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can any one shed some light on this please ?
can any one shed some light on this please ?
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They go in a slot on your motherboard. That one uses a PCIE interface so should be faster than normal SATA SSDs. You can get M.2 drives that use SATA interface but they won't have the same performance as the PCIE drives. Probably cheaper though.
It can get a bit confusing as there are many different types of m.2 drive. They vary on drive length (40mm, 60mm, 80mm), and interface (SATA or PCIE), and the PCIE interface can vary on the number of lanes it uses (PCIE x1, x2, x4). Drives with PCI-E x4 interface will be the quickest, though OcUK don't have any I don't think. Only drive I've seen that uses PCIE x4 so far is a Samsung one.
Also using PCIE m.2 drives can have an effect upon the SLI/Crossfire options you can use as the m.2 drive will take PCIE lanes from the graphics cards.
It can get a bit confusing as there are many different types of m.2 drive. They vary on drive length (40mm, 60mm, 80mm), and interface (SATA or PCIE), and the PCIE interface can vary on the number of lanes it uses (PCIE x1, x2, x4). Drives with PCI-E x4 interface will be the quickest, though OcUK don't have any I don't think. Only drive I've seen that uses PCIE x4 so far is a Samsung one.
Also using PCIE m.2 drives can have an effect upon the SLI/Crossfire options you can use as the m.2 drive will take PCIE lanes from the graphics cards.
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1 x Asus Rampage V Extreme Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR EATX Motherboard £329.99
1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £299.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC01) £185.99
1 x Plextor M6e M.2 PCI-E 256GB Solid state Hard Drive (PX-G256M6e) £154.99
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that's the mb and cpu im getting
guessing the m.2 is a lot faster than a ssd
im going to just run my os and few of my fav games from it
1 x Asus Rampage V Extreme Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR EATX Motherboard £329.99
1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £299.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC01) £185.99
1 x Plextor M6e M.2 PCI-E 256GB Solid state Hard Drive (PX-G256M6e) £154.99
1 x Corsair Graphite 780T Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011063-WW) £139.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
Total : £1,217.44 (includes shipping : £13.75).
that's the mb and cpu im getting
guessing the m.2 is a lot faster than a ssd
im going to just run my os and few of my fav games from it
£155 for the m.2 caps at 750ish MB read and 600ish Write
£80 for 256g MX100 crucical SSD 500ish read and 350ish Write
Im building a Mini ITX so im considering m.2 only for less cables, in your case with that kinda Mobo, wait for the higher speed m.2s to come out, grab some SSD in raid 0 for now to get same if not better performance
£80 for 256g MX100 crucical SSD 500ish read and 350ish Write
Im building a Mini ITX so im considering m.2 only for less cables, in your case with that kinda Mobo, wait for the higher speed m.2s to come out, grab some SSD in raid 0 for now to get same if not better performance
They are, but unless you're really I/O latency sensitive (databases) you probably won't see much difference over a good SATA 3.0 SSD.
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Upgraded from a 2 years old 840 Pro, the benchmark shows it is definitely faster, but for a windows drive and applications, I don't notice any improvement over a 840 Pro.