Hi!
I'm looking to get an upgrade to my PC. At the moment I have a Kingston HyperX SSD (120GB) as my boot drive. I'm doing some research for an upgrade to a M.2 SSD.
At the moment my preference is a Samsung 960 EVO (250GB). I have read that my M.2 slot is not fully compatible with this M.2 drive. My slot seems to be a 2x one, instead of a 4x one.
I'm wondering what kind of impact this will have on my system performance. Will it still be faster than my installed SSD?
In the future I might upgrade my CPU/Motherboard, so buying this SSD might also be a worthwile investment for the future, when I buy a fully compatible motherboard.
My specs at this moment:
CPU: i5 4690K @4.6Ghz
GPU: Nividia GTX 960
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5 (Bios version F7)
Storage: 1 Kingston HyperX SSD (120GB), 1 Seagate Barracuda 2TB, 1 WD Black 1TB
RAM: 16GB DDR3 HyperX Fury
Thank you in advance!
I'm looking to get an upgrade to my PC. At the moment I have a Kingston HyperX SSD (120GB) as my boot drive. I'm doing some research for an upgrade to a M.2 SSD.
At the moment my preference is a Samsung 960 EVO (250GB). I have read that my M.2 slot is not fully compatible with this M.2 drive. My slot seems to be a 2x one, instead of a 4x one.
I'm wondering what kind of impact this will have on my system performance. Will it still be faster than my installed SSD?
In the future I might upgrade my CPU/Motherboard, so buying this SSD might also be a worthwile investment for the future, when I buy a fully compatible motherboard.
My specs at this moment:
CPU: i5 4690K @4.6Ghz
GPU: Nividia GTX 960
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5 (Bios version F7)
Storage: 1 Kingston HyperX SSD (120GB), 1 Seagate Barracuda 2TB, 1 WD Black 1TB
RAM: 16GB DDR3 HyperX Fury
Thank you in advance!