Looking for a good m.2

[Woods_2212]

Hello, 

 

I currently have a 1tb m.2 but I am looking to fill my other m.2 drive, the one I have available are behind my GPU so not loads of space for a heatsink, I will be using it to store only games on so a fast one would be more suited for my needs. I do not know if I even need one with a heatsink but I have heard it is good to have one. I have the B650 eagle ax as my motherboard.

 

Thanks Guys

 

[Gas Racing]

Gen4 runs hot and should have a heat sink. Gen3 is safe to run naked.

The skhynix gold is my favorite gen3 drive being consistently fast and crazy reliable.  

Be patient and wait for a good sale so you can get top tier performance at entry level prices.

[BiotechBen]

I've got a 2tb Intel 670p I got on fire sale that lives in my Victus laptop, and an Inland 512gb in my main machine, both gen 3, both doing lots of heat cycles, both have been super reliable 

[barryblueice]

I got a lot of SSD on my each computer, most of them were the disassemble part from retired server or made by myself. These SSD work perfectly and working super reliable.

[kokosnh]

So you have 3 M.2 slots

M2A_CPU PCIe 5.0 x4

M2P_CPU PCIe 4.0 x2 

M2C_SB PCIe 4.0 x4 

 

so I do recommend getting a PCIe 4.0 ssd ( as later you can put it in the slowest port, and still have 3500MBps ), at least sn580 from the cheaper ones, but it all depend where you are buying from ( country ) sometimes you can get Crucial p5 plus, or Crucial T500 in similar price.

it’s easier if you just give a country?shop, the capacity of the ssd, and budget you charge. 

 

ps. The PCIeX1* slots are only PCIE 3.0 x1 

 

 

[Gas Racing]

Looking at the mobo layout, the m.2 pcie gen4x2 = gen3x4, so a gen 3 could go in that slot, as a gen 4 would only give gen3 speeds anyway.

If you find a gen4 with heat sink, use the gen4x4 under it for max speeds. 

 

The skhynix plug for reliability is regarding drive health. After 5 years of use, 99% health still! All my other newer ssds have lost health much much quicker. I'm almost positive the gold drive will outlive me. It has a 4x life expectancy versus most ssds, not optane reliability, but still insane.