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| 1379083 | 2014-07-13 18:21:00 | M.2 can go to 10 GB, not 10 MB / s I'm sorry I meant 10 Gb's, that's with a small b. After 10 posts, no one knows if you can put 2 SSD drives in parallel like they do with CPU's? |
lostsoul62 (16011) | ||
| 1379084 | 2014-07-13 19:38:00 | Sata has a limit on how fast it can go. Like I said M.2 can / will use the bandwidth of 2 SATA ports, to get a higher transfer rate. However you can lose 2 SATA ports if you use a M.2 ssd hdd. But if you want to use M.2 the mobo has to have the M.2 slot on it. But M.2 cards can also be mounted on a PCI-E card. So you can plug it into a PCI-E slot. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1379085 | 2014-07-13 20:47:00 | Did you read my post? You can RAID them and it will work, maybe. But it's pointless. | dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1379086 | 2014-07-14 00:21:00 | www.tomshardware.com Article comparing a single SSD to 2 in RAID, might answer your question |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1379087 | 2014-07-14 00:46:00 | Sata has a limit on how fast it can go. Like I said M.2 can / will use the bandwidth of 2 SATA ports, to get a higher transfer rate. However you can lose 2 SATA ports if you use a M.2 ssd hdd. But if you want to use M.2 the mobo has to have the M.2 slot on it. But M.2 cards can also be mounted on a PCI-E card. So you can plug it into a PCI-E slot. I don't know anything about the M.2 and the Internet isn't making it very clear or I'm just not looking in the right places. Do I need 2 SSD Drives for the M.2? If the Hard Drive configuration is faster then that should make up for the lack of CPU speed? I'm going to build a new system i5 4690 so it would be a good idea to get a motherboard that supports the M.2? As of now the M.2 would be the top of the line for data transfer for a PC? |
lostsoul62 (16011) | ||
| 1379088 | 2014-07-14 00:56:00 | No M.2 is a slot on a motherboard. Like this (www.asus.com). This is the motherboard I brought and what I'm putting together at the mo. It's got an M.2 slot. Scroll about 3/4 down. You'll see what the slot looks like. There was something similar called Msata. M.2 is kind of like a later / faster version of this This is what goes in this slot. (www.computerlounge.co.nz). I would say at the mo M.2 is faster than SATA. But depending on the size of the M.2 sdd you get these aren't cheap This is what it looks like. I've circled it |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1379089 | 2014-07-14 01:39:00 | I was going to get the SSD Samsung 840 Pro but would I be better off getting the M.2 SSD drive and if so I'm looking at a 120 GB for my OS, price is not a problem, what would you recommend? | lostsoul62 (16011) | ||
| 1379090 | 2014-07-14 01:45:00 | You'll have to find a motherboard that supports M.2 first. But there are lots of them that support M.2.. So, you would have to decide what you want like brand (Gigabyte, ASUS, whatever, and the model) first. And what features you want it to have. 120 GB I would say would fill up pretty fast. So 250/256+, I would say would be a better option |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1379091 | 2014-07-14 04:20:00 | The speed advantage will not be much at present as standard SSD's are very fast already and M.2 are only slightly faster. I really like the Idea of the OS drive being attached to the motherboard and not needing to be mounted and cabled anywhere but as Speedy pointed out the slot usually shares resources with the SATA ports and will prevent you from using 2 of them in many cases. I don't think you will be disappointed whichever way you go. I like the Idea that everything you need to boot up and run an OS can be attached directly to the motherboard. If you won't need all the SATA ports, want the little bit of extra speed, and can afford an M.2 drive go for it. If any of that is not true you'll still be very happy with the Samsung 840 Pro. Where these M.2 drives really shine is in small spaces such as in a all-in-one, laptop, tablet, etc. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1379092 | 2014-07-14 04:32:00 | And I think the smaller the size of the ssd or maybe M.2 the lower the cache, and the transfer rate. That's why I decided to get a 250 GB Samsung instead of 120. And yup, I could get an M.2 ssd. Only prob is there's only 4 onboard SATA ports. And (I'm pretty sure an M.2 will use 2 SATA ports). So I can't install anything extra like another hdd or two. Unless I installed a SATA PCI-E card. Altho, I could use external hdd's |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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