M.2? is it worth it?

[tekgeek1205]

So my new motherboard has a M.2 slot and I was wondering if a cheap entry level M.2 SSD  would be an upgrade to my OS drive.

OS and game overflow - SanDisk SSD PLUS

Games -PNY 1311

Old games, games I dont play often, steam/origin backup library and tv/movies - Hitachi HDD 7.2k

[Tea1337]

In my limited experience with m.2 drives, it's good because it takes up no space, and doesn't use any cables. I don't think you will see a huge increase in performance using it as an OS drive, more of clearing up space on your current SSD for more storage

[done12many2]

Not really.  If you're looking for night and day differences in Windows and application load times, they really aren't too much faster.  Large transfers though are fantastic. 

[JoshM813]

Unless it's an NVME drive then, no, it will just save on cable management. 

[tekgeek1205]

thanks guys, 

[jeremymwilson]

Also if the m.2 is situated in the middle of the motherboard close to the CPU and pci-e ports, it will get very hot (or so I have read). Some newer motherboards put the m.2 port on the side for this reason.