Question Help me, NVMe or SATA on this case

[duduqaz]

Hi,
I currently have the oportunity to buy a SSD in USA, and I have a old mobo (Asus P8Z77-V LX) than doesnt have M.2 port, but the thing is:
Im not planing to stay on this mobo and i'm thinking about a replacement in future, so I think is better to me to buy a NVMe M.2 SSD + M.2 to PCIE adapter and use it (even if it limit the speeds) for a future profit.
Currently I can find NVMe 500GB SDDs at around same price of SATA ones, and I already search about the NVMe modules i will need to install in the bios and flash it to make the ssd bootable.
I will use the SDD+adapter in a PCIe 2.0 port tho, mobo have :
1 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (blue) *1 (currently in use by VGA)
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x4 mode, black)
2 x PCIe 2.0 x1
3 x PCI (1 using network adapter)

Someone here did this already? or have any advice or opinion about this choice?

 

[richiestang_78]

The PCIe adapter wont limit speed. Being on the motherboard or through an adapter it still is using a PCIe lane, so speeds will be identical.

The bigger issue is if you actually need a NVMe PCIe speed drive, if this is a gaming/general work computer then the answer is probably no. SATA Speed drives and PCIe NVME ones have basically the same random red/write speeds, which is what gaming and general use mainly do so you will see little to no difference in performance between the two.

Now if you do video, sound, 3d model, etc where you are handling or moving large files around then yes the PCIe NVME drive is a good option.

 

[duduqaz]

The PCIe adapter wont limit speed. Being on the motherboard or through an adapter it still is using a PCIe lane, so speeds will be identical.

The bigger issue is if you actually need a NVMe PCIe speed drive, if this is a gaming/general work computer then the answer is probably no. SATA Speed drives and PCIe NVME ones have basically the same random red/write speeds, which is what gaming and general use mainly do so you will see little to no difference in performance between the two.

Now if you do video, sound, 3d model, etc where you are handling or moving large files around then yes the PCIe NVME drive is a good option.

I aactually do jobs with video editing and photo sometimes, so thinking about it now NVMe looks even better, even with the adapter, but i think PCIe 3.0 x4 to PCIe 2.0 x16 have differences in speed no? because i curently dont have a PCIe 3.0 left to the ssd