which m.2...if any?

[SPG]

So I want to get a m.2 ssd for a boot drive because...its super fast and I've never had an ssd aside from pc's I made for other people. From my understanding it is a pain in the ass to get m.2 to work if I recall (how much of that is true I have no clue its why I'm here) So I'm looking at these two ssd's
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VELD92U/?tag=pcpapi-20
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-950-256GB-PCIe-NVMe/dp/B01639696U/ref=sr_1_6?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1446504419&sr=1-6&keywords=m.2+ssd

is the 950 pro better for any reason what so ever? or is it just black and costs more because its newer.
The other thing, I have a asus z87-a so I plan on getting this http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-2-5in-Adapter-Converter-SAT32M225/dp/B00ITJ7U20 before you say it yes I know it would be best to get a pci-e adapter, but I got an early 280x from sapphire that takes up 2.5 slots so it blocks the pci slot that I'd be able to use, before you freak out I plan on moving this ssd to my x99 build in the future so I wont be wasting its performance.

One other thing I'd like to point out on why I just don't get a 2.5in ssd, well, I mean m.2 is new and cool and unreasonably fast for anything I'd ever need, so wynaut.

[Samfisher]

The 950 Pro is the top end of the M.2 PCIE SSD scale, so really, you will never need that much performance on a regular usage PC.  The 950 Pro will not work with that adapter cos that's a SATA converter whereas the 950 Pro is a PCIE SSD.  Both use the M.2 socket (yes I know, it's confusing and is TBH a total mess of a standard).

[SPG]

The 950 Pro is the top end of the M.2 PCIE SSD scale, so really, you will never need that much performance on a regular usage PC.  The 950 Pro will not work with that adapter cos that's a SATA converter whereas the 950 Pro is a PCIE SSD.  Both use the M.2 socket (yes I know, it's confusing and is TBH a total mess of a standard).

so in other words I'd need to get this http://www.amazon.com/Lycom-DT-120-PCIe-Adapter-Support/dp/B00MYCQP38/ref=pd_bxgy_147_img_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=008MTVRBK7MT7JJ7PJRX no matter what and try to figure out how to put it in my current pc with my gpus or...just wait

[Samfisher]

so in other words I'd need to get this http://www.amazon.com/Lycom-DT-120-PCIe-Adapter-Support/dp/B00MYCQP38/ref=pd_bxgy_147_img_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=008MTVRBK7MT7JJ7PJRX no matter what and try to figure out how to put it in my current pc with my gpus or...just wait

Yes pretty much.  Or attach that to a PCIE riser and have the whole thing resting at the bottom of your case

[SPG]

Yes pretty much.  Or attach that to a PCIE riser and have the whole thing resting at the bottom of your case

as much as I'd love to do that, I still don't know if that would work : p I'd have to open my case and find out because currently I'm just eye balling it through the window and the fan on the haf x doesnt give me much viewing room thanks though. Would I come up with any problems trying to make this a boot drive or should I be fine with jsut throwing it into the pcie slot?

[Samfisher]

as much as I'd love to do that, I still don't know if that would work : p I'd have to open my case and find out because currently I'm just eye balling it through the window and the fan on the haf x doesnt give me much viewing room thanks though. Would I come up with any problems trying to make this a boot drive or should I be fine with jsut throwing it into the pcie slot?

 

On the x99 you should have no problems.  On the z87 though, it doesn't support NVME so even if it did fit in your case now it wouldn't even be recognized

[SPG]

On the x99 you should have no problems.  On the z87 though, it doesn't support NVME so even if it did fit in your case now it wouldn't even be recognized

so basically, this entire thread was pointless and I should just wait well, it wont kill me, not like I shut down my pc a lot anyways

[Samfisher]

so basically, this entire thread was pointless and I should just wait well, it wont kill me, not like I shut down my pc a lot anyways

 

Yesshhhh :3 Any reason why the 950 Pro, except that you can afford it?

[SPG]

Yesshhhh :3 Any reason why the 950 Pro, except that you can afford it?

its new, I can afford it, and its unnecessarily fast.

ie just to have it. currently don't have an ssd, so might as well get the best right?

[Samfisher]

its new, I can afford it, and its unnecessarily fast.

ie just to have it. currently don't have an ssd, so might as well get the best right?

 

You won't actually feel any of the benefits of it though   Any half decent SSD would feel the same for every day use cos the perception of speed from an SSD is not it's throughput but it's very very low access times.

[SPG]

You won't actually feel any of the benefits of it though   Any half decent SSD would feel the same for every day use cos the perception of speed from an SSD is not it's throughput but it's very very low access times.

oh don't worry I'm well aware of this, its like buying a 980ti but you play on a 60hz 1080p screen, it seems stupid because it is, but you do it anyways. (no, I'm not going to do that)

[Samfisher]

oh don't worry I'm well aware of this, its like buying a 980ti but you play on a 60hz 1080p screen, it seems stupid because it is, but you do it anyways. (no, I'm not going to do that)

 

On the reverse side though, with the 980Ti on a 1080p screen means I can crank absolutely EVERYTHING up and maintain at least 60FPS, which in many cases beats out just playing on a higher res screen.  Having a super fast SSD doesn't really do anything except be there

[SPG]

On the reverse side though, with the 980Ti on a 1080p screen means I can crank absolutely EVERYTHING up and maintain at least 60FPS, which in many cases beats out just playing on a higher res screen.  Having a super fast SSD doesn't really do anything except be there

this is true, but I couldn't think of a better analogy in the moment.

should I just get a 500gb 850evo then? wont look as "cool" but would give me the same "feel" for performance

[Samfisher]

this is true, but I couldn't think of a better analogy in the moment.

should I just get a 500gb 850evo then? wont look as "cool" but would give me the same "feel" for performance

 

Yeah, really no difference in every day use TBH.  With the same price, you could just stack a few of these 850's and have way more storage

[SPG]

Yeah, really no difference in every day use TBH.  With the same price, you could just stack a few of these 850's and have way more storage

I have 6tb in hdd, I storage isn't really my concern lol

I'll jsut buy the evo, thanks