Looking to upgrade my SSD, is larger faster?
M.2 is just a connector. You can have NVMe and SATA M.2 drives, NVMe are the "fast" ones. SATA M.2 is the same speed as SATA, just with a different connector and form factor.
Discussed this with @Ryan_Vickers the other day. Seems like there's not much truth to larger SSDs being faster with the exception of 4KB Random writes at a Q depth 32. Everything else is pretty much all over the place in terms of capacity/speed. It's something you hear all the time, but doesn't seem like it's actually true.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/8747/samsung-ssd-850-evo-review/8
The Pro will be the fastest in most cases, but it's not worth the extra money IMO.
If you're using the drive for games, don't bother with NVMe drives, it will make basically no difference in load times. They're excellent for copying large files and as editing/scratch drives, but for booting, OS use, games and the like, they're not really any faster than normal SATA SSDs in terms of real world performance.
I would advise not going for NVMe and just spending the money on a larger SATA SSD. It will perform the same for loading games, booting, OS use and most everyday tasks but you can get larger drives for the same price.
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