it have to shift around 60-100gb files between the ssd and a mass slow storage device to perform calculations on. So it's an opportunity to improve the time this takes

Thanks for the feedback guys.

 

[Gimpymoo]

It's a dev / gaming box. I do some data processing on it have to shift around 60-100gb files between the ssd and a mass slow storage device to perform calculations on. So it's an opportunity to improve the time this takes

Thanks for the feedback guys.

Apologies if I have misunderstood but are you not going to be limited by the speed of the "mass slow storage device"?

Or do you mean replacing the "mass slow storage device" with the PCIe drive? If so, will you still not be limited by the SATA SSD?