I have a Dell XPS 8900, and want to add an SSD for OS and apps. I will be reinstalling everything from scratch.
I'm not sure which is the current favorite 1Tb SSD, and whether it will fit my motherboard.
Current spec is:
XPS 8900 with 8Gb ram, 1 x 1Tb HDD, 1 x 2Tb HDD
i5-6400 (Skylake) on a Dell 0XJ8C4 motherboard (Z170 chipset, 1xPCIe x1, 2 x PCIe x4, 1 PCIe x16)
The motherboard has, according to the docs here, 5 x SATA 6Gbps drive connectors and one spare solid state drive connector, although that M.2 connector appears to be limited to x1 speed.
I'm guessing a card like this SilverStone PCI adapter, and then an appropriate SSD?
What's the difference between a SATA 6 and NVMe SSD?
I'm not sure which is the current favorite 1Tb SSD, and whether it will fit my motherboard.
Current spec is:
XPS 8900 with 8Gb ram, 1 x 1Tb HDD, 1 x 2Tb HDD
i5-6400 (Skylake) on a Dell 0XJ8C4 motherboard (Z170 chipset, 1xPCIe x1, 2 x PCIe x4, 1 PCIe x16)
The motherboard has, according to the docs here, 5 x SATA 6Gbps drive connectors and one spare solid state drive connector, although that M.2 connector appears to be limited to x1 speed.
I'm guessing a card like this SilverStone PCI adapter, and then an appropriate SSD?
What's the difference between a SATA 6 and NVMe SSD?