PCIe 3x4 or 4x4 NVMe SSD?

[TrainNutter]

Hi!

 

For my next system im considering going with an M.2 4.0x4. The system will include have an RTX3060Ti and an AMD Ryzen 5 5600X.

 

I use my current one (and the next one) for light video editing, gaming, and flight simulator. Storage will keep my video archive on it as well

 

Is there any point in using a PCIe 4x4 SSD?

 

[Guest]

Not right now. Esp since (with one or two exceptions) most Gen 4 drives perform no different in real world use. Controllers that can actually handle the bandwidth well are only just now starting to hit the market.

[TrainNutter]

4 minutes ago, Den-Fi said:

Not right now. Esp since (with one or two exceptions) most Gen 4 drives perform no different in real world use. Controllers that can actually handle the bandwidth well are only just now starting to hit the market.

Ah ok!

 

And do i need a B550 motherboard for ryzen 5000? or will a B450/X470 be fine?

[JustUni]

Yea, it's just not worth it rn, just get a good 3X4 plus numbers are numbers. At these speeds latency is more important. 3X4 is faster than most people could reasonably. Even for a boot drive. We haven't harnessed the speed of 4X4 yet.

[JustUni]

3 minutes ago, TrainNutter said:

Ah ok!

 

And do i need a B550 motherboard for ryzen 5000? or will a B450/X470 be fine?

Zen 3 = Ryzen 5000 because ryzen 4000 got skipped and ryzen 2000 is zen+

[TrainNutter]

6 minutes ago, JustUni said:

Ah yeah i remember now lol

 

RTX3060Ti doesnt need full bandwidth of PCIe 4 right?

[JustUni]

Just now, TrainNutter said:

Ah yeah i remember now lol

 

RTX3060Ti doesnt need full bandwidth of PCIe 4 right?

an  RTX3060ti won't max PCI-E 3.0

[TrainNutter]

1 minute ago, JustUni said:

an  RTX3060ti won't max PCI-E 3.0

ah sweet i'll just swap  everything for my plan down to PCIE3 lol

 

THanks for your help!

 

[JustUni]

Just now, TrainNutter said:

ah sweet i'll just swap  everything for my plan down to PCIE3 lol

 

THanks for your help!

 

You're welcome