Want to buy new M.2 SSD. Should I choose PCIe or SATA?

[Rafayellow]

I'm looking for an SSD upgrade and have come across this little fella:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digital-Predator-SHPM2280P2H-240G/dp/B00V01C4RK/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1430427075&sr=1-1&keywords=Kingston+HyperX+Predator+240GB+PCIe+Gen2

 

Although my Asus motherboard already have a M.2 PCIe/SATA supported port I'm afraid it won't be as fast as de PCIe adapted HyperX Predator since this was stated on Asus's website regarding the built in M.2:

 

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Z97MPLUS/specifications/

"M.2 Socket 3 shares bandwidth with SATA6G_5 & SATA6G_6 ports"

 

So, which one would be faster? The adapted PCIe SSD or the SATA SSD straight onto the motherboard?

 

 

Thanks!

[Lolzious]

PCIE will be significantly faster.

[Rhys1523]

The PCIe SSD should be faster, however every thing has their ups and downs. This article seems to have some nice info in it:

 

http://www.overclock.net/t/1489684/ssd-interface-comparison-pci-express-vs-sata

[Rafayellow]

The PCIe SSD should be faster, however every thing has their ups and downs. This article seems to have some nice info in it:

 

http://www.overclock.net/t/1489684/ssd-interface-comparison-pci-express-vs-sata

Thanks for the reply, sir! Unfortunately I'm having a really hard time to fully understand the article.

 

Would you please tell me which one would you choose? Just as a comparison to what I know so far.

Thanks!

[Rafayellow]

Nevermind, I got it! Thanks!

[Captain_WD]

I'm looking for an SSD upgrade and have come across this little fella:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digital-Predator-SHPM2280P2H-240G/dp/B00V01C4RK/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1430427075&sr=1-1&keywords=Kingston+HyperX+Predator+240GB+PCIe+Gen2

 

Although my Asus motherboard already have a M.2 PCIe/SATA supported port I'm afraid it won't be as fast as de PCIe adapted HyperX Predator since this was stated on Asus's website regarding the built in M.2:

 

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Z97MPLUS/specifications/

"M.2 Socket 3 shares bandwidth with SATA6G_5 & SATA6G_6 ports"

 

So, which one would be faster? The adapted PCIe SSD or the SATA SSD straight onto the motherboard?

 

 

Thanks!

 

 

Hey Rafayellow,

 

PCIe 2 and PCIe3 would have higher transfer speeds compared to a SATA drive. The article gives a good comparison between what speeds does each connection support. Also when you look at the different storage drives, you can find their optimal read/write speeds in the spec sheets. It really depends how big of a speed increase would you actually need and willing to pay for. What are you usually doing on the computer?

 

Captain_WD. 

[Rafayellow]

 

Hey Rafayellow,

 

PCIe 2 and PCIe3 would have higher transfer speeds compared to a SATA drive. The article gives a good comparison between what speeds does each connection support. Also when you look at the different storage drives, you can find their optimal read/write speeds in the spec sheets. It really depends how big of a speed increase would you actually need and willing to pay for. What are you usually doing on the computer?

 

Captain_WD. 

 

Thank you for your reply!

I do heavy video editing and 3D rendering. This drive would be used as my boot drive and to store my editing applications.

[Captain_WD]

Thank you for your reply!

I do heavy video editing and 3D rendering. This drive would be used as my boot drive and to store my editing applications.

 

In this case you should benefit a lot from such a fast drive. Do have in mind that editing and 3D rendering do a lot of writing on the storage drive and you may run out of space pretty quickly. You could redirect your ready files or the ones that you are not working with to a slower storage drive.

 

Captain_WD.