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M.2 SSD Recommendations for Z97 Motherboard

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Hi All,

Hope you all are doing good!

I looking to upgrade storage on my system, as HDD is causing slowdowns while playing games and recording the gameplay at the same time.

I have a MSI Z97 Gaming 5 Motherboard, which has a m.2 slot(already populated with a 120GB Kingston Drive). So, I want to upgrade to minimum 1tb SSD and it will be mostly used as gaming drive with gameplay recorded to it at the same time.

While doing a quick search I found these drives :
1) https://www.amazon.in/Internal-Soli...F8&qid=1543039426&sr=8-1&keywords=m.2+ssd+1tb
2) https://www.amazon.in/Crucial-MX500...F8&qid=1543039426&sr=8-4&keywords=m.2+ssd+1tb
3) https://www.amazon.in/Samsung-970-E...F8&qid=1543039426&sr=8-8&keywords=m.2+ssd+1tb

So, please guide me which would be the best drive for my PC(system spec listed).

Thank you for your time.

Have a great day!

Regards,
mafia97
 

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The MX500 and the WD Blue are both SATA drives, so they aren't going to perform any better than a drive plugged into a SATA port. The 970 Evo will be faster, but with your M.2 slot only supporting PCI-E 2.0 x2, it will be held back pretty significantly, but it will be faster than a SATA drive, though likely not noticeably.
 
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The MX500 and the WD Blue are both SATA drives, so they aren't going to perform any better than a drive plugged into a SATA port. The 970 Evo will be faster, but with your M.2 slot only supporting PCI-E 2.0 x2, it will be held back pretty significantly, but it will be faster than a SATA drive, though likely not noticeably.
So I just get WD Blue as it is the cheapest and will get the job done, right?
 
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I'd keep the 120GB M.2 and go for whatever is cheaper, a M.2 or SATA 1TB SSD
 
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Yes, PCIE X2 2.0 is limited to around 1GB/S (1000MB/s) compared to SATA's inherent 6Gb/s (550MB/s)
I'd keep the 120GB M.2 and go for whatever is cheaper, a M.2 or SATA 1TB SSD
Thanks for the recommendation, will look for cheaper options only now.
 
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However, it might not be bootable depending on the board
 
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Video Card(s) RTX 2080 FE
Storage WD Blue 3TB and Seagate Barracude 1TB | Kingston M.2 SATA 120 GB & Kingston UV100 120GB
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