Z97 w/ 960 Pro?

[Karokiyu]

I have a Asus Sabertooth MK1 z97 with a 4790k. I want to get faster boots, launches, etc - If I use a Samsung 960 Pro witha PCI adapter will it perform almost identical as if it was on a Motherboard header? What storage options should I consider?

 

Thanks!

[PCGuy_5960]

4 minutes ago, Karokiyu said:

I have a Asus Sabertooth MK1 z97 with a 4790k. I want to get faster boots, launches, etc - If I use a Samsung 960 Pro witha PCI adapter will it perform almost identical as if it was on a Motherboard header? What storage options should I consider?

 

Thanks!

It will, but I am not sure if the motherboard will recognize it....

Get 2-3 SSDs and put them in RAID 0, you will get similar performance and your motherboard definitely supports that...

[W-L]

6 minutes ago, Karokiyu said:

I have a Asus Sabertooth MK1 z97 with a 4790k. I want to get faster boots, launches, etc - If I use a Samsung 960 Pro witha PCI adapter will it perform almost identical as if it was on a Motherboard header? What storage options should I consider?

 

Thanks!

Boot times and such will not change in any meaningful way, the main advantage of M.2 is usually faster transfers between two units more than anything else as not too many thing can take advantage of that extra speed. As for the PCI-E adapter it will work no problem as if it was in an M.2 connector. 

[Karokiyu]

4 minutes ago, W-L said:

Boot times and such will not change in any meaningful way, the main advantage of M.2 is usually faster transfers between two units more than anything else as not too many thing can take advantage of that extra speed. As for the PCI-E adapter it will work no problem as if it was in an M.2 connector. 

Will it be better over getting an 850 Pro?

[m0k]

if you have been using an HDD this whole time, then just get a SATA SSD

it will be a difference of night and day

you dont need to spend the premuim on PCIe drives

[Karokiyu]

1 minute ago, mok said:

if you have been using an HDD this whole time, then just get a SATA SSD

it will be a difference of night and day

you dont need to spend the premuim on PCIe drives

I have a laptop with a PCI SSD, I would love to have the speed

[W-L]

5 minutes ago, Karokiyu said:

Will it be better over getting an 850 Pro?

Oh paper it will be faster than regular sata drives, but in day to day use you will not really notice any difference.