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Thread ID: 141782	2016-02-24 21:37:00	2.5' SSD or M.2	fuzzee (13826)	Press F1

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1416461	2016-02-24 21:37:00	I am looking at upgrading my system drive from a 1TB hard drive to an SSD. the motherboard is ASUS H97M-E. It has 1 M.2 socket 3. 2260/2280 both SATA and PCIE mode. Is there any appreciable difference in speed between the 2.5" and M2 and which should I get? Thanks.	fuzzee (13826)
1416462	2016-02-24 22:10:00	Not an answer to your question, but this is an interesting read arstechnica.com I guess the answer might be , which actual SSD compared to which in M2 in which MB ?	1101 (13337)
1416463	2016-02-24 22:11:00	I've got the same mobo. Not the one I'm on, it's the new build I have here. But I'm using a 250 GB SSD. It's fast enough. If you want to use a PCI-E card you have to update the BIOS first. And it'll speed it up Only diff is M.2 if you use it can use 2 of the sata ports on the mobo	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1416464	2016-02-24 22:35:00	In practice it's almost impossible to tell the difference. Most people just don't do the kind of tasks where the speed differences in benchmarks actually translates into real world differences. I have an M.2 SSD just because I liked the Idea of my C: drive being part of the motherboard but it honestly is no different in day to day use from the 2.5" SSD it replaced. Get whichever is the best deal and you'll probably be happy with the result. Going from a mechanical drive to any good SSD is a really noticeable improvement., changing from one SSD to a theoretically faster one is generally not. To put it another way; reducing boot times and program launch times by large amounts (several minutes in extreme cases) is fantastic, shaving off a tiny amount in milliseconds by picking a faster SSD is much less so. Speedy makes an important point, check your motherboard manual to see if the M.2 Slot shares resources (PCI-E lanes) with the SATA ports. Some motherboards disable some sata ports if you use the M.2 port.	dugimodo (138)
1416465	2016-02-25 00:01:00	I think I did read somewhere (I thought it was in the manual for this) M.2 uses the bottom 2 SATA ports. Or 2 of the 4 ports	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1416466	2016-02-25 02:45:00	One last point from me, the SATA based M.2 drives commonly available right now like my 850 EVO are not appreciably better than the SATA SSD's, if they have an advantage it's a small one. The newer NVMe however can be 2 or 3 times faster and also much more expensive and less available But your board & BIOS need to support it. But again it's the difference between really fast and really really fast - not something you are likely to notice. compare the difference: NVMe www.computerlounge.co.nz SATA(M.2) www.computerlounge.co.nz SATA(2.5") www.computerlounge.co.nz The difference between the last 2 is insignificant (and $10) the first one is hugely faster and twice the price.	dugimodo (138)
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