Real World Difference?

[hjdaboss123]

Hi, I was just picking out an ssd for my build but was wondering if there would be any REAL WORLD benefits of a nvme m.2 over a sate m.2, I want to use the Ultra M.2 slot on my Killer Sli (X370). Which would you choose? Could you reccomend me some?

 

Thanks in advance.

[Ryois]

Just now, hjdaboss123 said:

Hi, I was just picking out an ssd for my build but was wondering if there would be any REAL WORLD benefits of a nvme m.2 over a sate m.2, I want to use the Ultra M.2 slot on my Killer Sli (X370). Which would you choose? Could you reccomend me some?

 

Thanks in advance.

My m.2 SSD is significantly faster than a SATA SSD. For video editing and quick data storage its good. For regular consumers, a SATA SSD would be sufficient. 

[hjdaboss123]

2 minutes ago, Ryois said:

My m.2 SSD is significantly faster than a SATA SSD. For video editing and quick data storage its good. For regular consumers, a SATA SSD would be sufficient. 

Would a m.2 SSD like the wd blue be good?

 

E1: Or would the MX300 M.2 be better

[TheGlenlivet]

Only if moving LARGE files around.  4K videos, game libraries, etc.  Just day to day stuff, or boot times won't make much of a difference.

[Oshino Shinobu]

Things that benefit from NVMe:

- Copying large files

- Loading large files into RAM (video editing, modelling and other productivity applications)

- Other sequential read/write operations

 

To take advantage of NVMe's speeds, you need to be writing to or reading from another storage medium that can keep up, such as another NVMe drive or RAM. Or if you're copying files on the same drive. 

 

Things that don't benefit from NVMe (at least, not much):

- Games

- OS use

- Booting

- Majority of everyday use

- Other random read/write operations

 

 

[hjdaboss123]

1 minute ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Things that benefit from NVMe:

- Copying large files

- Loading large files into RAM (video editing, modelling and other productivity applications)

- Other sequential read/write operations

 

Things that don't benefit from NVMe (at least, not much):

- Games

- OS use

- Booting

- Majority of everyday use

- Other random read/write operations

 

 

What abt rendering?

[Ryois]

Just now, hjdaboss123 said:

What abt rendering?

Yes/No depends on the bitrate.

[hjdaboss123]

Just now, Ryois said:

Yes/No depends on the bitrate.

So what ssd would you reccomend, and is the m.2 format of that same sata ssd better?

[Oshino Shinobu]

Just now, hjdaboss123 said:

What abt rendering?

I'd be surprised if your CPU was powerful enough to render faster than an average SATA SSD can be written to. 

 

Theoretically, yes, it would help, but practically, no, it wouldn't improve render speeds. It would improve importing files to work on and eventually render though.

[Oshino Shinobu]

Just now, hjdaboss123 said:

So what ssd would you reccomend, and is the m.2 format of that same sata ssd better?

I'd suggest just getting an 850 EVO and call it a day. An M.2 SATA/AHCI SSD will perform the same as the 2.5" SATA version.

[Ryois]

Just now, hjdaboss123 said:

So what ssd would you reccomend, and is the m.2 format of that same sata ssd better?

yes/no m.2 can be sata or nvme. Nvme is better and sata is the same but with the m.2 form factor. For files with bigger bitrates you would want a m.2 nvme ssd, for regular YoutTube size a sata ssd would suffice. 

[hjdaboss123]

Thx 4 replying guys, appreciate it!

[Ryois]

1 minute ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

I'd be surprised if your CPU was powerful enough to render faster than an average SATA SSD can be written to. 

 

@hjdaboss123 yes your CPU will put a big significance to render times. On Resolve 14 it will store unsaved or some project files in ram. It will read/write to the storage device all of the time.