TakerTX

I actually did just that on a note from a user on Reddit. He suggested pretty much the same thing, and after reading the Manual it seems that one of the NVMe ports is different in features compared to the other one. The manual is sadly very brief and short, but according to it "1@SATA*& PCIe mode, 1@PCIe x4 with Optane memory". Sadly there are no mentions of which is which in the manual. FYI, I had installed the OS NVMe on the port closest to the CPU as that one is usually the Speedier port on many other motherboards I had worked with. So I opened up the computer case and had a closer look at the markings on the Motherboard itself. While both ports are marked (Scoket 3), one is M.2_1 (The one closer to the CPU socket), and the other one is marked M.2_2. Whats is more is that there is a small table next to each, and if I can read signage used correctly, The one closer to the CPU has PCIe x4, and SATA, but No IRST. The other port however, has the PCIe x4, and IRST, but no SATA. Here is the highest quality picture of the motherboard I could find on the internet, if you zoom in you can make out the markings I am talking about. Anyhow, I turned the computer off, and swapped the OS NVMe and the storage NVMe ports around and ran the benchmark test again. Interestingly there were some improvements on the OS drive, and also some improvements on the Storage NVMe drive as well. But in both cases it was not by much.

The faster one of course, hence the reason why I am posting here to get to the bottom of it.

Good guesses actually. I have not checked the product number, but both drives were unpacked by myself from inside the sealed retail box they came with. I just checked the boxes and the one benchmarking slower has a manufacturing date of 2020-12-12 and the faster one has the manufacturing date of 2021-11-19. And yes, they both have the same model number and model code on their respective boxes

So I kind of inherited a computer with an Intel Core i7-9700K, 32 Gigabytes of Ram, a 1TB Samsung 980 Pro, a 2TB WD Blue HDD, and an ASUS PRIME B360M-C Motherboard. There is nothing wrong with the computer and it has recently been purchased over the past 5 months I believe. The NVMe had some issues which was RMAed by the previous owner and a brand new one was sent to her from Samsung that she changed out with the previous one. The computer also has a W10 Enterprise, and the drivers installed, and has pretty much nothing else in terms of additional applications installed on it. The mother board has another NVMe slot which I personally populated with another brand new Samsing NVMe 1TB drive I had around. I installed Samsung Magician and ran benchmarks on both drives and the results reported were pretty much the same, but massively different On the Random Write field. I checked and both NVMe drives have the latest firmware according to Samsung Magician App, and the system seems to be generally snappy at booting up and doing tasks. That being said I was wondering why the massive difference between the two benchmarks? is it because one is the OS drive? Or are there other reasons I need to be worried about?

So much has been discussed in this thread and I wanted to chip in with my own two cents in answering the original poster. Based on tried and true, unbiased medical research, personal experience and common sense; Your body actually needs alcohol to function, but however much it requires, it makes on its own. Any additional quantity is detrimental to your liver and your brain cells. Depending on your daily lifestyle and your healthy habits, plus genetic predisposition, your body will have a very wide variety of reactions to the alcohol and its type being consumed. You can be super lightweight and blow chunks of what you have had prior to your party all over your friends, or you might end up having a naturally high tolerance and be able to manage your own. Either way, at your age, your body will soon adapt since you are still growing and that is what a young body does when introduced to elements of stress compared to say a 27-year-old. All the physical damage you are inflicting to your organs aside, drinking at your age can be a slippery slope to a lingering dependency at an older age, if not full alcoholism. As with any other form of substance abuse, alcohol soon turns into an escape from the difficulties of life which you will inevitably face an ever increasing number of as you grow older. The immediate accessibility of alcohol around pretty much any corner these days will only go further in fueling your addiction to it by the time you are legally allowed to purchase it freely. As a person who has never had alcohol before, you might want to make sure that your first time exposure to it is in a safe environment and preferably with a close friend or family member as opposed to a party where peer pressure might force you into doing something you are forever going to regret, and probably be remembered by among your friends for. When it comes to drinking and how it affects you, you might want to watch this short excerpt from The Legend of Bagger Vance movie. This is the best short description of drinking I have ever seen put in a film in my entire life. Hope that helped you some young man, and do enjoy your party.

Yeah I have found this model in my research, but unfortunately it is not portable and I already have a 6TB NAS.

Hi, I have been a long time fan of Linus Media channels on YouTube and have only recently decided to join the forums. We are attempting to run a closed student forum for one of the major courses at the university where I am currently doing my degree at, and we are researching into the best forum architectures that might serve the purpose. I have to say that this is the cleanest, most clutter free rendition of a forum I have encountered anywhere on the net thus far! everything is so very nicely placed and makes sense! Since I am new, I was wondering if this is a in house made solution my the Linus Media Corp, or a ready made solution, albeit with some additional modifications on top, from another company that we can maybe adopt for our use case? Thanks.

The Samsung T3 already comes in with a drive inside and cannot be purchased as an enclosure only options sadly. As said in my previous reply, the idea here is to use the drives I already have from my recent upgrades to my Precision laptops rather than purchasing ultra fast / portable new storage. The StarTech M.2 SATA External SSD Enclosure - USB 3.0 with UASP enclosure is incompatible with NVMe Drives, I know that through experience!

So have I, but that is no good for my use. I have a 256 Gig Samsung 951 OEM, and also a 512 Gig Samsung 950 Pro NVMe SSD which are both incompatible with all the M.2 SATA over USB3.0 or 3.1 enclosures that I have managed to find out there!

Hi people of the Linus Land! I was wondering if anyone has any idea how to use NVMe SSDs as a portable, external solution around here? I have searched all corners of the internet and from the looks of things so far there are only M.2 external enclosures available from manufacturers and no viable solutions for the NVMe SSDs so far. I have two NVMe SSDs that I would very much like to be able to use externally on the go and with a proper connection, Thunderbolt 3.0 preferably, that allows for the near full saturation off the intended drive bandwidth. Any help is much appreciated.