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Crucial MX200 250GB SSD Review Comment Thread

I can't help but think the M.2 version of this would make a good low-cost, speedy yet solid durability OS plus primary app drive.
 
MARSTG said:
why just the M.2 format?
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For the theoretical extra speed. But to be honest with myself, it is probably more because the price difference is negligible for something new to toy with.

The recent deluge of SSD reviews has me curious to see some application launch and throughput comparisons between m.2, sata3, nvme, and a ramdisk setup. (I have managed to get 1080 video to drop frames in a ramdisk when running other applications in the background, and am curious if other storage solutions would be similar or different depending on their controller technology)
 
Then you will like our upcoming Predator review. Its a AHCI controller based SSD that uses the M.2 formfactor.

As for bottlenecks....there is always bottlenecks. AHCI (SATA / 'PCI Express') have more than NVMe and yes even ramddrives can run into problems. Really depends on the rest of the system. Basically peeps have been programed by decades of slow storage to always think that faster storage is the only answer. Its a good start...but if you stick a NVMe drive on a mediocre rig...yeah the system will be faster but there will still be other issues cropping up to take the storage subsystems place as 'the' problem. ;)
 
Whats your motherboard and M.2 slot capable of? Is its a two lane or a four lane M.2? M2280 (or bigger) or only M2260s?
What is your price range?
Why M.2 over PCIe x4 / x8 boards?
 
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