M.2 NVMe SSD Explained - M.2 vs SSD 

Friend amazing video, lowed the graphics subbed. I have a Samsung 970Pro 1 TB but its on a PCIe Gen2x2 M.2 Slot. So on CrystalDiskMark 6.02 Benchmark software am only getting Seq Q32T1 READ: 847.4 MB/s WRITE: 792.9 MB/s after optimization with Samsung Magician! Its 1/3 of what is capable! I noticed you forgot talk about this Gen 1, 2, 3 and X speeds, also the cards you can get for M.2 Drives which can plug into either a PCIe 3.0 x16 slot or a X4 slot... Video update possibly?

That's the one I have in my new build from last weekend. So far so good.. especially with the Magician software installed.

Hello , which motherboard would you recommend to go with the M.2 NVMe and i7 8700 processor ?

Jeezus, thank you for this informative video! And even the list is spot on. Hope you release more vids because the animations and explanations are very professional and to the point, thanks!!

Great video i dont know much about computers but this made such clear sense to me. Ill make sure i dont go and get one of the slower ones

doooooood totally forgout about that

RU-vid had star ratings? Didn't know that

This is the day i found out RU-vid had a star rating.. damn guess 2011 was too late

MrVendetta420 that’s some 2000’s shit

I never really used RU-vid way back then, but I do remember it having star ratings whenever I saw it. I forgot about it all this time

Thank you.

But, based on some videos of loading times of some games, the difference between ssd and m.2 is only 10%.

@@MilanSerbia14 yes.. last year i upgraded my old samsung 830 series to a 1 tb 970 pro and 2x 1 tb 860 evo in raid 0.. the os is ofc on the 970.. even tho my 830 didn't even fully max out the sata speeds possible and only did like something in the 400ish read and 300ish write i have to say the jump from hdd to the 830 was far more noticeable in terms of speed (boot, app starts, etc.) than going to the 970.. but that is because in day to day use we don't really utilize the speeds that often really.. iops are really more important for a os drive than sequential read/write speeds.. because an os in use usually doesn't write or read large chunks of data at once but tiny bits of data is read and written again and again.. i think what makes the difference is latency for how snappy a drive feels and not raw read/write speeds and normal sata ssds have low latency anyways.. yes there is certain tasks where m.2 ssds really shine but usually it's really hard to see any advantage over the sata drives while using a pc.. it's more like a second here a second there.. another thing is that we can only really utilize reads because writes well.. as long as you write something from ram okay.. but else there is nothing in my pc that reads fast enough to max out the 970's over 2700 mb/s write speeds.. my 860 raid gives me at least 1200 read and 1050 write.. so i would need 2 more to get close to what the 970 can do.. you'd really need a lot of sata ssds in a raid config or another m.2 drive were you constantly copy data from one to the other to utilize that sequential speeds..

Yes indeed. Thank you for the video very well explained

@@PowerCertAnimatedVideos Where can Someone Buy your Videos. Maybe on DVD

r8

You can tell he's really intelligent because of the way he dumbs everything down to make it understandable for people like us who have no clue about things like this lol

You are correct

As an ex MCT (Microsoft Certified Trainer) who now 70 years old and has been out of the IT world for 10 years and now due to wanting to update his 10-year-old PC, looking at many RU-vid videos to get up to date and ensure what I purchase is the best I can get for my money - could not agree with you more - an EXCELLENT video that crammed a lot of information but made it very understandable as oppose so much rubbish I have fond on here.

Professionals can explain to professionals. Experts can explain to anyone.

Go to PowerCert to learn, go to Linus Tech Tips for hardware porn.

agree

that's my thought right now.

Linus is a dick

Lol Linus. If you are watching that guy for technical info you are in trouble .

Thanks.

