I have a Delema

[Bemax864]

I have a question. Is it better if i have one M.2 drive abd one ssd. Or two M.2 drives? 

[Statik]

Technically 2 M.2 drives as they perform better?

[AvocadosGuac]

doesn't matter, whatever fits in your case/mobo better.

[AvocadosGuac]

Just now, Statik said:

Technically 2 M.2 drives as they perform better?

Not true. There are m.2 drive that communicate over the sata protocol so they are still capped at 6gb/s

[minibois]

Entirely depends on what we're comparing,

M.2 drives range from those which use the SATA interface, which have speeds of around 550/550 Megabyte per second (read/write), which is the same as 'normal SSD's'. There are also those which use the PCIE interface, which range from 1500/500MBPS up to and above 3500/3000MBPS+

Keeping that in mind, it also depends on what size drive you're looking at.

 

To me, it usually makes the most sense to:

- a 500GB M.2 PCIE (a more 'budget' option perhaps, like the 660p)

- a large HDD (think 2-4TB)

- another SSD if you truly need the fast storage

But that is just what most people who absolutely need the space+speed could get. That is not a feasible or logical solution for everyone.

[Mustangmatt215]

Why not two m.2 drives and one SSD

[Animal901]

8 minutes ago, Bemax864 said:

I have a question. Is it better if i have one M.2 drive abd one ssd. Or two M.2 drives? 

You want raid.........

[LogicalDrm]

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[Bemax864]

On 12/8/2019 at 8:45 PM, minibois said:

Entirely depends on what we're comparing,

M.2 drives range from those which use the SATA interface, which have speeds of around 550/550 Megabyte per second (read/write), which is the same as 'normal SSD's'. There are also those which use the PCIE interface, which range from 1500/500MBPS up to and above 3500/3000MBPS+

Keeping that in mind, it also depends on what size drive you're looking at.

 

To me, it usually makes the most sense to:

- a 500GB M.2 PCIE (a more 'budget' option perhaps, like the 660p)

- a large HDD (think 2-4TB)

- another SSD if you truly need the fast storage

But that is just what most people who absolutely need the space+speed could get. That is not a feasible or logical solution for everyone.

I was thinking of getting two of these:

addlink S70 1TB SSD NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 with Read Write speed of 3400 MB/s 3000 MB/s. 

Would that be a good choice? 

[AvocadosGuac]

3 hours ago, Bemax864 said:

I was thinking of getting two of these:

addlink S70 1TB SSD NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 with Read Write speed of 3400 MB/s 3000 MB/s. 

Would that be a good choice? 

looks pretty decent. All depends on pricing though. as the article i linked there says, its almost as good as a Samsung 970EVO. If its less, go for it. You also might want to consider a slower SATA based SSD for less cost, and also throw in a couple TB of hard drive space.

[minibois]

9 hours ago, Bemax864 said:

I was thinking of getting two of these:

addlink S70 1TB SSD NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 with Read Write speed of 3400 MB/s 3000 MB/s. 

Would that be a good choice? 

Looks like a pretty good option: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3405888/addlink-s70-nvme-ssd-review.html

Of course depends on the pricing though!

[Bemax864]

12 hours ago, AvocadosGuac said:

looks pretty decent. All depends on pricing though. as the article i linked there says, its almost as good as a Samsung 970EVO. If its less, go for it. You also might want to consider a slower SATA based SSD for less cost, and also throw in a couple TB of hard drive space.

What if i get one Seagate 2 TB BarraCuda 3.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive (£54.35)

 

And two addlink S70 1TB (For two - £234.88)