millzy
Kev999
millzy
I have been seeing more and more youtube videos on these newfangled SSDs called M.2 and NVME that supposedly plug into PCIe slots. However I don't think any can be used as a C drive, but they look tempting for storage.
Why cant they be used as C drives?
A SATA drive is generally plug-and-play, so you can install an o/s on it as soon as you connect it up, whereas an m.2 drive requires proprietary drivers.
Thanks, I'm in the position of needing to replace my C drive and I saw a good deal on the PCIe Samsung EVO's and was considering this as an option. I'll do some more research!
I recently installed a Samsung 960 EVO 250GB m.2 SSD. This model fits into an m.2 slot, not a PCIe slot, although it uses the PCIe lanes (plus SATA lanes). On benchtests it showed to be over 3 times faster than any of my standard SSDs. I'm currently using it mainly for multisamples, but I may re-allocate it to something different in future.