Good M.2 for operating system.

[Kjnkid]

Basically as the title states. I just want an m.2 to put my operating system on. preferably one that is not too expensive but has good speed for boot times. Thanks in advance.

 

[Jonathan Cave]

Why M.2 as boot drive?

you're talking milliseconds difference in boot times vs SATA 2.5 SSD. How often do you reboot your PC / day ?

M.2 are for people who transfer large files regularly i.e content creators or people who have ran out of SATA ports

Average Joe won't see or feel any difference at all.

 

[boosted1g]

Budget and M2 dont belong in the same sentence.

Either get M2 NVMe like Samsung EVO or Crucial MX for the speed, or dont bother. All the others are in no way faster then a SATA SSD.

So a Samsung EVO SATA ssd is going to perform better then any "budget" m2 will.

 

[Kjnkid]

I only have a SSHD right now. And i have an empty m.2 sitting in my board and i kinda just wanted to fill it lol

 

[Kjnkid]

also the price difference isnt that much of a difference between a sata ssd or a m.2

 

[mcnumpty23]

for one thing

not all motherboards can boot of a pci-e x4 m2 drive

and not all motherboards can even run a pci-e x4 m2 drive at full speed

so if you really want a m2 drive

you should check

that your board supports booting from a x4 pci-e m2

and that its got a x4 m2 slot not just a x2

and that it doesnt just support sata m2 but not pci-e x4 m2

 

[Kjnkid]

i have a MSI z270 m5 MB

 

[mcnumpty23]

i have a MSI z270 m5 MB

shouldnt be a problem then

but as said you wont see a great difference over a 2.5 ssd like an 850 evo

its when you have a second device as fast as the m2 to copy to/from that m2 drives kill a 2.5 ssd