What NVMe ssd?

[GmanUK1965]

I am buying an SSD in a couple of weeks but I have to make sure it will fit my Asus Rog Strix b450-f gaming motherboard.

Any ideas?

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by GmanUK1965:

What NVMe ssd?
I am buying an SSD in a couple of weeks but I have to make sure it will fit my Asus Rog Strix b450-f gaming motherboard.

Any ideas?

You forgot to mention your budget.

[Egnarts]

Just get a samsung 970 or 980. Get the cheapest one. They are durable, decent and a good bang for your buck. You and me as consumers won't notice a difference between a good NvME(M.2) drive and a decent one so don't overspend.

[GmanUK1965]

Originally posted by Egnarts:

Just get a samsung 970 or 980. Get the cheapest one. They are durable, decent and a good bang for your buck. You and me as consumers won't notice a difference between a good NvME(M.2) drive and a decent one so don't overspend.

I will check them out cheers

[GmanUK1965]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by GmanUK1965:

What NVMe ssd?
I am buying an SSD in a couple of weeks but I have to make sure it will fit my Asus Rog Strix b450-f gaming motherboard.

Any ideas?

You forgot to mention your budget.

Around £100 and a bit more

[SomethingCoolBro]

Originally posted by Egnarts:

Just get a samsung 970 or 980. Get the cheapest one. They are durable, decent and a good bang for your buck. You and me as consumers won't notice a difference between a good NvME(M.2) drive and a decent one so don't overspend.

This guy knows what he's talking about. I think that motherboard means you're getting 3000Mbps read at most, which is a massive upgrade over SATA which is like 500, which is still a massive upgrade over spinning HDDs.

NVMe that support PCIE4 connections can do 7000Mbps I think, but your mobo doesn't, I think?

I've got a PCIE5 where it's supposed to pull 10k but I honestly don't notice the difference between it and other NVMes.

[KocLobster]

Originally posted by Egnarts:

Just get a samsung 970 or 980. Get the cheapest one. They are durable, decent and a good bang for your buck. You and me as consumers won't notice a difference between a good NvME(M.2) drive and a decent one so don't overspend.

I 2nd all of this information. Can't go wrong with a Samsung Evo 970/980. And paying a moderate price for tech is almost always better than paying an extravagant price. It's often very difficult to feel the difference.

[TREXINATUX]

Check your Motherboard's manufacturer website or consult the Motherboard's User Guide.

[FullMetalPanic]

For your motherboard I'd go with a Samsung 970 Evo Plus. The 980 doesn't have DRAM/cache of which I personally don't like. It's a PCI gen 3 drive and your motherboard is Gen 3 also.

If you plan to upgrade within a few years you could go for a Gen 4 drive, those are backwards compatible. I'm using the Corsair MP600 Pro XT myself which has a heatsink attached. The Kingston KC3000 is a solid choice and honestly there is a LOT of sharply priced SSD's out there. Any of them worth their salt has a 5 year warranty. Be on the lookout for their total durability.

[xcenic]

samsung 980 pro 1Tb for 60$ on amazon is pretty cheap.

[GmanUK1965]

Originally posted by FullMetalPanic:

For your motherboard I'd go with a Samsung 970 Evo Plus. The 980 doesn't have DRAM/cache of which I personally don't like. It's a PCI gen 3 drive and your motherboard is Gen 3 also.

If you plan to upgrade within a few years you could go for a Gen 4 drive, those are backwards compatible. I'm using the Corsair MP600 Pro XT myself which has a heatsink attached. The Kingston KC3000 is a solid choice and honestly there is a LOT of sharply priced SSD's out there. Any of them worth their salt has a 5 year warranty. Be on the lookout for their total durability.

Thanks for that. I was wondering about gen 3 and gen 4. I know now I must look for gen 3

[Larry]

Samsung have been making the best SSDs for a long while now. You really can't go wrong with a 1TB 970 Evo NVMe M.2 SSD.

It should be noted that there was an issue a while back with some 980 SSD's: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/samsung-980-pro-ssd-failures-firmware-update

The 970 is fine, the 980 is a bit of a risk.

Alternatively: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B7CMZ3QH?tag=georiot-trd-21&ascsubtag=pcg-ie-1188944826273315300-20&geniuslink=true&th=1 is one of the best according to PC Gamer https://www.pcgamer.com/best-ssd-for-gaming/ and is second on their list. It's currently around £100 on Amazon for 2TB which is a great price tbh.