Question Moving from Sata III SSD to M.2 PCIE

[ketrab]

Hi,

I'm wondering if its worth going that direction.

Currently running Samsung SSD 830 series over sata port.

I'm wondering if buying pcie x4 adapter and installing m2 ssd would give me performance boost?

Any idea on speed differences?

Thank you in advance.

 

[USAFRet]

What motherboard?
What do you use this system for?
What is on this SSD?

 

[ketrab]

What motherboard?
What do you use this system for?
What is on this SSD?

Thank you for your reply. I'm running GA-Z77X-UP4 TH. Broad use of this system. Video editing, games, basic use.

Currently ssd holds os and main programs.

 

[USAFRet]

Thank you for your reply. I'm running GA-Z77X-UP4 TH. Broad use of this system. Video editing, games, basic use.

Currently ssd holds os and main programs.

An NVMe drive won't bring any benefit in that system, for that use.

You can't boot from it in that adapter, and for that use as a secondary drive, another SATA III SSD would do just as well.

 

[mdd1963]

If you are on an old DDR2 system, i"d save your money and look to get something instead made within the last two years vice upgrading something from 10-12 years ago.... (especially since the SSD would likely not be bootable on chipset that old anyway even if an adapter were successful)