..unless you RAID 0 2 or more
It may or may not catch on. (M.2)
And then you double your failure rate. And often times increase the latency which make the drives in RAID0 actually fell slower than just a single drive. I know, I've tried it.
Here's an M.2 drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA24G1S91339&cm_re=m.2_ssd-_-20-510-045-_-Product
a)You can only use 1
b) The speeds are less than 840 Pro @ 560/310Mbps
It could go the way of 1394 ..but I think it might catch on.
Yes, that is a
SATA based M.2 drive. I'll go over it again, even though I hate repeating myself just because people can't read. They won't be faster than a standard SATA drive because they use the same SATA interface and are hence limited by that SATA interface. The PCI-E M.2 drives, which are newer to the market, are a lot faster. You really need to actually do some research before posting your BS.
Price doesn't really matter? really? well go out and cop you one of those awesome M.2 $500 drives right now then.
Put up or shut up.
For early adopters that want the absolute blazing fastest technology, no price generally doesn't matter. Personally, I can live with a standard SATA SSD right now. Also, the OP stated he has no intention of getting an SSD right now, so prices right now don't matter either. PCI-E M.2 drives are still new and still rare. Several manufacturers announced new drives at CES and are just now putting them in production. In a year they will likely be pretty close to the same price as the SATA SSDs. And finally, your statement was that M.2 drives aren't any faster than SATA drives. Price was not a factor in that statement. Yes, you mentioned price but I never argued that M.2 drives weren't more expensive. My argument is with your incorrect statement that M.2 drives aren't faster than SATA drives, and I've prove your statement was wrong, period.
Guy has $150 for a motherboard and you're suggesting $500 M.2 drives.
That makes sense..NOT.
I never suggested he get it, I gave you proof that your statement was wrong. It was proof of what M.2 is capable of, the prices will come down and the OP can make the decision when he is read to buy if a PCI-E based M.2 drive is worth it to him. However, I would agree with his opinion that getting a board with M.2 now is a good idea so he has the option to go that route when he does go for an SSD. Just like I think getting a board with SATA-Express is a good idea just in case that is the way to go in the future.
I'm going to suggest this board as well..since it's back in stock:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...8408&cm_re=biostar_z97-_-13-138-408-_-Product
It will OC better than AsRock anything except OCF.OCF will overclock better...not the mATX this round though..
kind of like M7 gene> M7 Hero
Back with the inferior Biostar board again?!? That board is garbage. It has weaker VRM than an Extreme4, less phases and worse components. We already went over this in the other thread. Not to mention it lacks a whole bunch of features. And on air, or an AOI liquid cooler, any decent z97 board will overclock a Haswell chip basically the same.
Guy has $150 for a motherboard and your suggesting $thousand for sub-zero cooling so he can see a difference in overclocking potential between motherboards.
That makes sense...NOT.
