nvme m.2 ssd?

[drasticdragon628]

right now im looking for a fairly cheap nvme m.2 ssd iv got like 40$ for one its going to be for the os and maby  game or two at max i havent had any luck finding one granted i dont really know what im looking for and i can fit a 110 size

[Dedayog]

What motherboard?

 

For price, I would go SATA M.2 or regular SATA. NVMe on the cheap and small isn't going to do much for you except give you less room for the money. 

[Turtle Rig]

16 minutes ago, jstudrawa said:

What motherboard?

 

For price, I would go SATA M.2 or regular SATA. NVMe on the cheap and small isn't going to do much for you except give you less room for the money. 

There is no real world performance difference between m.2 and a SSD.  On benchmarks it shows 500+mbps for SSD and I get 2500mbps on benchmark.  However when I went from SSD to m.2 as my main drive I noticed zero difference in performance.  My OS loaded at same time my apps launched at same time and games launch same time and loading maps in games is exactly the same time.  I also run a DAW and it is the same shit as my SSD.  If you want to get happy and giddy about your cyrstaldiskmark says 2500mbps then get a get it.  But if your looking for real world performance difference there is none.  Only if you transfer files from m.2 to another m.2 will be pretty fast but m.2 to SSD will be capped.  Having said this if you insist on a m.2 first you have to answer jstudrawa's question.

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, Turtle Rig said:

There is no real world performance difference between m.2 and a SSD.  On benchmarks it shows 500+mbps for SSD and I get 2500mbps on benchmark.  However when I went from SSD to m.2 as my main drive I noticed zero difference in performance.  My OS loaded at same time my apps launched at same time and games launch same time and loading maps in games is exactly the same time.  I also run a DAW and it is the same shit as my SSD.  If you want to get happy and giddy about your cyrstaldiskmark says 2500mbps then get a get it.  But if your looking for real world performance difference there is none.  Only if you transfer files from m.2 to another m.2 will be pretty fast but m.2 to SSD will be capped.  Having said this if you insist on a m.2 first you have to answer jstudrawa's question.

M.2 is just a form factor/connection standard. I have a WD Blue M.2 drive, that's the same drive as the 2.5" WD Blue SSD, but in a different form factor. I also have a 960 Evo M.2 NVMe drive, I think that's the kind of drive you mean, you're confusing M.2 with NVMe. NVMe is blazing fast for large file transfers, for small files (like games and the OS use) it doesn't do much. NVMe drives can slightly faster in normal use from the tests I've seen (3-5 second faster load times in games IIRC, depending on the title, sometimes no difference), but I think that's just due to something like a 970 Evo being a better quality drive than a lower level SSD in the first place. I don't know how a budget NVMe stacks up to a SATA SSD, I think some of the really budget ones are actually worse.