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I have an AsRock z270 Extreme4 mobo, my question is this: The prices of M.2 ssd's varies so much, I'm not sure what brand or drive to choose. Maybe quality affects the price? Any guidance on the best quality/size kind of ratio would be much appreciated! Ideally I'd be looking in the 120gb-240gb range as I'm only planning on using the M.2 drive as a boot drive...Thanks in advance.

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Some M.2 SSDs are Sata, meaning they are limited to Sata 3 speeds. Some are NVMe, meaning they are limited to the speed of whatever is advertised

 

 

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I'd go with the MX300 for that size, unless you want the speeds of the 960 EVO, but they're not that noticeable.

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What are you looking for from your drive? Speed or storage? 

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The best of both for a budget, if such a drive exists yet..

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17 hours ago, Zeighe said:

I have an AsRock z270 Extreme4 mobo, my question is this: The prices of M.2 ssd's varies so much, I'm not sure what brand or drive to choose. Maybe quality affects the price? Any guidance on the best quality/size kind of ratio would be much appreciated! Ideally I'd be looking in the 120gb-240gb range as I'm only planning on using the M.2 drive as a boot drive...Thanks in advance.

I bought a 960 Evo 500GB for Windows and some primary daily use stuff.  There is almost no load time.  On amazon it was around $230 or so.  You can get a 250GB for about half that on there.

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1 hour ago, FosterGuy said:

I bought a 960 Evo 500GB for Windows and some primary daily use stuff.  There is almost no load time.  On amazon it was around $230 or so.  You can get a 250GB for about half that on there.

Honestly I'd go for the crucial, it;s not that much slower, and you can get twice the capacity for the same price last time I checked.

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Much thanks for the help!

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