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Hi everyone,

 

I am looking forward to build a new pc for myself. I am now thinking about the storage solution.

 

I have 2 x 2TB HDD's which will run in Raid 1 for Steam Games, and other things. 

 

And now to my question: For Windows 7 (10) and its updates should I buy a 240GB 850 EVO SSD from Samsung or the M.2 Version of the 850?

 

What are the advantages of the M.2 Version, what are dissadvantages ?

 

Thank you for your help :)

 

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M.2's advantages over Sata SSDs is that it is faster as it's using PCI-E (well, M.2) instead of the SATA interface, but at the cost of being double the price of SATA SSDs in most cases.

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Hi everyone,

 

I am looking forward to build a new pc for myself. I am now thinking about the storage solution.

 

I have 2 x 2TB HDD's which will run in Raid 1 for Steam Games, and other things. 

 

And now to my question: For Windows 7 (10) and its updates should I buy a 240GB 850 EVO SSD from Samsung or the M.2 Version of the 850?

 

What are the advantages of the M.2 Version, what are dissadvantages ?

 

Thank you for your help :)

 

 

The samsung 850 evo while it is seriously rapid cannot match the performance of a xp941 (closest M.2 I can think of)

 

With the sm part being released soon with NVMe support natively in a M.2 form factor, if you've got the money this is going to be the best consumer grade SSD on the planet (for at least the first 5 minutes)

 

true M.2 drives are carrying a price premium at the moment, in my opinion if you want a blindingly fast unRaided drive they're worth it, just don't buy a plextor m6e an expect performance.

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For m2 you will need a compatible motherboard

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Motherboard is going to be the new ROG Gene, and I am thinking of this M.2 https://www.alternate.de/Samsung/MZ-M5E120BW-120-GB-SSD/html/product/1184639?tk=7&lk=8575.

No, just No.....

That is not a M.2 drive. It's an MSata drive. It's literally a the 850 evo without it's case in a M.2 form factor. It will enjoy improved throughput due to the fact that it's running a sata express connection, but it won't push the same speeds as a true M.2 drive.

 

M.2, and MSata are not the same thing.

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Oh, oh oh, that explains a lot ^^.

I think I will stay at a normal SSD, but thank you for your advice

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Why not just go for an NVMe drive?

^ If you're going M.2 you might as well go all the way.

 

Motherboard is going to be the new ROG Gene, and I am thinking of this M.2 https://www.alternate.de/Samsung/MZ-M5E120BW-120-GB-SSD/html/product/1184639?tk=7&lk=8575.

Nope nope nope nope nope nope.

 

That's an mSATA drive, this is what an M.2 drive looks like (the notches and overall size vary but you get the idea):

 

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I know the difference now, I missklicked on the side where I gonna buy my stuff, this is why I got a msata, but now i got the right one.

 

Now the question is this one the money worth it ?

https://www.alternate.de/Kingston/SM2280S3-120-GB-SSD/html/product/1146038?tk=7&lk=12399

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That drive won't work. M.2 comes in both Sata and PCIe variants, the Z97 Gene only works with PCIe and the Kingston SM2280S3 is Sata based.

 

The only worthwhile drives for that board is the Samsung XP941 and Kingston HyperX Predator.

 

Here's the HyperX: https://www.alternate.de/Kingston-HyperX/SHPM2280P2-240G-240-GB-SSD/html/product/1196660?event=search

 

Not sure where to get the XP941 in Germany.

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I was looking for an m.2 drive that i could use in one of my builds and i realized how expensive m.2 drives were until I stumbled across a brand called Kingfast and they offered an m.2 drive (120gb) for around £40 not sure what that is in dollars but i don't know if they are a reputable source or if they are selling crap like many other cheap brands.  

 

What makes this even worse is that all of the reviews are generic and don't really offer much in terms of how good they are, at least not that I've seen.

 

Any help would be appreciated

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I was looking for an m.2 drive that i could use in one of my builds and i realized how expensive m.2 drives were until I stumbled across a brand called Kingfast and they offered an m.2 drive (120gb) for around £40 not sure what that is in dollars but i don't know if they are a reputable source or if they are selling crap like many other cheap brands.

 

At that price it's probably not that great. Do you have a link to the spec page? I couldn't find it.

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