upgrade for my NVMe - which one?

_Jimlad_ · 3 Jul 2020 at 09:55

Hi Chaps,

i need to format my pc, its been 3 years i was about to do this and then thought actually i could do with a bigger 'C' drive. i currently have a Samsung SM951 256GB M.2 PCI-e NVMe SSD.

i would like to get a 512 or possible a 1TB if the price was right. any recommendations ?

_Jimlad_ · 3 Jul 2020 at 10:02

i am thinking the - Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500 GB PCIe NVMe M.2 (2280) Internal Solid State Drive

would work ?

pugheaven · 3 Jul 2020 at 10:24

Get a 1TB as it'll run faster than the 512GB... I personally run Sabrent, however those Sammys are spot on also.

marti996 · 3 Jul 2020 at 11:26

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x WD Blue SN550 1TB NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0C)= £134.99

Total: £143.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)

I'm in the same boat as yourself, am going to go for one of these come a slight drop in price.

_Jimlad_ · 3 Jul 2020 at 11:35

i think i will go for the 970 evo 512 the speeds seem decent although the 1TB is a bit faster i don't need that much as i have a 1TB standard SSD in for music and video.

doopydug · 3 Jul 2020 at 11:41

I have sabrent and Adata 8200 Pro drives and they are excellent, I have to say

EsaT · 3 Jul 2020 at 21:12

pugheaven said:
however those Sammys are spot on also.

Only spot Samsungs are on nowadays is brand overpricing.

_Jimlad_ said:
i think i will go for the 970 evo 512 the speeds seem decent although the 1TB is a bit faster i don't need that much as i have a 1TB standard SSD in for music and video.

There are plenty of others fast drives for lot cheaper than Samsungs.
And if use is write intensive Phison E12 drives have vastly superior TBW warranty coverage over Samsungs.
And there's no Windows loading time difference even between NVMe and supposedly "slow" SATA SSD.
So any NVMe is certainly fast enough, including likes of Kingston A2000 and WD Blue SN550.

Also you can get PCIe v4 supporting NVMe for same price as Samsung's PCIe v3 drive, if you want theoretically fastest drive!

boosfuk · 7 Jul 2020 at 14:34

I'd be interested to know if you see any difference other then the increased capacity. I'm still running an SM961 and from benchmark figures it is just as quick as the newer drives. So I'm still planning on keeping it as a boot drive and expanding capacity via an additional SATA SSD for games & apps.
As for upgrading I'd just buy any recent non-QLC drive.

pugheaven · 7 Jul 2020 at 15:53

EsaT said:
Only spot Samsungs are on nowadays is brand overpricing.

Overpriced yes but they're solid performers, all depends what you want. I wanted a massive TBW, the fastest speeds and the largest capcaity and at the time the Sabrents Rocket NMVe4 offered that but not everywants all fo those things I suppose. I've had samsung SSD's for years and never had a probelm but yes they are now overpriced agreed.

_Jimlad_ · 7 Jul 2020 at 16:14

boosfuk said:
I'd be interested to know if you see any difference other then the increased capacity. I'm still running an SM961 and from benchmark figures it is just as quick as the newer drives. So I'm still planning on keeping it as a boot drive and expanding capacity via an additional SATA SSD for games & apps.
As for upgrading I'd just buy any recent non-QLC drive.

my evo 970pro is in, and no noticeable speed difference even though the read write is higher. i did it mainly for the capacity as i play a lot of call of duty since lock down and that footprint is around 200gb which i wanted on my the main drive. in that sense the game runs better and loads quicker that is for sure

i had not done a wipe on my pc for knocking on 4 years. it all made sense for me needing to do a clean install and get call of duty on the primary drive.

SonicSW20 · 7 Jul 2020 at 16:15

In general use, you won't notice any difference in the speed of the machine between a decent SATA3 drive and an NVMe drive. The only time you might notice is when doing a copy operation between two locations on the fast drive or between two fast drives. General use it makes no difference.

Psycho Sonny · 7 Jul 2020 at 17:03

_Jimlad_ said:
my evo 970pro is in, and no noticeable speed difference even though the read write is higher. i did it mainly for the capacity as i play a lot of call of duty since lock down and that footprint is around 200gb which i wanted on my the main drive. in that sense the game runs better and loads quicker that is for sure

i had not done a wipe on my pc for knocking on 4 years. it all made sense for me needing to do a clean install and get call of duty on the primary drive.

https://ssd.userbenchmark.com/

i normally click on that link. then click on value to sort by value. then pick the cheapest drive in the top 5 or top 10.

it's saying the crucial P1 is the best to buy currently

https://ssd.userbenchmark.com/SpeedTest/607339/CT1000P1SSD8