M.2 SSD recommendations

[SNDS117]

Hey guys,

I'm aiming to get a new gaming lappy and while I'm rather familiar with traditional SSDs, M.2 SSDs are new territory for me. Can anyone recommend a manufacturer and model? As with all SSDs a fairly decent R/W would be great, not to mention if it's been longevity tested that would be ideal.

Thanks for any help you can give.

 

[drescherjm]

Samsung XP941 now. SM951 in a few months.

 

[SNDS117]

Yikes. Are all M.2 chips in that price range? May have to wait until prices go down in a year or 2.

 

[HeavensCloud]

Yea they are still pretty new, they will be $$$ for a while.

 

[kortik]

in order to use those M.2 PCIe x2 or x4 ssds you need a comaptable MOBO or can use m.2 to pcie x4 adapters. thats the only way to use M.2 pcie or ssd based storage.

 

[R3MF]

it is also worth bearing in mind NVME, and the requirment for separate drivers on install of old OS's like Win7.

i think i'll get a PCIe 3.0 4x NVME m.2 drive when windows 10 arrives. win 8.1 has support too, but not running that on my main PC!

 

[Trimlock]

You pay a price premium to have the best I/O possible.

 

[silk186]

Wow, I didn't know about the SM951. It seems that the days of storage as a system bottle neck are over. Now, when will we see 6-8 core i5 CPUs...

 

[drescherjm]

Now, when will we see 6-8 core i5 CPUs.

2018. Although maybe further in the future since I expect AMD to top out at 6 cores in 2016 with Zen.