SanDisk Unveils World's Thinnest 1TB M.2 Solid State Drive

[Cybrnook2002]

Asrock has played with it a bit, and they made a nice little ten foot view diagram here:

http://www.asrock.com/news/index.asp?id=2121

 

[Parn]

Asrock has played with it a bit, and they made a nice little ten foot view diagram here:

http://www.asrock.com/news/index.asp?id=2121

Well this only applies to their Z97 boards as Z97 PCH itself is limited to 8 lanes of Gen2 and DMI 2.0.

This setup cannibalises PCIe lanes from graphics cards so they no longer have access to the full 16 lanes anymore. Although the graphics performance loss is negligible in real world, I'm surprised the article does not mention it at all.

 

[R-T-B]

In real world it's negligible outside of benchmarks. Your games and boot times will still be fast as hell. But your theoretical "could" be faster.

But, if you set out to get THE FASTEST drive in the form of M.2, your research would lead you to a x 4 tied to PC and an X4 gen 3 NVMe.

I figured latency. Surprisingly though, it's very insignificant. Almost to the point of "why bother"

http://www.myce.com/review/native-z170-hyper-m-2-vs-pcie3-m-2-77791/synthetic-benchmarks-2/

 

[PP Mguire]

Ok, I'll bite.

My PCIe x4 slot I'm using ties to to my chipset, which is z170, and has a x4 link to the CPU via DMI. What am I losing by doing this if anything, instead of using a true CPU slot (and thus cannibalizing lanes from my video card)?



Speaking as an Angelbird owner, you still need BIOS level NVMe support. Says it right in their documentation. Their card isn't magic, it's really just a big heatsink.

You can get around that easy.

 

[Cybrnook2002]

Well this only applies to their Z97 boards as Z97 PCH itself is limited to 8 lanes of Gen2 and DMI 2.0.

This setup cannibalises PCIe lanes from graphics cards so they no longer have access to the full 16 lanes anymore. Although the graphics performance loss is negligible in real world, I'm surprised the article does not mention it at all.

Yes, this diagram is particular to Z97, and this board. However, I was mainly using it as a piggy back to my earlier comments in this thread as a demonstration of what things to look for when considering your M.2 purchase, as there are options in the market. And because there are options, be aware of what gets sacrificed (if anything) to gain what

 

[R-T-B]

You can get around that easy.

I'm unaware of any methods, but I never looked either. Care to enlighten me?

 

[PP Mguire]

I'm unaware of any methods, but I never looked either. Care to enlighten me?

You can edit the bios to add NVMe support.