*What is this? Some kind of ssd?

[zindan]

https://www.netonnet.se/art/datorkomponenter/harddisk/ssdm2/samsung-960-evo-nvme-m-2-ssd-250gb/239269.8994/

How does this kind of tech work? Is it like a regular ssd ? If I bought it, in what way would it improve my pc ? 
Why chose this over another ssd? 

Appreciate help. Thanks. 

[zindan]

1 minute ago, valdyrgramr said:

You need an M.2 slot on your mobo, but I'm not sure if there is an adapter.  But yea, it's a type of SSD.  I think nvmes are faster, and it would improve read/write speeds/boot times if the boot drive/load time/etc.

Oh wow, sounds useful! I might get one of these.  

Will my motherboard support it ? z370 f- gaming 

[Bananasplit_00]

That's an NVME SSD, unless you do 4K video editing or similar you won't gave any gain in going from that from a decent SATA SSD. Load times barely improve and you get much less capacity for your money. 

[wildgg]

4 minutes ago, zindan said:

Oh wow, sounds useful! I might get one of these.  

Will my motherboard support it ? z370 f- gaming 

yes, Picture

[zindan]

3 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

That's an NVME SSD, unless you do 4K video editing or similar you won't gave any gain in going from that from a decent SATA SSD. Load times barely improve and you get much less capacity for your money. 

Interesting, if you tell the truth I am very impressed. 

Although @valdyrgramr tells me that the performance will increase in the following ways: 

 

8 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

I think nvmes are faster, and it would improve read/write speeds/boot times if the boot drive/load time/etc.

So @Bananasplit_00 
You understand my situation right now. You are speaking against each other and I don't know which one is right. How do I tell which one is more righteous ? 

Thanks.

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

1 minute ago, valdyrgramr said:

Well, it is faster, but at the same time, it's not a lot either so @Bananasplit_00 is correct in the sense it isn't really worth it unless you're doing video editing or other professional tasks.  It would be better to get a large capacity good SSD than an nvme if you aren't doing anything professional like that.

It actually is a noticable difference going from a 500GB 850 Evo as boot to a 250GB 970 Evo as boot, but I agree it's not worth it unless you're going super high end like I did

[zindan]

1 minute ago, valdyrgramr said:

Well, it is faster, but at the same time, it's not a lot either so @Bananasplit_00 is correct in the sense it isn't really worth it unless you're doing video editing or other professional tasks.  It would be better to get a large capacity good SSD than an nvme if you aren't doing anything professional like that.

Thank you, I will not get a nvm. Appreciate the honesty. 

Interesting piece of tech though.

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

1 minute ago, zindan said:

Thank you, I will not get a nvm. Appreciate the honesty. 

Interesting piece of tech though.

For the price of a 256GB nVME you can get a good 500GB SATA or a cheap 1TB SATA SSD or (best value storage solution) a 500GB Crucial MX500/Samsung 850/860 Evo and a 2TB HDD

[Bananasplit_00]

6 minutes ago, zindan said:

Interesting, if you tell the truth I am very impressed. 

Although @valdyrgramr tells me that the performance will increase in the following ways: 

 

So @Bananasplit_00 
You understand my situation right now. You are speaking against each other and I don't know which one is right. How do I tell which one is more righteous ? 

Thanks.

You look at benchmarks and compare what we said. Neither of us is WRONG as it will improve performance in some tasks a bit but if it's worth it is an opinion