Asking for compatibility advice

[SimpleRyke]

Hello i am planning to upgrade the ssd drive of my computer, I have a somewhat old rig and would like to know if it is compatible before buying.

Currently this is my setup 

 

i7-4770
Asus GTX 780
Asus Maximus VI Hero
2 125GB SSD
3 1TB HDD (I included the hard drive because i read in some threads that some SATA ports gets disabled when using all PCIe lanes??   )

 

i would like to get rid of the 2 SSD and buy a Samsung Evo Plus 1TB Nvme SSD . My motherboard does not have an m.2 slot, so i am going to get an adapter (if you can recommend a good brand please do recommend ) According to my CPU specification i only have 16 PCIe lanes, the graphics card's specification did not say how many lanes its uses but i assume it uses the full 16x. The board however seems to offer and additional 4pcie lanes from the chipset.

 

I have chosen the Nvme SSD compared to an ordinary ssd as a kind of future proof. Because it can be used in my hopeful new rig or in my laptop 

 

So, is what am i supposed to do going to be fine and I wont loose any performance or sata ports ??? 

 

Assuming that it is. If it is still okay i would like to get a dual m.2 to pci adapter, one will be for the nvme ssd and the other for a Wifi+bluetooth M.2 card.  I could not find info on W+B card will still use a pci lane. So if i am going to do this, Are there going to be comprimises? What i am concerned of is my gpu speed will go down which is a bad thing, the extra perfomance is much needed on this fairly old system.

Thank you in advance

[mxk]

I wouldn't pick up an NVMe drive because it's not really needed unless you really actually need the speed boost it provides. I would pick up a regular SATA 2.5" SSD because the speed of it is just fine. 

 

If you realllllllllly need to move large files and such if you're editing or something, I guess it makes sense but SATA is still more practical.

 

Future proofing for SSDs is unnecessary. Future proofing is kind of dumb because how the heck are we suppose to know whats going to come in the future? We don't. 

[SimpleRyke]

17 minutes ago, fantasia. said:

I wouldn't pick up an NVMe drive because it's not really needed unless you really actually need the speed boost it provides. I would pick up a regular SATA 2.5" SSD because the speed of it is just fine. 

 

If you realllllllllly need to move large files and such if you're editing or something, I guess it makes sense but SATA is still more practical.

Point taken, then can we just assume that we really have to use NVMe. It doesn't have to be Samsung's, there are cheaper alternatives of course.

 

17 minutes ago, fantasia. said:

Future proofing for SSDs is unnecessary. Future proofing is kind of dumb because how the heck are we suppose to know whats going to come in the future? We don't. 

I Have to disagree you on this, for one the more and more devices supports it now. Basically if i buy a computer now it will more likely to have nvme or m.2 support. It is not the future of the industry but my future, time will come where i will replace this rig, and that new system will probably m.2 support, maybe i need the space. Yes we do not know whats coming, but it sure gives me more options in the future.