M.2 drive questions

[yoshiii]

Hello

 

Is a M.2 drive worth having as the main os and program drive on a Z97 board or is it better to use on a Z170 and X99 motherboard compared to a regular current 2.5 ssd?

[dragoon20005]

M.2 is way faster than SATA3

 

you are comparing 10Gbps or 32Gbps!!! vs 6Gbps

[Glenwing]

It's really very difficult to notice the difference unless you're doing very large file transfers. To another SSD that's just as fast.

SSDs feel fast because they have low latency and zero seek time compared to HDDs, not because of their bandwidth. You can put an SSD on SATA 1.5Gb/s and it feels just as snappy for normal usage.

[Zayzo]

Hello

 

Is a M.2 drive worth having as the main os and program drive on a Z97 board or is it better to use on a Z170 and X99 motherboard compared to a regular current 2.5 ssd?

Depends what you're doing with your PC. I find for just games a Sata SSD is more than fast enough for me.

[MegaDave91]

I personally would only ever consider M.2 for its smaller footprint. One has to be a true storage enthusiast for M.2 or U.2 drives.

[Thermite]

Hello

 

Is a M.2 drive worth having as the main os and program drive on a Z97 board or is it better to use on a Z170 and X99 motherboard compared to a regular current 2.5 ssd?

I use an M.2 drive for my computer. I have a lian li tu200b case and it is very small. Due to this I can't actually fit a full size HDD inside it so M.2 was the best solution for me. It was also faster so I'm not complaining really.

[Elfuego]

I wouldnt bother with it on Z97 as you will be hamstrung on speed (unless you stick it in a PCIE slot and run your GPU at X8, Also you can't get them in >512gb capacities (unless you count intels 750 series). Get a 1TB 850 Evo for the same price and you will get far more milage from being able to store games on it.