Is this an NVMe port?

[AP3X_48]

Hi everyone,

I don't know a whole lot about specific ports but this looks like an NVMe port on my laptop, the thing is, when I googled my laptop's serial number, I found no NVMe port mentions, I have a lenovo IdeaPad 320 15-IKB (https://gadgets.ndtv.com/lenovo-ideapad-320-15ikb-8405). I had bought a SSD a while back (see in picture) and its SATA, so, yeah, wasted my money?

[WhitetailAni]

That is not an NVMe slot, no. It looks like it might be mSATA or mPCIe, but I can't tell from this angle.

 

Can you take a picture of the slot where a card would go in?

[Tan3l6]

Does not seem like M.2 

Also there is no mention of M.2 in the specs.

[AP3X_48]

1 minute ago, FakeKGB said:

That is not an NVMe slot, no. It looks like it might be mSATA or mPCIe, but I can't tell from this angle.

 

Can you take a picture of the slot where a card would go in?

Okay thank you, I've actually closed my laptop and I'm too scared to open it again (opened it the first time in 3 years). So, if this was mPCIe would it be faster than my Crucial SATA SSD (BX500)?

[WereCatf]

1 minute ago, FakeKGB said:

That is not an NVMe slot, no. It looks like it might be mSATA or mPCIe

It looks like a slimline SATA used for optical drives in my eyes.

[AP3X_48]

Just now, WereCatf said:

It looks like a slimline SATA used for optical drives in my eyes.

I had an optical drive, I put a new SSD in the main SATA Slot, and my HDD in the place of the optical drive with a caddy.

[iMxmo]

6 minutes ago, AP3X_48 said:

Okay thank you, I've actually closed my laptop and I'm too scared to open it again (opened it the first time in 3 years). So, if this was mPCIe would it be faster than my Crucial SATA SSD (BX500)?

BX500 is dramless sata..yikes. I would've gone for MX500 instead, if you can't go with nvme/m.2 of course

[AP3X_48]

12 minutes ago, iCypticx said:

BX500 is dramless sata..yikes. I would've gone for MX500 instead, if you can't go with nvme/m.2 of course

The difference is minimal, guessing because of HMB

[iMxmo]

Just now, AP3X_48 said:

The difference is minimal, guessing because of HMB

HMB is fine for nvme/m.2 drives. But for SATA it's a different story.

[AP3X_48]

15 minutes ago, iCypticx said:

HMB is fine for nvme/m.2 drives. But for SATA it's a different story.

I see, is this slow tho? 

[iMxmo]

2 minutes ago, AP3X_48 said:

I see, is this slow tho? 

actually surpasses my P1 (haha dumb decision yes i know D:) 
what drive is that?

[AP3X_48]

Just now, iCypticx said:

actually surpasses my P1 (haha dumb decision yes i know D:) 
what drive is that?

Crucial? I just enabled momentum cache, if you have alot of used RAM enabled it from the Crucial Storage Executive software. these numbers were 500 MB/s before, SIR THATS SATA AND ITS THE BX500

[iMxmo]

Just now, AP3X_48 said:

Crucial? I just enabled momentum cache, if you have alot of used RAM enabled it from the Crucial Storage Executive software. these numbers were 500 MB/s before, SIR THATS SATA AND ITS THE BX500

there's no way a BX500 is hitting those numbers ?!
yes the crucial p1 sm2263 <//3

[Tan3l6]

3 minutes ago, iCypticx said:

momentum cache

Pointless synthetic feature ...

Only for benchmarks

[AP3X_48]

1 minute ago, Tan3l6 said:

Pointless synthetic feature ...

Only for benchmarks

Still satisfying for me, this is the first ssd i've personally used, haha

[AP3X_48]

4 minutes ago, iCypticx said:

there's no way a BX500 is hitting those numbers ?!
yes the crucial p1 sm2263 <//3

try it! it is, but as Tan says, its synthetic, I copied some files SSD to (same) SSD and the speeds were 470 MB/s

[iMxmo]

1 minute ago, AP3X_48 said:

Still satisfying for me, this is the first ssd i've personally used, haha

 

1 minute ago, AP3X_48 said:

try it! it is, but as Tan says, its synthetic, I copied some files SSD to (same) SSD and the speeds were 470 MB/s

dont think thats reading results from your ssd. but from your ram instead

[mariushm]

The momentus cache program uses a portion of your ram to cache reads and writes before writing the data in background to the ssd.

The benchmark application only uses 1 GB of data by default (reads up to 1 GB, writes up to 1 GB) so that little amount is easily kept in ram and you get those high scores.

 

The risk with caching programs is that it may cache a bunch of stuff in ram just as you lose power and the data in ram is lost, so you'll get corrupted or incomplete files.  With a laptop, as long as you have battery fallback, it should be pretty safe to use.

 

disable the caching software for accurate results.

 

Anyway... it will be fine either way. Better than a regular mechanical drive.

[AP3X_48]

Just now, mariushm said:

The momentus cache program uses a portion of your ram to cache reads and writes before writing the data in background to the ssd.

The benchmark application only uses 1 GB of data by default (reads up to 1 GB, writes up to 1 GB) so that little amount is easily kept in ram and you get those high scores.

 

The risk with caching programs is that it may cache a bunch of stuff in ram just as you lose power and the data in ram is lost, so you'll get corrupted or incomplete files.  With a laptop, as long as you have battery fallback, it should be pretty safe to use.

 

disable the caching software for accurate results.

 

Anyway... it will be fine either way. Better than a regular mechanical drive.

Ohhhhh i see, so basically its useless for loading times and it uses more ram? well, there goes my excitement

[AP3X_48]

Sorry for being a complete moron, thats where my hard drive caddy goes.