M.2 vs Sata SSD

[H-street]

I was looking at maybe trying an M.2 drive and wanted to see if its worth it

I currently have a 240Gb Crucial SSD that is working great but was going to try and add a 128Gb M.2 SSD if it is indeed worth it for the 10Gb/s

 

[Deleted member 126051]

Honestly, if you're simply looking to add another drive, do something else.

If you are looking to replace your existing SSD as your boot drive, go with something larger.

 

[Snowknight26]

You're comparing apples and oranges.

M.2 is just a connector type. You can have an M.2 SATA SSD that gives no benefits over a 2.5" SSD aside from form factor. Instead, you'll want look at PCIe vs. SATA.

 

[drescherjm]

great but was going to try and add a 128Gb M.2 SSD if it is indeed worth it for the 10Gb/s

If this is for gaming only most likely the 10Gb/s M2 drive will not make a large enough difference for you to notice especially a 128GB drive.

 

[Quix]

It's totally dependant on the drive you buy. The PCI-E interface is much faster, but if the drive's max speed is 200MB/s you're not going to see a difference. I recently went from a Samsung 840 PRO to a Samsung PM951 NVMe drive which is 4x as fast, the difference is noticeable, but the interface is not the single defining characteristic.