@@PowerCertAnimatedVideos can you help me please? In my country, recently Crucial P1, P2, and P5 m.2 SSD-s are in good prices. P5 is more expensive, but P1 and P2 are in the same priceline which I`d buy an m.2 SSD from. Firstly simply I just thought that P2 is newer than P1, and simply a better SSD in all aspects, then I`ve started to look for reviews, tests about the 2 SSD-s, and I`ve found that it`s not even a straight choose. When I saw P2, although it`s newer release and faster, it was mentioned that it doesn`t have DRAM cache, TLC variant (but I`ve learnt from the video that it`s not so important), and in the time of release it has an average speed. While I was searching reviews about P1, users didn`t really scandalize it, they consider it as a reliable SSD, and in the time of its release they praised the speed of it. So I get quite confused with this. I know that P2 is later and has faster speed, but I don`t know if someone has a 3rd gen. m.2 socket, and the SSD-s of that gen are all between 1-2000Mbit, then 1-2-300Mbit difference shoud count so much that choose the less reliable SSD? Sorry I forgot to mention that I have a Dell g3 3590 laptop and I would use the laptop to have the op. system on it and for playing games and occasionally edit own videos with a software. That SSD would be the only drive in the laptop. Please, can you help me which is the best choose? Thank you for your help in advance.

Thank you. :)

Thx mate

No

Nah, my attention span is good enough.

​@@Deadliermlg😂

Thank you.

Actually this content requires an update as I was already using a M.2 NVME on my now retired FX based system using a PCIe card as the motherboard lacked M.2, but Windows 10 supports it. I'm pretty sure it is also supported by the linux kernels and distro's. Please note that I am not saying incorrect, but requires an update due to the statement at about the 6 minute time mark. Provisioning has come a long way also. I also used PrimoCache and RAMDisk's on my system as it had 32G DDR3 @ 1600 which most people didn't have much experience with about five years ago. But that's probably covered in a different video I'll assume. But good coverage, thank you. :)

I suggest watching the coverage by Gamers Nexus if you are not already, as the content is not about gaming but hardware itself. Please note that I used this visual coverage on my topic on M.2|SSD's on my FB page. Never upgrade a machine that is going to be used by marketing that is next to an accountant. They won't understand. . Generally people will not comprehend that reading|writing to the same drive slows the process of transcoding video content and that more cores|threads are really used in performing these tasks. I still do not have my A+ though my first distro was Slackaware back in 1998 which installation is by far different from doing an install these days. ;) lol

@@Mauser1965 about the only thing that would need to be updated about this video is the inclusion of PCIe 4.0 drives. But otherwise there is nothing to really update about this content. Just because your board lacks m.2 doesn't mean a thing.

Kenneth, m.2 is just a different form factor. That's it. In fact, most M.2 SSD still use Sata III. Some of the newer ones use Pci-e but they are less common and more expensive. The one in my Thinkpad laptop uses Pci-e. I could of used an old school 2.5" SSD with a convertor cable if I wanted. It'd just auto- switch over to the SATA controller when its hooked up if I did. I chose to use an M.2 SSD though. The M.2 SSD is a little less lighter, it gives me more open space for airflow, and PCI-e is faster than Sata.

same, it was my hdd only laptop, it's a great management class if you dont upgrade it

Oh yea. I'm slowly upgrading teacher laptops with SSDs at the schools I work at. It has been a massive improvement for them.

@Cosmo Kramer Buy a ticket and take the ride. America is back baby!

I've had an SSD since 2015, but even then I see a huge benefit in speeds with NVMe.

@@scotchwhisky6094 🧢

Oh, Hell Yeah!

Lmaoo

Thank you.

Thanks :)

How much time you been studying for the exam bro?

Francisco Santos Sad to say, but I’ve been studying for probably 5-6 months. Due to bouncing around from different study materials, while also trying to figure out the best way for ME to learn caused a major delay in achieving the cert.

@@PMPHUSTLE - Good luck on exam

When actual engineer do explanation

@@kuramarosetta8193 so true, I was wondering why I didn't felt good watching his videos

Probably because Linus is usually pretty clueless, his minions are continually correcting him.. It's difficult for someone to explain concepts which they themselves barely grasp...

Linus is more of a salesman than an engineer. This is why.

Linus Tech is overrated!

Wow that's some series of events. Hope y'all make outta that without too much of a scratch physically or economically

Thank you :)

How did that crucial m.2 work 4 u,,, im considering the same

Thanks.

Thank you :)

Thanks

they are just modern day's Trolls. It happened to ALL videos :-)

so do i need an ssd or a hard drive for storage besides ddr4 ram?

Keptonrae Pingmi i now do got everything set up was completely clue less at the time LOL