Budget nvme drives?

[Stargaze obama]

I'm looking for a budget nvme drive as my board has one and they seem to be similar prices to sata ssds despite a much faster read and write

 

I've eliminated the idea of a used SSD because I'd never know when it's about to die

 

But anyway I've seen 2 choices, there's an Intel optane 16gb nvme drive or a Kinston 128gb nvme, it's for windows and only windows so I'm aware that windows would pretty much consume the whole drive drive, bad idea because I've heard good things about optane

[Zalosath]

3 minutes ago, Stargaze obama said:

I'm looking for a budget nvme drive as my board has one and they seem to be similar prices to sata ssds despite a much faster read and write

 

I've eliminated the idea of a used SSD because I'd never know when it's about to die

 

But anyway I've seen 2 choices, there's an Intel optane 16gb nvme drive or a Kinston 128gb nvme, it's for windows and only windows so I'm aware that windows would pretty much consume the whole drive drive, bad idea because I've heard good things about optane

Depends on your budget really.

 

I like the Corsair MP510 Force Series. You can pick up a 240GB one for £50. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Don't go with. 16gb optne drive, way to small for windows, I tried 32gb, its kinda dooable, but still not usable.

 

For a super lower budget, nvme won't matter, so if you don't need it, do go nvme, Id just get sata here. Of those 2 go with the kingston.

 

Whats the rest of the system?

[DailyProcrastinator]

8 minutes ago, Stargaze obama said:

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What is your budget and location?

[Stargaze obama]

Just now, TheDailyProcrastinator said:

What is your budget and location?

Uk and around £30

[Stargaze obama]

3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Don't go with. 16gb optne drive, way to small for windows, I tried 32gb, its kinda dooable, but still not usable.

 

For a super lower budget, nvme won't matter, so if you don't need it, do go nvme, Id just get sata here. Of those 2 go with the kingston.

 

Whats the rest of the system?

System is a Xeon 2630

Rx 570 4gb

16gb ecc ddr3(another 16 is on its way)

A Chinese x79 and currently a 1tb hdd as storage but windows boots so slow and programs like nzxt cam 

[DailyProcrastinator]

2 minutes ago, Stargaze obama said:

Uk and around £30

This is the best $/GB NVME option for 256GB and 128GB:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/KTJmP6/transcend-110s-256-gb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-ts256gmte110s

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/qfPgXL/transcend-110s-128-gb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-ts128gmte110s

 

SSD makes a little more sense in my opinion:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/VqgzK8/crucial-bx500-120gb-25-solid-state-drive-ct120bx500ssd1

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/8BNv6h/kingston-a400-120-gb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-sa400m8120g

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/btDzK8/kingston-a400-240gb-25-solid-state-drive-sa400s37240g

 

[Stargaze obama]

17 minutes ago, TheDailyProcrastinator said:

This is the best $/GB NVME option for 256GB and 128GB:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/KTJmP6/transcend-110s-256-gb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-ts256gmte110s

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/qfPgXL/transcend-110s-128-gb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-ts128gmte110s

 

SSD makes a little more sense in my opinion:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/VqgzK8/crucial-bx500-120gb-25-solid-state-drive-ct120bx500ssd1

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/8BNv6h/kingston-a400-120-gb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-sa400m8120g

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/btDzK8/kingston-a400-240gb-25-solid-state-drive-sa400s37240g

 

I might buy that thanks, for future reference how do u tell if there is a dram cache or isn't? I heard it's even slower than a HDD if it doesn't have one

[Electronics Wizardy]

31 minutes ago, Stargaze obama said:

I might buy that thanks, for future reference how do u tell if there is a dram cache or isn't? I heard it's even slower than a HDD if it doesn't have one

 a ssd with out dram will be faster than a hdd in almost all uses, it will still be much faster here, and if your really budget limited, I wouldn't worry about dram.

 

55 minutes ago, Stargaze obama said:

System is a Xeon 2630

Rx 570 4gb

16gb ecc ddr3(another 16 is on its way)

A Chinese x79 and currently a 1tb hdd as storage but windows boots so slow and programs like nzxt cam 

Why nvme? Id just get a cheap 120 or 240gb sata drive. 

[js23]

I use a 256 gb Sabrent rocket m.2, and if your worried about it dying, they come with Acronis True Image that lets you make backup disk images.  

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/f4yV3C/sabrent-256-gb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-sb-rocket-256

[Stargaze obama]

15 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

 a ssd with out dram will be faster than a hdd in almost all uses, it will still be much faster here, and if your really budget limited, I wouldn't worry about dram.

 

Why nvme? Id just get a cheap 120 or 240gb sata drive. 

Less cables, it's an open air case so cables are a pain already, and the nvme port is there so why not when the privmces are similar?

[Stargaze obama]

14 hours ago, js23 said:

I use a 256 gb Sabrent rocket m.2, and if your worried about it dying, they come with Acronis True Image that lets you make backup disk images.  

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/f4yV3C/sabrent-256-gb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-sb-rocket-256

Not too worried about it dying, I know Samsung's ssds have software that tell you it's close to death but there's no sound or anything that says it will die, just people will be selling them used most likely because they are close to death, I don't have a lot of money to play around with so trying to spend wisely

[js23]

18 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

 a ssd with out dram will be faster than a hdd in almost all uses, it will still be much faster here, and if your really budget limited, I wouldn't worry about dram.

 

Why nvme? Id just get a cheap 120 or 240gb sata drive. 

M.2 allows for higher read/write speeds, with sata I believe you are capped at about 600mb/s whereas M.2 nvme can go well over 3000 gb/s since it uses the pci interface, bypassing the sata bottleneck. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

2 minutes ago, js23 said:

M.2 allows for higher read/write speeds, with sata I believe you are capped at about 600mb/s whereas M.2 nvme can go well over 3000 gb/s since it uses the pci interface, bypassing the sata bottleneck. 

The problem is those are sequential speeds is the best case.

 

In real world uses, there is basically no difference, esp on a older cpu like op has. You won't notice the difference in a desktop.

 

Where op seems to be very budget limited, save the money an go sata, there is still a reasonble price premium on the low end. About 30 for a cheap 250gb sata vs 45 for a cheap 250gb nvme. Its not worth the extra.