Samsung XP941 still the current go to M.2 SSD?

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Going to replace my boot drive and wanted to go M.2 format since I am on the X99 platform. Seems like the xp941 is the most consistently recommended of these types of drives. Would that be my best bet? Any other brands to consider?

I am running an X99 Classified btw.
 
Unfortunately I can't seem to find the sm951 anywhere. Guess I'll wait, no use buying dated tech
 
wait for the sm951! I have the xp941 256, they have some reviews on the sm. I would wait.
 
oh. the xp941 is the best there is now. but the sm is going to be better.
 
I read that my board only supports pci express 2.0 4x, and the sm951 is a higher standard. Would it still be faster?
 
Trimlock said:
Speed in what? If all you are doing is booting then you won't see a difference in any drive.
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Yeah that's the funny thing about SSDs, there is a huge jump from a HDD to an SSD but its only small increments in performance from SSD to SSD ( real world not benchmarks)

It might take 1 minute to boot fro a HDD and say 10 seconds with an SSD, getting a better SSD drops it to 9 seconds , big woop. Sure its 10% better but would you never notice.
 
Butcher9_9 said:
Yeah that's the funny thing about SSDs, there is a huge jump from a HDD to an SSD but its only small increments in performance from SSD to SSD ( real world not benchmarks)

It might take 1 minute to boot fro a HDD and say 10 seconds with an SSD, getting a better SSD drops it to 9 seconds , big woop. Sure its 10% better but would you never notice.
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Right, unless you are working with large files that save often, other wise you are spending big bucks for marginal increases.
 
Well my backup drive is giving out so I was looking to move my 840 pro as storage and grab a new drive for OS, games, etc. Being that prices are not far off, I thought I might as well jump to an M.2 drive
 
Butcher9_9 said:
Yeah that's the funny thing about SSDs, there is a huge jump from a HDD to an SSD but its only small increments in performance from SSD to SSD ( real world not benchmarks)

It might take 1 minute to boot fro a HDD and say 10 seconds with an SSD, getting a better SSD drops it to 9 seconds , big woop. Sure its 10% better but would you never notice.
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Big jump in the new Intel 750 NVMe SSDs

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1857626
 
How much faster will Apps/OS boot vs a average SSD now?
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In the few real world benchmarks I have seen not faster at all. Although I would like to see a more thorough review.
 
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