SATA to now PCI-E? SSDs

[dj2b4life]

Hey guys

So my last build was in 2014 December. Im' in the process of building 2 new rigs for my office, and I'm learning just now of all this new technology. Particularly of SATA now being obsolete and PCI-E being the main way to connect SSDs?

Please advise. Do I need to worry about this stuff, or should I simply build my PC with the regular Samsung Evos, etc (SATA3).

 

[dexxterlab97]

People convert SATA to PCI-E due to lack of SATA ports. No need to worry much as long as you have enough SATA ports

 

[rgd1101]

for office work, sata3 would do fine.

 

[azaran]

Unless your office works with video rendering or CAD modeling you'll never come close to needing or even seeing the performance boost of a SATA vs a PCI-E drive. Make your life easy and just go with some Evo's.

 

[bitwright]

SSDs that connect to the PCI-E bus via either a PCI-E slot or an M.2 port are faster than SSDs that connect via SATA, since SATA is capped at 6.0gbps and can't make use of the new NVME storage protocol. However, PCI-E SSDs are also more expesive than SATA SSDs, so SATA isn't quite obsolete yet; there are still new SATA based SSDs coming out.

Long story short, if you are willing to spend a bit extra for a faster SSD then get yourself a motherboard with an M.2 slot and an SSD that connects via M.2 and supports NVME (note: just because it connects via M.2 does not mean it supports NVME, so keep an eye out for that). If SATA SSDs are fast enough for you, and you're more worried about keeping cost down than having the ultimate, fastest parts available, then go with a SATA based drive.

 

[dj2b4life]

Hey guys

Thanks so much for your info.

My use is for Photoshop / Designing. I should have mentioned that (we are a designing, marketing, and printing company).

Does this affect any of your answers?

 

[dexxterlab97]

Hey guys

Thanks so much for your info.

My use is for Photoshop / Designing. I should have mentioned that (we are a designing, marketing, and printing company).

Does this affect any of your answers?

no not at all

 

[azaran]

Hey guys

Thanks so much for your info.

My use is for Photoshop / Designing. I should have mentioned that (we are a designing, marketing, and printing company).

Does this affect any of your answers?

Nope. Go with some Evos and use the saved cash to give your peoples all the RAMs.