I'm currently running low on space on my 1TB Firecuda 530 SSD M.2 GEN 4 thinking to expand my storage with another SSD M.2 card but having doubts if i should wait for gen 5 ssd or get 2TB gen 4 with current black friday deals.
So, one gen 4 ssd m.2 card and other one gen 5 ssd m.2 on a z690 Formula motherboard wouldn't make no difference? The gen 5 ssd performance would be capped by my motherboard or something like that?
Unless you are doing direct copy between 2x PCIe 5.0 drives, on a known compatible motherboard....you'll see ZERO difference over a 4.0. Or even 3.0.I'm currently running low on space on my 1TB Firecuda 530 SSD M.2 GEN 4 thinking to expand my storage with another SSD M.2 card but having doubts if i should wait for gen 5 ssd or get 2TB gen 4 with current black friday deals.
So, one gen 4 ssd m.2 card and other one gen 5 ssd m.2 on a z690 Formula motherboard wouldn't make no difference? The gen 5 ssd performance would be capped by my motherboard or something like that?Unless you are doing direct copy between 2x PCIe 5.0 drives, on a known compatible motherboard....you'll see ZERO difference over a 4.0. Or even 3.0.
So, one gen 4 ssd m.2 card and other one gen 5 ssd m.2 on a z690 Formula motherboard wouldn't make no difference? The gen 5 ssd performance would be capped by my motherboard or something like that?
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That board has several M.2 ports, from PCIe 3.0 to 5.0.
They don't really interfere with each other.
But if you were copying a file between a 4.0 drive and 5.0 drive, you would only see the performance of the 4.0
Performance is dictated by the slowest device in the chain.
It would have the same performance as if it were between 2x 4.0 drives.
And you'd have to be a real benchmark freak to notice.
In real user facing practice, you'd never notice the difference.
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