SATA or NVMe HDD in New Computer?

[enginuity2]

I'm looking at buying this computer. They offer it with different disk drive options. According to the item's description SATA maxes out at 550 MB/s while the NVMe maxes out at 3,200 MB/s. So is it worth the extra money? I plan on replacing the HDD with an SSD eventually. Does that matter?

 

[Gam3r01]

While NVME speeds look attractive on paper, you probably wont be doing anything that a standard SATA SSD is not fast enough.
If there is a large price difference, just get the standard SATA model.

 

[richiestang_78]

NVME is great when handling huge files, for everyone else that does mainly random read/write stuff it's a waste.

 

[USAFRet]

I'm looking at buying this computer. They offer it with different disk drive options. According to the item's description SATA maxes out at 550 MB/s while the NVMe maxes out at 3,200 MB/s. So is it worth the extra money? I plan on replacing the HDD with an SSD eventually. Does that matter?

Which specific drives and sizes?
What do you use this for?

While the magical "3,200 MB/s" for the NVMe sounds great...it's like buying a Ferrari to go to the store. That 160MPH top speed serves no purpose.