PCI-E 2.0 vs SATA III SSD

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Which am I better off with;

PCI-E 2.0 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231819

Or

SATA III - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147361&cm_re=samsung_ssd_850_pro-_-20-147-361-_-Product

Price isn't an issue.

 

[andy_Man]

If you want performance and price isn't an issue.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167300&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=6146996&SID=i8luk78n4m0035wt00053
Make sure your bios is compatible with NVMe. Otherwise I think you can't boot off it.

 

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How would I go about checking that? Is it something I'd have to extensively research or do most motherboards come with NVMe compatibility?

 

[andy_Man]

What motherboard do you have?
I would just assume it didn't come with NVMe support, and then you check your motherboard website for bios updates that add it.
I know Asus z97 and x99 already have support for sure.

 

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http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=151-HE-E999-KR

Building a new PC, this is the board I'll be using. I'm building something that'll last me for a few years.

 

[andy_Man]

Why not go something like this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132518
Still all black (if you care about that)
Asus and Intel are partnered on working and supporting NVMe SSD's.

http://www.techpowerup.com/211822/asus-announces-that-all-its-z97-and-x99-motherboards-support-nvme.html
I see that Asus,MSI and gigabyte have announced support for NVMe. I don't see it for EVGA, I even looked for a bios update to that board and there is only one and it doesn't say anything about NVMe.

 

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I'll look at other boards. I was partial to EVGA because of the "bonuses" that board gives. It also supports quad sli. Color doesn't mean anything, I have a specific criteria that I'm looking under. I'll check this out more when I get up.

Thanks andy_Man!

 

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128747 - Desktop

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128765 - ESXi Server

Well, thanks to you, I found what I needed. I'll be grabbing one of those drives. I emailed G.Skill and it specifically designed for Windows, and not Linux. Which is a sad thing because I'm working on my Redhat certs. Oh well!