[SOLVED] Is PCIe 5.0 M.2 SSD support worth it?

[Sailing_Nut]

I'm in the process of planning a system upgrade and I'm trying to figure out if I should spend extra $'s on a mobo with PCIe 5.0 M.2 SSD support. I know that PCIe 5.0 SSDs are not out there yet so this would be more of a "future proofing" feature.

In my research the only boards I have found that support PCIe 5.0 for M.2 SSDs are 3 models from Asus. (ROG Strix Z690-E Gaming WiFi, ROG Maximus Z690 Apex, and ROG Maximus Z690 Extreme) In their documentation it says that if you use a PCIe 5.0 M.2 SSD that the PCIe x16 slot will be downgraded to an x8 slot. So that is a bit of a negative, but Asus support did say that if I put my GPU in a PCIe 4.0 x16 slot it would not be affected by the "slowdown" of the 5.0 x16 slot.

I'm looking for opinions/advice on if I should go for the 5.0 support for the SSD or not.

Thanks in advance!

 

[hotaru.hino]

It's not worth the money considering PCIe 4.0 SSDs don't provide much benefit over a PCIe 3.0 one.

 

[USAFRet]

Depends on what you will use this for, but we are well into diminishing returns.

In normal consumer use, you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference between 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0.
Even SATA III SSD is hard to tell.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YoRKQy-UO4

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DKLA7w9eeA


The jump from HDD to solid state is huge.
Between various flavors of SSD? Not so much.

Just like the cake, "future proof" is a lie.

 

[Sailing_Nut]

Thanks for the info everyone! I'll save some $'s and skip the PCIe 5.0