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** SAMSUNG: WARP SPEED CAPTAIN, ENGAGE!!!! **
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You'd have to check the specific model used.
Apologies, I am just going by the product codes:
MZHPV256HDGL-00000 - AHCI
MZVPV256HDGL-00000 - NVMe
Thats a bummer then. Its a bit misleading on the motherboards info page where it states upto 10Gbit/s data-transfer speeds when this drive needs upto 8Gbit/s and wont work at full speed due to the pcie lanes
It will work no problems just not at full speed.
http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/storage/samsung_sm951_512gb_m_2_review/2
For those that can make use of adapters and use a pcie3 slot (Z97) they will get full speed no problems. Those ony x99 should'nt have an issue with the M.2 not running at full speed but always check.
For myself and yourself and others on M-itx, and are using the pcie slot (for graphics) our only option is the M.2 slot, so at that point we are bottlenecked by the M.2 slot only running at max at pcie2.
Now at that point you may think its not worth it, but check the link, yes the read/writes are not what the drive is capable of, but think of it this way, its cheaper then the Plextor M6e-BK and similar drives.
At the price it is, there is zero point buying a standard sata3 M.2 drive unless ur after capacity over speed then thats the cheaper option. But if u want the max speed ur slot will give then this drive will give you that for a cheaper price then the older Plextor drive can.
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I hardly think the drive is going to be held back with "only" 8Gbits of bandwidth at hand, but I do get your point.
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Will it be noticeable speed increase over a normal sata ssd when using it as a os drive? I don't move files around much.
Responsiveness of software and windows is primarily down to IOPS, read/write speed is almost a pointless measure when you're looking for a snappy experience. The IOPS on these matches that of standard consumer grade SATA SSD's (a la MX100, 850 EVO), so you're not liable to see much better responsiveness at all.
With these NVMe drives, windows will boot faster for sure, installations will happen faster, page-file usage (if your RAM is crippled) will work better, and game loading times will be marginally better (though if you're playing a multiplayer game, you're going to be waiting on the guy still on a HDD anyway). For general software and windows performance, your existing SATA SSD won't be any worse than an NVMe SSD provided the IOPS are about the same, 90K read 70K write.
According to the manufacturers code on the OCUK website, they are the AHCI, not the NVME drives.
The NVME variant is the proper quick one.
Screw it, ordered a 256GB one anyway, it's going to be faster than my Plextor M6e and my board (Asus Z97 Impact VII) supports PCI-E x4 for the M.2
The NVME variant is the proper quick one.
Screw it, ordered a 256GB one anyway, it's going to be faster than my Plextor M6e and my board (Asus Z97 Impact VII) supports PCI-E x4 for the M.2
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What is the partcode for this one?
The partcodes we have on our website are the only ones Samsung are currently offering us.
The 256GB and 512GB with under-specificed on our website however, that has now being updated as they are actually 140,000 IOPS.
MZHPV256HDGL-00000 - AHCI
MZVPV256HDGL-00000 - NVMe
Youe site has the part code for the AHCI variant, but with those stats you've just quoted they have to be the NVMe variant which is the PCIE x4 one.
At any rate, I've ordered a 256 so I'm happy!
Just be doing some digging and I believe these are the real deal. I'll be doing some testing tomorrow!
MZVPV256HDGL-00000 - NVMe
Youe site has the part code for the AHCI variant, but with those stats you've just quoted they have to be the NVMe variant which is the PCIE x4 one.
At any rate, I've ordered a 256 so I'm happy!
Just be doing some digging and I believe these are the real deal. I'll be doing some testing tomorrow!
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Do not take my word on this!
Samsung just informed me not to worry as the AHCI models will be upgradable to NVME via a driver update.
Don't hold me to this though, could be a complete miss-communication, but keep an eye on what Samsung are doing.
Don't hold me to this though, could be a complete miss-communication, but keep an eye on what Samsung are doing.
Cool, will do thanks for the heads up.
At any rate it's going to be at least twice as fast as my plextor, so it's all good.
Cool, will do thanks for the heads up.
At any rate it's going to be at least twice as fast as my plextor, so it's all good.
Yeah staggering performance and the price is actually pretty damn good!
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I can imagine OcUK will get them in at some point? I'd certainly be interested!! My Asus Z87 doesn't have an M.2 slot
Brush up on your German but we have these incoming:
Delock PCI-E 3.0 X4 Adapter Card for M.2-SSD @ £29.99 inc VAT
Die neuen M.2-SSDs, die vormals unter dem Namen NGFF firmierten, können unglaublich schnell sein, weil M.2 u. a. auf die flotte PCI-Express-Technologie setzt. Dabei ist der M.2-Port auf Mainboards allerdings ganz unterschiedlich angebunden, was die Anzahl der Lanes zur Datenübertragung und auch die PCIe-Generation angeht. 2 Lanes vs. 4 Lanes, PCIe 2.0 vs. PCIe 3.0.
Die meisten aktuell am Markt befindlichen Mainboards mit Intel-9er-Chipsatz besitzen M.2-Ports, die lediglich mit zwei PCIe-2.0-Lanes angebunden sind und somit eine maximale Übertragungsrate von etwa 800 MB/s ermöglichen - also nur ca. 250 MB/s mehr als die möglichen 550 MB/s von SATA 6G. Das macht häufig nichts, weil derzeit viele M.2-SSDs nicht schneller sind.
Doch es gibt Ausnahmen - wie zum Beispiel die XP941-Serie von Samsung. Die Samsung XP941 mit 512 GB Kapazität (SSSS-061) erreicht Transferraten von max. 1.170 MB/s lesend und 950 MB/s schreibend, würde also bei jedem Mainboard, dessen M.2-Slot nicht wie z. B. beim ASRock Z97 Extreme6 (MBAR-099) mit 4 Lanes angebunden ist, unnötig auf 800 MB/s ausgebremst.
Wer nun nicht gerade dieses Mainboard besitzt oder überhaupt nicht über einen M.2-Slot auf seiner Hauptplatine verfügt, aber dennoch die maximale Geschwindigkeit solch hyperschneller Solid-State-Drives auskosten möchte, für den bietet diese Adapterkarte von Delock die Lösung. Auf sie können M.2-SSDs mit Key-M-Anschluss und bis zu 80 mm Länge gesteckt werden (Typ 2280).
Anschließend wird die Karte in einen freien PCI-Express-x4-Steckplatz des Mainboards gesteckt. Natürlich lässt sie sich ebenso in allen mechanischen PCIe-Slots oberhalb von x4 betreiben, also auch PCIe x8 oder PCIe x16. Sie ist kompatibel zu PCI Express 3.0, bindet M.2-SSDs aber ebenso an einen Slot mit PCIe 2.x an, dann natürlich mit entsprechend niedrigerer Datenrate, aber noch immer mit ganzen 4 Lanes!
Somit können auch die schnellsten derzeit erhältlichen SSDs im M.2-Format an jedes Mainboard, welches mit der Delock-Adapterkarte bestückt wird, mit maximaler Geschwindigkeit angebunden werden.
Technische Details: •Steckplatz: PCIe x4 oder größer (PCIe/PCIe 2.x/PCIe 3.0)
•Kompatibilität: 1x M.2-SSD (Key M; Formate 2280, 2260, 2242; doppelseitige Flash-Bestückung möglich)
•Übertragungsgeschwindigkeit: max. 3.938 MB/s (31,5 Gb/s)
•Lieferumfang: Adapterkater, Low-Profile-Blende, 1x Schraube, Bedienungsanleitung
Only £29.99 inc VAT.
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Were trying to source ones with Black PCB's ideally but seems a very scarce market.