Question Upgrade help m.2 NVMe

[lofthouse1982]

Hi, I currently have 2 of these, 1 for windows 11 system, photoshop and 3ds max.

second drive is for gaming

Western Digital Blue SN570 1TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe SSD - WDS100T3B0C

Great value SSD with a capacity of 1TB With Super Quick performance due to it's PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe interface and super Fast 3500Mbps read speed ., Mfg Code: WDS100T3B0C

www.cclonline.com

I would like to know if my gaming drive could be updated for a faster drive and what would be a good option?

Ryzen 7 2700x
1660 Super
B450 steel legend motherboard
32gb Ddr4 ram

all my other drives are Samsung ssd’s

thanks Richard

 

[USAFRet]

No.

Your motherboard only supports up to PCIe 3.0 x4.
Which is what your WD drive already is.

And for your stated use, a PCIe 4.0 drive would not be seen as any "faster".

 

[logainofhades]

A faster drive wouldn't really benefit you much. You would be better off getting a good higher capacity drive, that isn't dram-less.

 

[lofthouse1982]

Thanks for the replies, if I got higher storage drive, which would be a good choice?

 

[logainofhades]

As you already have Samsung anyway, and looking at prices, a 970 evo plus is probably the best choice.