i7 Builds - Specs and Results

[rossi68]

I think I will try i7 8700....
Found this upgrade-kit;
Intel® LGA1151 Core i7-8700
ASUS LGA1151 PRIME Z370-P
Crucial DDR4 2400MHz 8GB KIT
Samsung PM961 256GB M.2 SSD - 2800/1100 MB/s read/write

897$...

[PatriotsBiker]

Originally Posted by rossi68

I think I will try i7 8700....
Found this upgrade-kit;
Intel® LGA1151 Core i7-8700
ASUS LGA1151 PRIME Z370-P
Crucial DDR4 2400MHz 8GB KIT
Samsung PM961 256GB M.2 SSD - 2800/1100 MB/s read/write

897$...

Nice! I hope it all goes well for you. The M.2 SSD looks interesting, but I doubt I would ever realize its benefits. The only time I ever track anything all at once is when I "record" the Superior Drummer output to multiple tracks.

[YYR123]

M.2 benefits are felt throughout the OS.

From Copy paste to starting the computer

[PatriotsBiker]

Originally Posted by YYR123

M.2 benefits are felt throughout the OS.

From Copy paste to starting the computer

Wow!!! Steroids on steroids.

[Bob Olhsson]

Is M2 faster than PCI SSDs?

[Sardi]

Originally Posted by Bob Olhsson

Is M2 faster than PCI SSDs?

An M2 SSD is a an SSD on a PCIE bus.

So yes, an M2 SSD is MUCH faster than a SATA SSD.


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[Bob Olhsson]

I was talking about comparing M2 with using an SSD on a PCIE card.

[Sardi]

I’ve never come across an SSD with a PCIE connection that wasn’t referred to as an M2 or NVME drive. Every SSD has been with a SATA interface.

Do you have a link for a traditional SSD with a PCIE connection?


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[Bob Olhsson]

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Catego...%C2%A0GB&text=

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...110&CatId=5303

[Sardi]

Ah yep, OK.

Originally Posted by Bob Olhsson

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...110&CatId=5303

So these are just M.2 or NVMe drives. M.2 is the replacement to the mSATA drives that were being used in laptops not too long ago. They have the same small form factor but directly link into the PCIE buss.

Originally Posted by Bob Olhsson

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Catego...%C2%A0GB&text=

These ones, which I think is what you meant by PCIE SSD, are just add in cards for PCIE slots, but AFAIK, they are M.2 or NVMe drives on the card. Essentially the same as above. I assume these are used on older machines that don't have the slots on the MB for the M.2 drive to plug directly into. I think that's a (relatively) new thing on desktop machines.

IIRC, the speeds are identical as they are essentially the same drives and are both accessing the PCIE buss on the MB. They run rings around SATA SSDs, but I'm sure you're aware of that already.

If anyone sees any mistakes with what I've written (Guitardom, Darryl etc.) please feel free to correct or add extra info.