M.2 vs sata

[salah2000]

Is a samsung 850 evo m.2 ssd or 850 evo sata 3 ssd faster as a boot drive.

This is for a laptop

[megaant4]

M.2 is a faster standard.

[Morgan MLGman]

M.2 is a faster standard.

But those drives are pretty much equal, it's just a different form of it

@OP if you have a free M.2 slot, get the M.2 one so you have more SATA ports available

[Samfisher]

Is a samsung 850 evo m.2 ssd or 850 evo sata 3 ssd faster as a boot drive.

This is for a laptop

 

M.2 is a faster standard.

M.2 is not a transfer protocol.  It's just a socket. And both the 850 Evo's you mentioned are SATA3 SSDs.  One uses the SATA connector, one uses the M.2 connector, both are using SATA lanes.

[MegaDave91]

A PCIe based m.2 SSD is faster

[exercutor5]

A PCIe based m.2 SSD is faster

 

Oh come on, do you guys read? That's a 850 Evo, does not matter which variant, all 850 Evos run at SATA 3 speeds. Unless you're stating another SSD other than the 850 Evo, I'm sorry apologize.

 

Yep that's the better word.

[Aereldor]

I could be wrong, but I do believe the M.2 variants of the 850s EVOs are a little more expensive than the 2.5" SATA III 850 EVOs, going for about $15 more for the same capacity.

[MegaDave91]

Oh come on, do you guys read? That's a 850 Evo, does not matter which variant, all 850 Evos run at SATA 3 speeds. Unless you're stating another SSD other than the 850 Evo, I'm sorry.

I read. Do you read? What I said is factually true.

[exercutor5]

I read. Do you read? What I said is factually true.

 

I put another sentence behind lel.

[Guest]

Get the m.2, it'll probably use less power. The drives are both SATA drives, one is just smaller.

[MegaDave91]

I put another sentence behind lel.

You did. Nowhere did I say the M.2 variant is faster; I said PCIE BASED M.2 SSD.

[exercutor5]

You did. Nowhere did I say the M.2 variant is faster; I said PCIE BASED M.2 SSD.

 

That's why I said I apologize if you are stating something not 850 Evo.

[MegaDave91]

That's why I said I apologize if you are stating something not 850 Evo.

Apology accepted. I'm somewhat sleep deprived currently and easily irritated as a result. I apologize if I came on harsh.

[exercutor5]

Apology accepted. I'm somewhat sleep deprived currently and easily irritated as a result. I apologize if I came on harsh.

 

It's okay.

[salah2000]

My plan was to put a m.2 ssd in the slot and clone the hdd it came with but now that i received my laptop (y700) i cant stand the speed of a hdd for anything so if im gonna put an ssd in theres as a boot drive i can either use the m.2 slot or the sata slot and i woll eventually populate both.

[Gazereths]

But those drives are pretty much equal, it's just a different form of it

@OP if you have a free M.2 slot, get the M.2 one so you have more SATA ports available

Not necessarily, the motherboard I use disables sata ports 4 and 5 when the M.2 slot is populated (gigabyte z97 gaming 3) I only wanted it so it wouldn't require more cabling as I'm a neat freak (when it comes to my PC)

[salah2000]

A PCIe based m.2 SSD is faster

is the 950 pro m.2 pcie based and would i really notice the difference in boot times compared to a 95o evo? right now the 5400rpm hdd takes an HOUR to turn on

[salah2000]

i went to order the samsung ssd and its out of stock..... so my options are to either wait till its in stock or order this now

https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/crucial-250gb-mx200-m2-type-2280ss-ssd-crucial/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=product_listing_ads&gclid=CjwKEAiAws20BRCs-P-ssLbSlg4SJABbVcDpEep0kwhR3G7MkWIqruayDD_fWpoK3REanKKXE1YWhRoC_Cbw_wcB

 

 

ive seen some users saying not all m.2 ssds will work in my y700 will this fit and does it perform as well as the samsung drive.

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

Seeing as it's for a laptop (something the majority of people here seem to have missed completely), the main question is which one it has the connector for.  You can't install the m.2 if the laptop only has a SATA port and vice versa.

Seeing as you're mentioning a 5400RPM HDD, I'm fairly sure that SATA is your only option.

 

EDIT : Lenovo y700?   Yeah, forget about that m.2, it uses a 2.5" SATA