ASRock B550 Phantom gaming 4 Nvme SSD

[MacSauce]

I have a ASRock B550 Phantom gaming 4 board that has a hyper m.2 PCIe gen 4 x4 slot. What ssd would be best for this slot? Just looking for 500gb max to house OS and other resources for fast call up. Not liking to break the bank either. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

How much do you want to spend?

 

Something like a 980 pro would be about as fast as you can get, but i probalby get a midrange nvme m.2 if it was me.

[liam tonsfeldt]

It really doesn't matter, If you want something cheap go with Crucial or WD, if you want performance go with a Samsung 970 EVO.

 

[514_AppleGuy]

As mentioned previously by others, there are multiple good options, it all depends on your budget and the intended application.

 

[MacSauce]

If I'm essentially using this ssd as a boot, I would assume 250gb would be much more than sufficient. So even a 980 pro is only $90 at that size. But will I really see a difference if I get a budget one if I'm just using it for boot up? 

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, MacSauce said:

If I'm essentially using this ssd as a boot, I would assume 250gb would be much more than sufficient. So even a 980 pro is only $90 at that size. But will I really see a difference if I get a budget one if I'm just using it for boot up? 

you probably won't notice the difference between a budget drive and a high end drive for boot.

 

I like to keep 500gb for boot so you don't have to worry as much where files go.

[MacSauce]

Is there much of a difference when it comes to Gen 3 vs Gen 4? Board supports up to Gen 4 but I would assume the price point is higher

[Electronics Wizardy]

15 minutes ago, MacSauce said:

Is there much of a difference when it comes to Gen 3 vs Gen 4? Board supports up to Gen 4 but I would assume the price point is higher

for noticable performance, no you won't notice it for a boot drive. I wouldn't get a gen 4 drive here unless the price is about the same.

[MacSauce]

6 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

for noticable performance, no you won't notice it for a boot drive. I wouldn't get a gen 4 drive here unless the price is about the same.

I have buddies that run their nvme as a boot drive and will have one or two of their most played games on there as well. If I go 500gb mid tier what would you suggest for both gen 4 vs gen 3? 

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 hour ago, MacSauce said:

I have buddies that run their nvme as a boot drive and will have one or two of their most played games on there as well. If I go 500gb mid tier what would you suggest for both gen 4 vs gen 3? 

Id probalby get a gen 3 drive, as the gen 4 drives make basically no difference in performance. Game and os load times will be about the same.