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    rweb439 reacted to Strandox in Choosing an NVME   
    Hi Rweb
     
    Most of the motherboards from Gigabyte i have seen support all 3 sizes of m.2 drives. Here is a little webpage i found explaining the differant sizes https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Overview-of-M-2-SSDs-586/#Physicalsizeandconnectors
     
    In regards to what sort of drive you should get, well thats up to you. I assume that you will be running a 3rd generation 3XXX Ryzen processor which supports PCIE Gen 4 (Massive bandwidth, new 4th generation m.2 nvme drives are stupid quick).
     
    With each differant drive you will compromise something:
    PCIE 4.0 drives are super duper quick (Gigabyte make one that has a quoted "5000" MB/s read and a "2500" MB/s write speed. This is impressive stuff but since the technology is fairly new you pay a massive premium. A 1TB Gigabyte Aorus PCIE 4.0 drive will cost me £210 or $273. PCIE 3.0 drives are still very quick though (around 3000MB/s read and write depending on the brand). so you've got to question whether you're willing to pay the extra money for more speed or save a bit of cash for the same storage amount whil having ever so slightly slower speeds. Drives from samsung are regarded as very reliable even the 'budget' options. Your choice i guess, I hope this info helps
     
    Theo.
     
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    rweb439 reacted to Jurrunio in Choosing an NVME   
    It will fit M.2 2280 ones (which are 80mm long, logic applies to all of them) which is all you need to know because 99% of M.2 SSDs you can buy are in this length.
     
    As for good models, my usual options are the Silicon Power A80, Adata SX8200 Pro, Corsair MP510, HP EX920 and HP EX950. WD Black/SN750 and Samsung 960 Evo/970 Evo/Evo Plus are better but usually too expensive, only buy those if the price is slightly higher.
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