Can I use it

Lucid Dreamer · February 4, 2019

Can I use an m.2 as my storage instead of hard drives !!

Sir Asvald · February 4, 2019

Yeah you can..

minibois · February 4, 2019

Yes, why would you not be able to do it?
An SSD (M.2 or not) is just a faster method of storing data than a typical hard drive. You do pay a premium for this speed however, so consider if this speed is necessary.

What an SSD would be helpful for:

- programs

- games (depends on the game and mainly singleplayer ones)

- fast storage for video editing

- fast transfers

Situations it wont help you (much) to have a faster storage drive:

- opening relatively small files (such as documents or photos)

- probably more thing I can think of, but mainly that.

Lucid Dreamer · February 4, 2019

Thank buddy !!

I'm not using m.2 as my storage . I just ask my doubt.

seagate_surfer · February 4, 2019

The prices are getting lower as time goes by, some experts believe that the SSDs will go almost as low as the same prices of HDDs. When that happens the choice will be very clear for everyone.

There are 2 types of M.2 drives, the SATA M.2 SSDs, and the PCIe NVMe M.2 SSDs. If you are not working with heavy files like video editing then don't get NVMe devices, just get a normal SATA M.2 SSD.