Does my gaming laptop support NVME ssd's ?

[samiur]

hello guys  how's it going ?

i have a question to ask . Recently i have been thinking to upgrade to m.2 ssd since my laptop has an M.2 built in  . but i dont know whether or not it supports NVME standard

this is my laptop : https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834234142 and  i have limited money to spend on m.2 so thinking to buy intel 600p 128gb one but it has got some mixed bagged reviews  . So if i go for Standard sata WD green 120 gb ssd over m.2 will it be wiser choice ? because wd green 120 gb ssd has similar performance as the 600p

please help guys  

[genexis_x]

Please, don't get the 600p.

@Droidbot may be able to help you

[ybriK]

In order for M.2 SSDs to work the device interface has to support NVMe. So yes your M.2 slot and every M.2 slot supports the NVMe logical device interface.

[dizmo]

Don't bother with NVMe, just get a standard SATA drive, but go with an MX300. WD SSDs are trash.

[genexis_x]

7 minutes ago, ybriK said:

In order for M.2 SSDs to work the device interface has to support NVMe. So yes your M.2 slot and every M.2 slot supports the NVMe logical device interface.

Hmm that's not correct...

M.2 SSDs comes with both SATA and NVMe interface but not all M.2 slots support NVMe SSDs

[m0k]

16 minutes ago, samiur said:

hello guys  how's it going ?

i have a question to ask . Recently i have been thinking to upgrade to m.2 ssd since my laptop has an M.2 built in  . but i dont know whether or not it supports NVME standard

this is my laptop : https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834234142 and  i have limited money to spend on m.2 so thinking to buy intel 600p 128gb one but it has got some mixed bagged reviews  . So if i go for Standard sata WD green 120 gb ssd over m.2 will it be wiser choice ? because wd green 120 gb ssd has similar performance as the 600p

please help guys  

yes. it says on the asus product page this: (took me 2 minutes to google this)

Solid State Drives:
256GB/512GB PCIE Gen3X4 SSD

 

and the users manual on page 20 says 
"the m2 2280 slots supports both PCIe (NVME) SSD and Sata"

[samiur]

1 minute ago, mok said:

yes. it says on the asus product page this: (took me 2 minutes to google this)

Solid State Drives:
256GB/512GB PCIE Gen3X4 SSD

 

and the users manual on page 20 says 
"the m2 2280 slots supports both PCIe (NVME) SSD and Sata"

thanks  so what do u think about 600p m.2 will it be a good choice over wd green 120gb ssd ?

[Naeaes]

9 minutes ago, ybriK said:

In order for M.2 SSDs to work the device interface has to support NVMe. So yes your M.2 slot and every M.2 slot supports the NVMe logical device interface.

You should update your info. M.2 is just the connector, there also needs to be some controller chip that uses that connector. That chip can be a sata-only chip (all AMD chipsets before Ryzen for instance) or it can be NVMe only (most stand-alone PCI-E cards) or it can be a combination chip (such as the current Intel CPUs).

[genexis_x]

5 minutes ago, samiur said:

thanks  so what do u think about 600p m.2 will it be a good choice over wd green 120gb ssd ?

600p is a bad NVMe SSD, even slower than good SATA ones

WD SSD usually sucks. Where do you live? I can help you to choose a few good SSDs.

[Sakkura]

20 minutes ago, samiur said:

thanks  so what do u think about 600p m.2 will it be a good choice over wd green 120gb ssd ?

If you want a fast NVMe SSD for a decent price, I'd recommend the MyDigitalSSD BPX rather than the Intel 600p. It does cost slightly more, but it's worth it.

14 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

600p is a bad NVMe SSD, even slower than good SATA ones

WD SSD usually sucks. Where do you live? I can help you to choose a few good SSDs.

The 600p trades blows with the best SATA SSDs. It's okay.

[genexis_x]

12 minutes ago, Sakkura said:

The 600p trades blows with the best SATA SSDs. It's okay.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10850/the-intel-ssd-600p-512gb-review/3
600p loses to 850 EVO in AnandTech destroyer bench, heavy bench, random write&read tests, and sequential read test.

Moreover, 600p uses a lot power compared to other SSDs. Considering OP is using a laptop, I would not recommend 600p as its high power consumption may worsen the battery life.

[Sakkura]

Just now, ZM Fong said:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10850/the-intel-ssd-600p-512gb-review/3
600p loses to 850 EVO in AnandTech destroyer bench, heavy bench, random write&read tests, and sequential read test.

Moreover, 600p uses a lot power compared to other SSDs. Considering OP is using a laptop, I would not recommend 600p as its high power consumption may worsen the battery life.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-600p-series-ssd-review,4738-3.html

 

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For most users, the Intel 600p is an easy way to get slightly better than SATA performance under real-world application workloads at a low price point. As we examined the benchmark results, I moved from not liking this product to accepting it. This is not the SSD that enthusiasts and power users are looking for. My wife, on the other hand, would find the 600p to be an excellent upgrade with a nice performance boost.

 

[Pendragon]

No one should be getting NVME ssds unless YOU specifically have a real use for them. If you have to ask if it's supported if these a need, you generally don't need it. It's for people with HUGE data transfer requirements. Like dozens to hundreds of gigabytes daily and often. Most people never do that.