Question Sata SSD over NVMe M.2 for gaming?

[draganstojanovic44]

So I've been looking this up for some time now and can't seem to come to a definite conclusion about it, are there major differences when it comes to gaming? I recently played Wukong on my HDD and loading times were hell, as well as stutters when loading new areas. So, I want to get an SSD, but SATA would be preferred (financially more fitting too) since I already have a 256gb NVMe for my OS. Any advice? Should I replace my NVMe with a bigger one or just get a SATA SSD?

 

[USAFRet]

Minimal if any real difference between different flavors of solid state:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YoRKQy-UO4

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DKLA7w9eeA

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ9LyNXpsOo

 

[dev_cyberpunk]

So I've been looking this up for some time now and can't seem to come to a definite conclusion about it, are there major differences when it comes to gaming? I recently played Wukong on my HDD and loading times were hell, as well as stutters when loading new areas. So, I want to get an SSD, but SATA would be preferred (financially more fitting too) since I already have a 256gb NVMe for my OS. Any advice? Should I replace my NVMe with a bigger one or just get a SATA SSD?

the hardware latency may or may not be caused by the drive. Usually the vido driver or the ram is more of the suspect, but it depends on the build of the system and OS.

So for a better analysis, please edit your post to include the system.

 

[JeffreyP55]

So I've been looking this up for some time now and can't seem to come to a definite conclusion about it, are there major differences when it comes to gaming? I recently played Wukong on my HDD and loading times were hell, as well as stutters when loading new areas. So, I want to get an SSD, but SATA would be preferred (financially more fitting too) since I already have a 256gb NVMe for my OS. Any advice? Should I replace my NVMe with a bigger one or just get a SATA SSD?

If you are going the lest expensive route, SSD would be your wise choice. In real world, you would be hard pressed to tell the difference in speed. Use Benchmarks doing that kind of messing around. My Samsung 990Pro's NVMe benches at ~7400 MB/s read. Corsiar SATA, ~550MB/s. I can't discern between the difference without putting a huge load on the SSD.

 

[geofelt]

Most work is small random I/O, and the response times for sata vs. pcie m.2 are similar.

But, prices are down and pcie m2 devices are comparable to sata prices so why not buy pcie, all else being equal.

 

[JeffreyP55]

Most work is small random I/O, and the response times for sata vs. pcie m.2 are similar.

But, prices are down and pcie m2 devices are comparable to sata prices so why not buy pcie, all else being equal.

Silicon Power 2TB US75 Nvme​

Amazon. I have two of the for external USB NVMe. ​

$100.00 2TB 7000MB/s.

 

[Bob.B]

So I've been looking this up for some time now and can't seem to come to a definite conclusion about it, are there major differences when it comes to gaming? I recently played Wukong on my HDD and loading times were hell, as well as stutters when loading new areas. So, I want to get an SSD, but SATA would be preferred (financially more fitting too) since I already have a 256gb NVMe for my OS. Any advice? Should I replace my NVMe with a bigger one or just get a SATA SSD?

Will your mobo accept a second m.2?

If so then flip a coin/shop price.......m.2/2.5 ssd.