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NVMe or M.2?

SnepOne
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Hi guys

I wanna buy nvme or m.2 ssd but performance wise they say that nvme is better but i dont know about compatibility with mobo and cpu.

I found this one but not sure about compatibility i have r5 1600 and ill buy asus prime x370 pro mobo.

https://www.coolblue.be/nl/product/752441/samsung-960-evo-250-gb-m-2.html

Is this even m.2 ssd?

Thank u

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NVME Drives use the PCI-E bus which is faster than the M.2 standard which uses the same NAND system that m.2 ssd's use

 

So nvme drives are usually significantly faster than m.2 drives

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M.2 is the connector... the small candybar like SSDs that plug directly into the mainboard.

 

Then there are the different types of M.2 Slots, some support NVME and SATA, others only SATA.

 

If your board can use NVME would be in the spec sheet. 

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6 minutes ago, Anghammarad said:

M.2 is the connector... the small candybar like SSDs that plug directly into the mainboard.

 

Then there are the different types of M.2 Slots, some support NVME and SATA, others only SATA.

 

If your board can use NVME would be in the spec sheet. 

He is correct I explained it wrong Lmao

 

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50 minutes ago, Anghammarad said:

M.2 is the connector... the small candybar like SSDs that plug directly into the mainboard.

 

Then there are the different types of M.2 Slots, some support NVME and SATA, others only SATA.

 

If your board can use NVME would be in the spec sheet. 

This.

 

You're comparing apples and oranges. M.2 is the physical connector, while NVMe is the logical connection, like AHCI.

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The M.2 Slot is a Connector, like ps2, usb, pata, sata, agp, pci, isa, pcie... the physical connector to plug a thingimajig in. 

 

How that connector is wired on the board is different in many cases... Like I said, old M.2 slots just support SATA SSDs, while more modern ones support both NVME and SATA... 

 

PCIE connectors on notebooks where wifi cards or other peripherials are connected are a different thing again.

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Anghammarad : Asrock Taichi x570, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X @4900 MHz. 32 GB DDR4 3600, some NVME SSDs, Gainward Phoenix RTX 3070TI

 

System 2 "Igluna" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

System 3 "Inskah" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

 

On the Road: Acer Aspire 5 Model A515-51G-54FD, Intel Core i5 7200U, 8 GB DDR4 Ram, 120 GB SSD, 1 TB SSD, Intel CPU GFX and Nvidia MX 150, Full HD IPS display

 

Media System "Vio": Aorus Elite AX V2, Ryzen 7 5700X, 64 GB Ram DDR4 3200 Mushkin, 1 275 GB Crucial MX SSD, 1 tb Crucial MX500 SSD. IBM 5015 Megaraid, 4 Seagate Ironwolf 4TB HDD in raid 5, 4 WD RED 4 tb in another Raid 5, Gainward Phoenix GTX 1060

 

(Abit Fatal1ty FP9 IN SLI, C2Duo E8400, 6 GB Ram DDR2 800, far too less diskspace, Gainward Phantom 560 GTX broken need fixing)

 

Nostalgia: Amiga 1200, Tower Build, CPU/FPU/MMU 68EC020, 68030, 68882 @50 Mhz, 10 MByte ram (2 MB Chip, 8 MB Fast), Fast SCSI II, 2 CDRoms, 2 1 GB SCSI II IBM Harddrives, 512 MB Quantum Lightning HDD, self soldered Sync changer to attach VGA displays, WLAN

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