compatible with this motherboard?

[Dat_Boi]

will this m.2 ssd: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-SM2280S3G2-120G-Solid-State/dp/B01BCEYJPY/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1485119542&sr=1-1&keywords=m.2+drive+kingston
work with this motherboard: http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5760#ov

 

[ThatVietGuy]

Yes, they'll work fine together.

 

[Dat_Boi]

Yes, they'll work fine together.

as a boot drive too?

 

[ThatVietGuy]

Yes.

 

[Multipack]

It's a SATA M2 though, so you'll only get SATA III speeds. Not really worth it. It performs worse than most new 2.5" SATA SSD's (Read 550MB/s, Write 200MB/s, 90k/48k IOPS )

 

[Dat_Boi]

It's a SATA M2 though, so you'll only get SATA III speeds. Not really worth it. It performs worse than most new 2.5" SATA SSD's (Read 550MB/s, Write 200MB/s, 90k/48k IOPS )

so would it just be better to get a sata ssd?

 

[Multipack]

Yes unless you have run out of space or have a laptop and dont have any room theres no point in SATA interface M2's.

For the same price you could get this (Read 540MB/s, Write 520MB/s, 94K/88K IOPS ) http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/DFgPxr/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz750120bw

Obviously a PCIE NVME interface M2 would be much faster, but cost a lot more.

 

[Dat_Boi]

Yes unless you have run out of space or have a laptop and dont have any room theres no point in SATA interface M2's.

For the same price you could get this (Read 540MB/s, Write 520MB/s, 94K/88K IOPS ) http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/DFgPxr/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz750120bw

Obviously a PCIE NVME interface M2 would be much faster, but cost a lot more.

All I'm looking for is a small and quick boot drive to put into a pre existing build, just to speed it all up a bit, so I'm just looking for what is adequate and cheap

 

[Multipack]

The Samsung 750 Evo 2.5" is a lot faster than that Kingston M2, or if you want cheaper still... http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/rtzv6h/kingston-internal-hard-drive-sv300s37a120g

Both will give your system a nice boost

 

[Dat_Boi]

There are loads of reviews saying the newer v300 is really slow though

 

[Multipack]

Compared to most SSD's yes. Thats why its so cheap. Compared to a 3.5" rotational HDD it's fast, and faster than the Kingston M2 you linked too. These are budget SSD's we are talking about.

 

[Dat_Boi]

In the reviews people show read and write speeds of about 150 MB/s which isn't very fast though right? Especially when it says it's supposed to be 400-500

 

[Multipack]

Yeah it doesnt have great reviews I admit, and tbh I'd really, really try to get a better one. That M2 wont be great either. Anandtech had some ok results with the V300 and benchmarks are subject to so many variables but I agree it isnt the best http://www.anandtech.com/show/6733/kingston-ssdnow-v300-review/2

Seq read/write speeds arent even that relevant. Random IOPS and latency will count more in everyday tasks.

 

[Dat_Boi]

Yeah it doesnt have great reviews I admit, and tbh I'd really, really try to get a better one. That M2 wont be great either. Anandtech had some ok results with the V300 and benchmarks are subject to so many variables but I agree it isnt the best http://www.anandtech.com/show/6733/kingston-ssdnow-v300-review/2

Seq read/write speeds arent even that relevant. Random IOPS and latency will count more in everyday tasks.

The only thing I want off this ssd is for a boot drive, all I want it to do is to speed up my pc a bit because the 8 year old wd blue I have atm isn't cutting much slack anymore