[SOLVED] M.2 Sata and SSD

[kingkobe21]

Is there any speed differences between a sata m.2 ssd and a normal ssd? This might be a dumb question to ask but I’m pretty confused to what the difference is between the two. I was looking for which one to buy and got confused between a WD Blue M.2 Sata 6Gb/s SSD and a normal SanDisk Plus.

 

[CountMike]

Is there any speed differences between a sata m.2 ssd and a normal ssd? This might be a dumb question to ask but I’m pretty confused to what the difference is between the two. I was looking for which one to buy and got confused between a WD Blue M.2 Sata 6Gb/s SSD and a normal SanDisk Plus.

Which motherboard/system type do you have ?
Except for obvious M.2 or SATA type connection there's possible speed difference, If M.2 is NVME (PCIe x4)which is faster.
M.2 can also be of PCIe x2 type which has same speed as SATA SSDs.

 

[kingkobe21]

Which motherboard/system type do you have ?
Except for obvious M.2 or SATA type connection there's possible speed difference, If M.2 is NVME (PCIe x4)which is faster.
M.2 can also be of PCIe x2 type which has same speed as SATA SSDs.

i’m planning to get a b450 mortar max. The M.2 I stated in here was SATA so does it mean it has the same speed as with normal ssds?

 

[CountMike]

i’m planning to get a b450 mortar max. The M.2 I stated in here was SATA so does it mean it has the same speed as with normal ssds?

Yes just about same speed, if you want faster you need NVME M.2 drive.

 

[GarrettL]

There are comparisons on YouTube showing load time differences. Check them out.

I will say NVME is about as snappy as you can get right now. But is a second or two worth it?

 

[CountMike]

It's not that simple, faster drive is, less resources it takes from system and then there are also things like virtual memory and antivirus as well as indexing that always run in background, things like that finish faster leaving more resources to rest of system with less interruptions.