Will finally own a M2 capable motherboard. Looking for suggestions.

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I'll have a shiny new Asus Strix Z370 board before the weekend will now have access to an M2 slot :geek::geek:

I will be running on Windows 10.

I'm looking for it to be my main drive( boot drive) and was thinking 250 gb or less and am looking for best bang for my $$$.

Looking for recommendations.
 
Really nothing can touch the Samsung 960 Evo in terms of bang for the buck IMO. Most 250GB class NVMe drives are ~$100-120. None of them are in the same league as the Samsung Evo in terms of read/write until you get into things like the Intel 3d Xpoint (at 5x's the cost).

Will you notice the difference? Probably not unless you go with a budget drive like the Intel 600p.
 
Intel 900p Xpoint Optane is the fastest consumer M.2-based SSD out right now and the 280GB is NOT 5x the cost of an 960 Evo.
This gets my vote. Bang for the buck is debatable, depending on usage, but let's not throw out blanket false statements like "5x the cost".

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:woot::playful: Dang... Those are fast. Budget wise, not quite what I had in mind, but.. wow
 
Brahmzy said:
Intel 900p Xpoint Optane is the fastest consumer M.2-based SSD out right now and the 280GB is NOT 5x the cost of an 960 Evo.
This gets my vote. Bang for the buck is debatable, depending on usage, but let's not throw out blanket false statements like "5x the cost".
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My bad...3.5x the cost :rolleyes:.

Either way, there's simply no reason to consider it in a bang for the buck category unless you have very specific needs. When you get right down to it, probably a regular high end 500GB class SATA SSD is the absolute bang for the buck around $100 or so.
 
What do you plan to use it for? If every day computer usage, games, windows, then save your money and get a 2.5" drive and be done with it.
 
The new 970 Evo will ship May 7 - that’d be a great cost-effective step into NVMe.
It’s a big jump from SATA3 SSDs to even mainstream NVMe.
Worth the cost for sure.
 
Look for amazon warehouse deals on the 950/960 drives. Most of these drives are just open box returns with hardly any use.
 
Might want to look at the new Western Digital Black NVMe M.2 drive as it beats the 960 Evo and is almost on par with the 960 Pro for less money or maybe even better might be a pair of the Intel 760P's in a Raid 0 configuration as the board your buying has dual M.2 slots.
 
A lot of you are confusing M.2 with NVMe. There are plenty of SATA based M.2 drives. No reason to recommend a 2.5" drive (implied to be SATA) when the M.2 counterpart is identical in performance. There are also 2.5" NVMe drives as well (Intel 750 for example).
 
Blue Fox said:
A lot of you are confusing M.2 with NVMe. There are plenty of SATA based M.2 drives. No reason to recommend a 2.5" drive (implied to be SATA) when the M.2 counterpart is identical in performance. There are also 2.5" NVMe drives as well (Intel 750 for example).
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Oh I know. The one I got is basically a SATA drive in M.2 format.. so no power or SATA cable. And HALF the price of the Samsung NVME of the same size. I have no doubt the Samsung Evo NVME is much faster, but I doubt I will notice a difference. Even older SATA drives are still blazing fast for OS use.
 
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