[SOLVED] Any benefits at all for PCI-e 4.0 NVME with a 10700k?

[Rodrigodrt]

Gotta swap the SSD because its still SATA3 and i need more space, was considering the Corsair MP600 XT 2TB to go along a MSI Z490 Gaming plus (pcie 4) and a 10700k (gen 3, why intel?). Wondering if there's anything to gain with a gen 4 board and SSD even though the CPU is still 3.

Thing is, theres a XPG SX 8200 2TB going for quite a hefty chunk cheaper cuz its gen 3, I could argue that gen4 is a bit future proofing but theres the pcie gen 5 around the corner already... so if im capping the speed to gen3 anyways (kingston levels )i think ill go for the cheaper version, or... anything i could expect to gain going for the gen 4 corsair anyways?

 

[hotaru.hino]

At the moment, no. There's no practical benefit in the consumer space for a PCIe 4.0 SSD. Loading times with a PCIe 3.0 NVMe are basically at the CPU wall.

I also don't expect DirectStorage to become a thing for at least a few more years.

 

[USAFRet]

In the vast majority of use cases, you'll see little or no difference between the various flavors of NVMe drives.
No matter which way the price level falls.

You'd see a little difference between SATA III and NVMe, but not nearly as much as the benchmark numbers would suggest.

 

[SkyNetRising]

theres a Kingston XPG 2TB going for quite a hefty chunk cheaper cuz its gen 3

XPG is A-DATA brand (not Kingston).

 

[logainofhades]

10700k is gen 3, so no. Intel did not add 4.0 until 11th gen.

 

[Rodrigodrt]

XPG is A-DATA brand (not Kingston).

yeah, you are correct, i wrote it out of my mind, the correct model is a XPG SX8200 2TB, I dunno where kingston came from, i was probably looking at some other model before.

 

[USAFRet]

Thing is, theres a Kingston XPG 2TB going for quite a hefty chunk cheaper cuz its gen 3

As noted above, XPG is ADATA, not Kingston.

But me personally, I wouldn't buy either Kingston or ADATA.
There are too many other, better brands to buy and use.

 

[Rodrigodrt]

As noted above, XPG is ADATA, not Kingston.

But me personally, I wouldn't buy either Kingston or ADATA.
There are too many other, better brands to buy and use.

it was a XPG SX8200 i dont know where i got the kingston from. ingore that

 

[Rodrigodrt]

The real reason for the change is just that i need more space, 2TB seem fine, im already on the edge with 1TB, even disabled over-provisioning for extra, so i figured that going nvme would be the natural course, which leads to the question still, gen 3 for a quite about 30% cheaper or gen 4 anyways.

 

[Bob.B]

The real reason for the change is just that i need more space, 2TB seem fine, im already on the edge with 1TB, even disabled over-provisioning for extra, so i figured that going nvme would be the natural course, which leads to the question still, gen 3 for a quite about 30% cheaper or gen 4 anyways.

Go with gen3 and ignore benchmark numbers.

 

[Pextaxmx]

I am having hard time noticing the speed difference between nearly decade old Samsung 830 SATA vs Samsung 980 Pro PCIE4 in real life daily use.