ssd or m.2 2tb game drive?

[syfer]

Hi can I ask for your avice I need to give up my old hard drive and replace with with ssd or m.2 2tb but can i ask which is the best solution for game drive? What do you think i should go with m.2 or ssd?

[TheGlenlivet]

SSD will be a little slower, but not slow enough for you to notice.  It should be a little cheaper than M.2 per MB of storage.

I'd go Sata SSD.

[Mira Yurizaki]

NVMe provides almost no performance benefit over SATA in gaming, but get whichever gives you more storage space for the cost.

[MegaDave91]

An M.2 drive can be SATA or NVME; M.2 is simply a type of connection / form factor. 

 

Whichever you can acquire for cheaper is my recommendation. 

 

[syfer]

Thank You for all that info. Thansk

[ewitte]

11 hours ago, Mira Yurizaki said:

NVMe provides almost no performance benefit over SATA in gaming, but get whichever gives you more storage space for the cost.

 

Mostly because the performance that makes it feel faster (random 4k) is nearly the same.  Optane is the only exception but you need a use case to feel it even then.

[syfer]

Well 2tb ssd IS ABOUT £155.99 is the same price almost as m.2 pcie version IS £ 189.96 inc. vat. I might just go with m.2 pcie  Adata XPG SX8200 Pro M.2 2TB SSD and buy external usb c gen 2 enclosure.