[SOLVED] NVMe storage question

[ccfonzie]

Is there any "noticeable" drawback on only having 1 SSD 2TB NVMe M.2 3.0 hard drive on a new build? I only have an old SSD EVO and haven't noticed any drawback on my last build. I hear guys using a 512mb as a boot. I don't think I'd need that.

 

[USAFRet]

Is there any "noticeable" drawback on only having 1 SSD 2TB NVMe M.2 3.0 hard drive on a new build? I only have an old SSD EVO and haven't noticed any drawback on my last build. I hear guys using a 512mb as a boot. I don't think I'd need that.

No.

If you're satisfied with a single drive, there is no difference between SATA III SSD and NVMe SSD.
Many people prefer a single drive system. Other people, multiple drives.

 

[ccfonzie]

No.

If you're satisfied with a single drive, there is no difference between SATA III SSD and NVMe SSD.
Many people prefer a single drive system. Other people, multiple drives.

Other than speed right? 2-3000 vs 800?

 

[kerberos_20]

if its old, then there might be some speed difference, when i compare old 970 evo nvme with wd blue sata m2, minimum diff on 4k read/writes/iops, but recently got 970evo plus and that one is about 50% faster there (latency/iops/bandwith)

 

[USAFRet]

Other than speed right? 2-3000 vs 800?

Well, speed, yes.

But don't expect the whole system to be "X times faster" with the new NVMe.

 

[ccfonzie]

The 980 pro is $10 cheaper than the traditionally evo. Which I'm still happy with dont get me wrong. But I was looking at the read and write speeds and thought read would boot programs/start up that much faster from a NVMe SSD this time around. Thank gentleman for the feedback. Always appreciate it here.

https://www.microcenter.com/endeca/...5NDk0NTc3OSs0Mjk0ODE4NTE5Jm50az1hbGwmcGFnZT0x

 

[kerberos_20]

The 980 pro is $10 cheaper than the traditionally evo. Which I'm still happy with dont get me wrong. But I was looking at the read and write speeds and thought read would boot programs/start up that much faster from a NVMe SSD this time around. Thank gentleman for the feedback. Always appreciate it here.

https://www.microcenter.com/endeca/...5NDk0NTc3OSs0Mjk0ODE4NTE5Jm50az1hbGwmcGFnZT0x

doesnt look any faster, but if its cheaper, why not then

 

[USAFRet]

The 980 pro is $10 cheaper than the traditionally evo. Which I'm still happy with dont get me wrong. But I was looking at the read and write speeds and thought read would boot programs/start up that much faster from a NVMe SSD this time around. Thank gentleman for the feedback. Always appreciate it here.

I also have a 980 Pro as the OS drive.

The big sequential number is NOT what you need to look at.

Here are two drives in my system. 1TB 980 Pro (Gen 4.0 NVMe) and 1TB 860 EVO (SATA III)

The comparison numbers you need to look at are the bottom 2 lines, not the top one.

The main benefit of an SSD is the near zero access time. Which is across ALL SSD types.

 

[USAFRet]

doesnt look any faster, but if its cheaper, why not then

Be careful about the 980 vs 980 Pro.

The "980" is still just a PCIe 3.0. Just like the 970 EVO and EVO Plus.
The 980 Pro is PCIe 4.0.

 

[Bob.B]

Is there any "noticeable" drawback on only having 1 SSD 2TB NVMe M.2 3.0 hard drive on a new build? I only have an old SSD EVO and haven't noticed any drawback on my last build. I hear guys using a 512mb as a boot. I don't think I'd need that.

Nitpicky time.

With one disk if windows and whatever you are trying to run want to access the disk at the same time someone has to wait.

 

[ccfonzie]

doesnt look any faster, but if its cheaper, why not then

Those are all NVMe SSD's right?

 

[USAFRet]

Those are all NVMe SSD's right?

Those are all PCIe 3.0 NVMe drives.

 

[USAFRet]

Nitpicky time.

With one disk if windows and whatever you are trying to run want to access the disk at the same time someone has to wait.

But no drawback being an NVMe, vs whatever he had previously.. SATA III or HDD.

 

[kerberos_20]

Be careful about the 980 vs 980 Pro.

The "980" is still just a PCIe 3.0. Just like the 970 EVO and EVO Plus.
The 980 Pro is PCIe 4.0.

but on 4k, there is no diff between gen3 and gen4 drive

see here gen3 970 evo plus

4k qd1 or qd32 is same as in 980

 

[kerberos_20]

Those are all NVMe SSD's right?

yes

 

[USAFRet]

but on 4k, there is no diff between gen3 and gen4 drive

And trivially little difference over a SATA III SSD...😉

My point being....all the marketing text calls the NVMe drives to be 5x or 10x faster than a SATA III SSD.
That only speaks to the sequential number. But that is what people glom on to.

In actual use, not so much.

 

[USAFRet]

Back to the original question...

There is no real drawback to a single NVMe drive, vs a single SATA III SSD or HDD.

 

[Bob.B]

But no drawback being an NVMe, vs whatever he had previously.. SATA III or HDD.

The 'with one disk' applies to whatever type of disk is in use.

 

[USAFRet]

The 'with one disk' applies to whatever type of disk is in use.

Exactly.
Which is what the original question was.

 

[kerberos_20]

And trivially little difference over a SATA III SSD...😉

My point being....all the marketing text calls the NVMe drives to be 5x or 10x faster than a SATA III SSD.
That only speaks to the sequential number. But that is what people glom on to.

In actual use, not so much.

well technically nvme is 10x faster then sata
2tb 970evo plus vs 1tb wd blue sata

 

[Rokinamerica]

No drawback to single drive PC. It really comes down to personal preference.