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Game load time difrences between 1800mb/s and 3200mb/s

So I'm wondering how much difrence in load times these two speeds would effect games like star citizen and heavily modded skyrim and fallout 4. Games like that. I'm looking at two different m.2 and wondering if it was worth giving up and extra terabyte for more speed. 

 

https://www.computerlounge.co.nz/shop/components/storage/solid-state-drives/samsung-970-evo-plus-1tb-m2-nvme-ssd

 

https://www.computerlounge.co.nz/shop/components/storage/solid-state-drives/intel-660p-series-2tb-m2-nvme-ssd

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If 1 TB is enough for the near future and you only play singleplayer games, I would take the Samsung and rip through loading screens with nearly double the read speed and tripple IOPS. The speed is not relevant for multiplayer games, though. There is always someone with a HDD or normal SSD you are waiting for. 
If you see yourself needing more than a TB, go for the Intel.
 

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I moved from samsung 840 Pro (550MB/s max, limited by SATA interface and my use on it doesn't help) to HP EX920 (slightly worse than the 970 Evo), and I can say that load times did not differ to a point of being noticeable.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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