Are these the same thing?

ThatSweetGamer · March 30, 2015

This may be the stupidest question I have ever asked, but are these two the same thing? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820249053&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=and http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820249046&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= I mean, I know the first one is M.2 on a PCIe thing and the second one is just an M.2 but they are the same exact SSD, right? Same speed and everything?

Tagiau · March 30, 2015

One is for the people who don't have a m.2 slot on their motherboard, the other is for people that do.

Well one is actually for people who don't have an m.2 slot, or have an msi board that does have an m.2 slot. The fucking screw is so tiny.

werto165 · March 30, 2015

Looks like it, the more expensive one is just for motherboards that don't have m.2 slots.

dadasmithywinkle · March 30, 2015

This may be the stupidest question I have ever asked, but are these two the same thing? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820249053&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=and http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820249046&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= I mean, I know the first one is M.2 on a PCIe thing and the second one is just an M.2 but they are the same exact SSD, right? Same speed and everything?

They seem to be the same, yes, but one has a much nicer enclosure (for mobos w/ or w/o an m.2 slot).

ThatSweetGamer · March 30, 2015

They seem to be the same, yes, but one has a much nicer enclosure (for mobos w/ or w/o an m.2 slot).

Looks like it, the more expensive one is just for motherboards that don't have m.2 slots.

One is for the people who don't have a m.2 slot on their motherboard, the other is for people that do.

Thanks, another question though. Could I RAID both of them together if I were to get one of each?

dadasmithywinkle · March 30, 2015

Thanks, another question though. Could I RAID both of them together if I were to get one of each?

I wouldnt; just get two of the PCI-E ones. RAID can be fragile and the drives may not identify as the same model.

ThatSweetGamer · March 30, 2015

I wouldnt; just get two of the PCI-E ones. RAID can be fragile and the drives may not identify as the same model.

I can't do that, I have only one PCIe x16 Slot open and one M.2 port on my Motherboard.

asquirrel · March 30, 2015

Functionally? yes. Mechanically? Maybe. The problem is we can't see what is under that heatsink. It's entirely possible the two are different, or it's entirely possible they just put a M.2 slot on a PCIe wafer board and sold it as a new product. Functionally both will work identically without any meaningful limitation (unless someone made a stupid design choice in the PCIe wafer board).

That said, I'd argue to wait two days (April 1) before buying. Why? Because Intel will announce their own similar product and, well, there's no good reason not to at least wait and see if Intel's offering will be cheaper/faster/harder/stronger/better...or if it will kill you. *rimshot*

edit: Oh, no, it's literally a wafer board. Anadtech reviewed it: http://www.anandtech.com/show/8889/plextor-release-m6e-black-edition-pcie-ssd-shows-off-upcoming-m7e-pcie-ssd-tlc-ssd

As you can see about half way down the page, it's just the m.2 card slid onto a PCIe wafer. You can get those adapters for ~$15, so...that's a thing.