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What will be the best for Z97? SSD, M.2, NVMe

Meerqw
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Hello,

Like in the title, I'm looking for system storage for my I7-4770k on MSI Z97S SLI Plus. I want a faster storage than HDD and up to 250GB.

And my question is: what should i buy?

Will my platform use all of the potential of NVMe storage or should i look for normal M.2 drive or maybe SSD SATA is better option?

I read somewhere that i have M.2 on PCIe 3.0 x1. Will that allows me to take an advantage of NVMe?

Thanks for help.

 

My PC: 
I7-4770K Stock
1060 6GB Gaming X MSI
2x KHX1600C10D3/4G (soon F3-2400c10d-16GTX)
MSi Z97S SLI Plus
WD Black 1TB
Win 7

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Unless you do editing, you wont benefit from the extra speed of NVMe SSDs on top of SATA SSDs. IF you have the budget, get a higher capacity SATA SSD, not NVMe SSD.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

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Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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I have plan to edit but only for fun, no bit projects. So you suggest a SATA SSD? And what about M.2 SSD, do they have the same speed as SATA SSD?

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7 minutes ago, Meerqw said:

I have plan to edit but only for fun, no bit projects. So you suggest a SATA SSD? And what about M.2 SSD, do they have the same speed as SATA SSD?

Yes, same speeds. 

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I usually edit my posts immediately after posting them, as I don't check for typos before pressing the shiny SUBMIT button.

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NVMe wasn't really a thing yet on Z97. Some beta BIOS versions supported it on some SSDs but it was pretty sketchy. Just stick to SATA.

PC Specs - AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D - MSI B550M Mortar - 32GB Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4-3600 @ CL16 - ASRock RX7800XT - 660p 1TBGB & Crucial P5 1TB - Fractal Define Mini C - CM V750v2 - Windows 11 Pro

 

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Wow, finally a good forum with great, fast info.

Could you link some (tested) SATA SSD for a mid range price? 

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