Does SSD Form Matter?

[JermaTheGoose]

Hello my friends,

 

     I was just wondering if an M.2 or a regular SSD really made a difference for a PC Build, as I want to build with an M.2, because M.2 SSDs seem to perform much better from what I've been seeing in benchmark tests. So if anyone could help better explain this that would be great. Thanks!

 

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[ProjectBox153]

What is the machine going to be used for? Gaming? 

[ARikozuM]

Yes, it does. You shouldn't use SSD's that are hunched over.

 

On topic: If you're talking about SATA M.2, no, form factor doesn't matter much. M.2 is a little more convenient to install, though. 

[JermaTheGoose]

This is for gaming.

 

[Oshino Shinobu]

M.2 is simply a form factor, it doesn't impact the speed of SSDs itself in any way. What can impact the performance is the communication protocol that is used. You can get SATA M.2 SSDs which will have the same upper limitations as your regular 2.5" SATA SSDs have. You can also get NVMe M.2 drives, which benefit from significantly higher sequential read/writes compared to SATA SSDs. These drives use the PCIe bus to transfer data rather than the SATA controller, offering much more bandwidth. 

 

That said, for everyday use, OS drive and gaming, NVMe drives offer basically no benefit and cost significantly more. Where they make a difference is large, sustained data transfers and benchmarks (not gaming benchmarks). For the majority of people, NVMe drives offer very little benefit. 

 

10 minutes ago, JermaTheGoose said:

This is for gaming.

 

For gaming, it makes no difference. Games will launch no faster with an NVMe drive and FPS is unaffected by your storage medium, you'd get the same FPS if you used an HDD. 

 

 

[HunterSkater429]

14 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said:

What is the machine going to be used for? Gaming? 

Asking obits for gaming isn't really relavent, he's not asking HDD vs SSD, he's asking if m.2 is faster than 2.5inch SSD.

 

And to Answer OP if you Mobo uses m.2 through pcie then yes it's faster than a 2.5 inch SSD, but if it's m.2 though sata then it won't differ, only based on the SSDs quality.

 

And they have pcie SSDs that plug in the pcie slot too, witch are better then  faster than 2.5 inch 

[ProjectBox153]

2 minutes ago, HunterSkater429 said:

Asking obits for gaming isn't really relavent, he's not asking HDD vs SSD, he's asking if m.2 is faster than 2.5inch SSD.

 

And to Answer OP if you Mobo uses m.2 through pcie then yes it's faster than a 2.5 inch SSD, but if it's m.2 though sata then it won't differ, only based on the SSDs quality.

 

And they have pcie SSDs that plug in the pcie slot too, witch are better then  faster than 2.5 inch 

I was just asking to see if the faster (possibly) storage would be worth it. 

[Oshino Shinobu]

1 minute ago, HunterSkater429 said:

Asking obits for gaming isn't really relavent, he's not asking HDD vs SSD, he's asking if m.2 is faster than 2.5inch SSD.

 

And to Answer OP if you Mobo uses m.2 through pcie then yes it's faster than a 2.5 inch SSD, but if it's m.2 though sata then it won't differ, only based on the SSDs quality.

 

And they have pcie SSDs that plug in the pcie slot too, witch are better then  faster than 2.5 inch 

Just saying they're "faster" is a bit ambiguous. As OP is using this for gaming, an NVMe drive isn't going to improve that in any way. The benefits come with large, sustained data transfers. Gaming loads, OS, Boot and basically everyday loads don't full into that category so don't benefit from NVMe SSDs despite them being "faster"

[Damascus]

3 minutes ago, HunterSkater429 said:

And to Answer OP if you Mobo uses m.2 through pcie then yes it's faster than a 2.5 inch SSD, but if it's m.2 though sata then it won't differ, only based on the SSDs quality.

Actually SATA m.2 ssds run somewhat better than SATA as SATA cables get saturated by high quality SATA ssds

[HunterSkater429]

1 minute ago, Jamiec1130 said:

I was just asking to see if the faster (possibly) storage would be worth it. 

It's worth it just for having windows boot up faster, I started with .y first SSD being 128gv and only had windows on it.

 

And server based games a SSD doesn't help so only if hevllaued aingpler games alot 

2 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Just saying they're "faster" is a bit ambiguous. As OP is using this for gaming, an NVMe drive isn't going to improve that in any way. The benefits come with large, sustained data transfers. Gaming loads, OS, Boot and basically everyday loads don't full into that category so don't benefit from NVMe SSDs despite them being "faster"

Im talking overall comparason, not in is actually use