[SOLVED] help me with types of SSD

[Osaidaz]

Hi,
so I found there's a new type of SSD that shaped like RAM sticks, the one I have is square shape! "sorry for bad explanation"
I want to know the difference between them? also, is NVME and M.2 same thing?
I have around 750$ to spend on hard drives, I don't want to buy HDD anymore.
thank you.

 

[USAFRet]

M.2 is just the form factor. How it connects.

NVMe is the protocol on how "fast" it might be.
AN M.2 drive can be either SATA III or NVMe.
A SATA III M.2 drive is the same performance as a 2.5" (square shape!)...just a different slot it connects to.


What are the rest of the specs of your system?
What do you use this for?

 

[mdd1963]

M.2 form factor drives (most are a sized like a stick of gum) come in both SATA and NVME flavors...the latter being 4x-6x faster in sequential reads/writes, but, that only translates to a few seconds saved on boots/shutdowns, application loads, etc)

Most mainboards support NVME, so that's the way to go up to at least 1 TB in size...

If you need more space than 600-700 GB for apps/games, get a 500 GB NVME drive for the OS and most apps, and a 2.5" 2 TB SATA Crucial MX500 or Samsung 860 EVO for everything else