NVME vs SATA III upgrade?

[Devilsire]

Currently have the following:
SATAIII Sandisk 500GB SSD - OS
SATAIII Intel 240GB SSD
Seagate HDD 4TB - Media storage
MB do have a empty 1 x M.2 slot (Key M)

Not into video editing or heavy gaming, just browsing/media mostly
Is the NVME really a worthy upgrade? Simple google highlighted about 3500-5000MB/s vs 600MB/s writing speed.

But chanced upon this video making my doubts


Any insights?

 

[Koenig168]

I've tried using a SATA SSD for OS and NVMe for programs before. The system does feel slightly less responsive compared to before when the OS was on the NVMe SSD.

btw you might wish to confirm whether your M.2 slot is NVMe or just PCIe.

 

[tigerwoods]

NVME will be more responsive and snappier than a sata ssd.
And of cos read and write is much faster with a NVME.

In the video Intel® SSD 660p is a slow NVME Sequential Read: Up to 1,800MB/s, Sequential Write: Up to 1800MB/s compare to the newer ones now.

 

[NightRaven49]

in my opinion, sata ssd is fast enough for most ppl who just surf web, watch video and do office work. my personal desktop has been using a sata ssd for coming up to 4 years already, and it doesnt feel a whole lot slower than my 1 yr old laptop with a gen 3 nvme. ltt did a video to blind taste test ppl using sata vs nvme, and most actually thought the sata one was the fastest:

so if ur happy with the performance of ur current drives, there realistically isnt a big reason to upgrade as u hit the point of diminishing returns once u go from hdd to sata ssd or faster. that said, for brand new systems, nvme is the way to go as they are generally comparable in price to sata ssds, are guaranteed to be faster and u dont have to deal with wires.

 

[firesong]

For day-to-day use, you won't feel too much of a difference.

However, when you're doing heavy reads/writes, it becomes obvious. Reinstalling the OS from scratch, I prefer NVMe for sure - since the write speeds makes a significant difference in the experience. But once it's installed and you have all your data on it, you won't feel it too much.

Still, if I have to buy one now, it's automatic NVMe over SATA for me. It makes no sense to buy SATA except when your hardware cannot support it. The price difference is not that significant, and Black Friday deals will be coming up. There are more NVMe enclosures entering the market at lower rates now, so in future you can always convert the NVMe drive into a fast and high capacity external drive.

I have a glut of external NVMe drives so I no longer bother with thumbdrives.

 

[blackestvoid]

I've tried using a SATA SSD for OS and NVMe for programs before. The system does feel slightly less responsive compared to before when the OS was on the NVMe SSD.

btw you might wish to confirm whether your M.2 slot is NVMe or just PCIe.

i think u mean sata or nvme

 

[poooooo]

If you frequently use the search function for your media drive, it's quite a good upgrade from your hdd to nvme, searches are much faster. If you are having an upgrade itch could go for it, though not really needed.

If you going to use it as os boot drive, it's just slightly more responsive compared to your current ssd for your usage.

 

[86technie]

No difference as I had both Samsung 870 EVO and Samsung 970 EVO Plus.
Day to day usage no difference as well as games.
What matter is which SSD you get than what interface. If you get DRAMless SSD will be worse.
Do check if your Sandisk SSD got firmware update as well as do clean install of Windows will make the PC faster. (Not reset)

 

[kimsix]

i do feel more snappy in day to day use.
if you open internet with 30 tabs saved, the faster nvme will make OS feel snappier else where as it loads
even from 128gb pcie3 nvme to 1tb pcie4 nvme, felt more snappy navigating between data heavy files.

and besides using nvme makes wire management so much cleaner, take off 2 dangling wires. top up a bit to buy the best nvme you feel comfortable with.

 

[Koenig168]

i think u mean sata or nvme

OP already said M key, that means not SATA.

 

[blackestvoid]

OP already said M key, that means not SATA.

referring to

just PCIe

pcie can mean nvme or sata
SATA can leverage on PCIe but itself is also a protocol

NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) is a communication protocol designed specifically to work with flash memory using the PCIe interface, generating faster data transfer speeds. The PCIe is a computer interface used to connect high speed components.

NVMe protocol accesses flash storage via a PCI Express

so its sata or nvme or both may be supported by the m.2 slot
hence need to check

 

[randomph]

is this worth it? or should wait till BF

https://www.amazon.sg/SAMSUNG-Internal-Maximum-Thermal-MZ-V8P2T0B/dp/B08RK2SR23
S$242.36 for 2TB

 

[KleoZy]

hmm.. which motherboard are you using? if you are using very old motherboard, some of them do not support m.2 nvme as for normal 2.5" SSD, that will not be an issue.

 

[Koenig168]

referring to
pcie can mean nvme or sata
SATA can leverage on PCIe but itself is also a protocol


so its sata or nvme or both may be supported by the m.2 slot
hence need to check

OP already said M key, that means not SATA which is B+M

 

[ragnarok95]

1TB NVMe storage are very affordable now.

 

[Xethos]

If you buy a gen 4 nvme 6000MB/s SSD and your mb supports it, and you transfer file to and from your current sata SSD, you also cannot reach the speed. Will be limited by sata 500MB/s.

Loading times for games/programs also negligible difference.

But thing is price nowadays for sata/nvme are similar or m.2 nvme may be cheaper, so just look for a decent brand name that your mb support will do if you need.

 

[oddbasket]

Buy a nvme if you need more storage, otherwise for browsing/media you won't need one. Won't feel a difference surfing web, streaming videos or watching from external storage.

 

[Devilsire]

Hmmm since most are saying negligible difference in performance, guess i'll shelved the idea of upgrading till future when necessary as currently not short of storage anyway
Thanks all

 

[86technie]

is this worth it? or should wait till BF

https://www.amazon.sg/SAMSUNG-Internal-Maximum-Thermal-MZ-V8P2T0B/dp/B08RK2SR23
S$242.36 for 2TB

Do you need PCIE4 NVME Drive? PCIE3 will do fine if not get a cheaper PCIE NVME drive
like WD etc.

 

[Devilsire]

So whats the Best BF/CM value deal for NVME DRAM ssd? considering 1TB or 2TB, if im not wrong my B350 Tomahawk only supports Gen3 PCIe 3.0 x4 (M.2)?