M.2

[Sm_key12]

Hey, just wondering if i should still buy an m.2 even tho windows runs on my sata ssd.

[Dutch_Master]

No. Well, you could, but you risk having to reinstall Win-OS if it deems you're not eligible for a hardware upgrade.

[Sm_key12]

7 minutes ago, Dutch_Master said:

No. Well, you could, but you risk having to reinstall Win-OS if it deems you're not eligible for a hardware upgrade.

i've seen disk cloning, does it work  ? 

 

[Dutch_Master]

No, not on a working system. You need to boot a different OS (like Linux) to copy files over.

[Sm_key12]

ah ok thx 

2 hours ago, Dutch_Master said:

No, not on a working system. You need to boot a different OS (like Linux) to copy files over.

 

 

[baronvonsatchel]

1 hour ago, Dutch_Master said:

No, not on a working system. You need to boot a different OS (like Linux) to copy files over.

This isn't true, I've actually done it several times on running systems both Windows and Linux. Samsung makes a free migration software for their SSDs that works while the system is running, as long as the disk isn't encrypted (e.g. Windows BitLocker). There are paid software options if you use encryption.

 

To answer OP's original question: if it's working and it doesn't feel slow to you, you probably won't notice the difference. Going from a SATA to NVMe SSD isn't nearly as big a jump as HDD to SSD. You might save a few seconds here and there on game loading times, but that's about it. Hardly worth the cost unless you need more storage or you're building a brand new system.