M.2 Drive Questions

[Hudson Griffin]

I want to buy a m.2 drive but I'm not sure if it is compatible with my motherboard I have a 

 

Asus TUF X390-Plus gaming

 

2nd question should I buy a M.2 drive with lower storage but with a built in Cashe or should I go higher capacity but with no Cashe

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, Hudson Griffin said:

 

2nd question should I buy a M.2 drive with lower storage but with a built in Cashe or should I go higher capacity but with no Cashe

 

What dirves are you looking at. there is a lot more to a drive than if it has cache.

[Hudson Griffin]

2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

What dirves are you looking at. there is a lot more to a drive than if it has cache.

Idk I have been looking at alot of drives I was looking on pcpartpicker for them

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, Hudson Griffin said:

Idk I have been looking at alot of drives I was looking on pcpartpicker for them

Whats your budget? how much capacity do you need?

 

What board do you have There is no Asus TUF X390-Plus gaming

[Hudson Griffin]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Whats your budget? how much capacity do you need?

 

What board do you have There is no Asus TUF X390-Plus gaming

60$ is all I'm willing to spend and I would like to go 500Gb but would be fine with less

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Hudson Griffin said:

60$ is all I'm willing to spend and I would like to go 500Gb but would be fine with less

Then id probably get something like a sn550 https://www.amazon.com/Blue-SN550-500GB-NVMe-Internal/dp/B07YFF3JCN/ref=sxin_9_ac_d_pm?ac_md=2-0-VW5kZXIgJDc1-ac_d_pm&cv_ct_cx=m.2+ssd&dchild=1&keywords=m.2+ssd&pd_rd_i=B07YFF3JCN&pd_rd_r=ad6156b4-5435-46fb-86bb-63ecc7b52515&pd_rd_w=7nzNz&pd_rd_wg=yCfiM&pf_rd_p=db3c94d3-373c-4c30-836a-115f9871fd28&pf_rd_r=Z6NTN495MWN2SD4SNHG0&psc=1&qid=1612725144&sr=1-1-22d05c05-1231-4126-b7c4-3e7a9c0027d0

 

If you wanna spend a bit more, something liek this would be nicehttps://www.amazon.com/BLACK-SN750-500GB-Internal-Gaming/dp/B07MH2P5ZD/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=wd+black+500gb&qid=1612725206&sr=8-1

[Hudson Griffin]

3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Then id probably get something like a sn550 https://www.amazon.com/Blue-SN550-500GB-NVMe-Internal/dp/B07YFF3JCN/ref=sxin_9_ac_d_pm?ac_md=2-0-VW5kZXIgJDc1-ac_d_pm&cv_ct_cx=m.2+ssd&dchild=1&keywords=m.2+ssd&pd_rd_i=B07YFF3JCN&pd_rd_r=ad6156b4-5435-46fb-86bb-63ecc7b52515&pd_rd_w=7nzNz&pd_rd_wg=yCfiM&pf_rd_p=db3c94d3-373c-4c30-836a-115f9871fd28&pf_rd_r=Z6NTN495MWN2SD4SNHG0&psc=1&qid=1612725144&sr=1-1-22d05c05-1231-4126-b7c4-3e7a9c0027d0

 

If you wanna spend a bit more, something liek this would be nicehttps://www.amazon.com/BLACK-SN750-500GB-Internal-Gaming/dp/B07MH2P5ZD/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=wd+black+500gb&qid=1612725206&sr=8-1

Thank you I think I'll go with the last 2nd link

[Bombastinator]

30 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

What dirves are you looking at. there is a lot more to a drive than if it has cache.

There is but is it currently useful stuff for a given use case?   I suspect it is stuff that WILL BECOME useful or even required for just about everything, but I’m not sure drives available now will even meet those requirements when the time comes.

[Electronics Wizardy]

43 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

There is but is it currently useful stuff for a given use case?   I suspect it is stuff that WILL BECOME useful or even required for just about everything, but I’m not sure drives available now will even meet those requirements when the time comes.

are you talking about the dram cache?

 

Part of it is there are dramless drives that are faster than some drives than dram. Thats why I say look at more than cache, or any single spec on a drive, as it can vary a lot between drives. 

 

ALso not having dram won't limit you from using some future programs, as the os doesn't know or care about the cache on the drive. Low performance drives might be a issue, but there is much more to performance than the cache used.