Need advice on new SSD NVMe

[Calidus]

Hi guys,

 

I'm currently in the process of aquiring parts for my upgrade to Ryzen due to the fantastic prices, upgrading from a FX build.

 

Anyway, as the board I'm getting has a m.2 slot, I decided it'd be good idea to upgrade from my entry level SSD I currently have (although I plan to keep and use for something else).

 

I'm conflicted between a few drives, the cheapest being an ADATA drive which would equal to double the speed of my current SSD, but theres others which aren't too much of a price gap for the performance. Anyway here's a list of the drives I'm looking at and there prices.

 

Adata XPG SX6000 256GB - £75.68 - Amazon link

PNY CS2030 240GB M.2 2280 PCIe NVME - £91.98 - Amazon link

Kingston KC1000 NVMe PCIe 240 GB - £104.64 - Amazon link

Samsung 250GB EVO - £109.20 - Amazon link

 

They are all NVMe drives, I've read a review on the PNY and it achieves similar values on benches to the Evo, stats wise the Kingston seems like it would also, the Adata being the only under performer but this drive will be my Windows 10 boot drive where I'll also install applications (which aren't games, I have a 2Tb mechanical for those), I do intend to do video encoding if that'll help determine which is more bang for my buck as it were.

 

So which would be best in your opinion? It will be going into a Asus Strix x370 board.

[Mira Yurizaki]

I'm in the camp that if you can get a SATA SSD for around the same price with more capacity, get that over an NVMe SSD. The practical loading performance between a SATA SSD and NVMe one is not enough to justify the added cost and having more storage to leverage SSD speeds over HDD would be a better option.

Edited March 12, 2018 by M.Yurizaki

[Calidus]

Funny enough the only reason I looked at NVMe was that the Adata one was priced around the same price as a 240gb sata M.2, but obviously faster, you may have better pricing over the pond but only a 2.5 drive would be cheaper here and I have no room for another sata device.

 

So is the faster drives pointless then? I have no use for an SSD bigger then 240/256 btw.

[Mira Yurizaki]

3 hours ago, Calidus said:

So is the faster drives pointless then? I have no use for an SSD bigger then 240/256 btw.

For most people, I'd say so. Most people don't things that require that much bandwidth.

[Calidus]

47 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

For most people, I'd say so. Most people don't things that require that much bandwidth.

Probably best I save my money then and go with the Adata, 5 year warranty and faster then similar priced sata m.2's.

 

Thanks for replying and advice.