truebrit Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Looking to get my first ever SSD and just wanted to make sure that a SATA III version would be enough, or would I need an M.2? Planes: A-10C/II - FC3 - F/A-18C - F-16c - F-5 - F-15E - F-4E Helicopters: UH-1H Huey - KA-50 Black Shark - AH-64D Maps: Sinai - Normandy 2.0 - Channel - Syria - Persian Gulf - South Atlantic Extras: Supercarrier - WWII Asset Pack PC SPECS: CPU, Intel i5 4670K @ 4.2GHz | MOBO, ASUS/Z87-A | MEMORY, HyperX FURY Series 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3 Memory1833Mhz |GRAPHICS CARD, GIGABYTE RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6, 1920 Core, 1755Mhz | PSU, CoolerMaster Real Power Pro 1250W 80Plus | Flight Stick, Logitech X-56 | Rudder Pedals, Logitech G | O/S, Windows 10, 64bit | Hard Drives, Samsung SSD 860 QVO 1TB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David OC Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 I think I would just stick to a standard SSD like the Samsung 850 EVO and a sata connection, these are still super fast drives. It looks like a lot of mucking around to try and get it working and from what I can see you wont get the full M.2 speeds using a PCIE slot adapter as far as I can tell? Reading this: Windows 10: does Samsung 960 EVO support Asus Z87 i7-7700K OC @ 5Ghz | ASUS IX Hero MB | ASUS GTX 1080 Ti STRIX | 32GB Corsair 3000Mhz | Corsair H100i V2 Radiator | Samsung 960 EVO M.2 NVMe 500G SSD | Samsung 850 EVO 500G SSD | Corsair HX850i Platinum 850W | Oculus Rift | ASUS PG278Q 27-inch, 2560 x 1440, G-SYNC, 144Hz, 1ms | VKB Gunfighter Pro Chuck's DCS Tutorial Library Download PDF Tutorial guides to help get up to speed with aircraft quickly and also great for taking a good look at the aircraft available for DCS before purchasing. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouPhrontis Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Most modern SSDs will saturate SATA II and III both of these saturated will be faster than any mechanical offering. M.2 is a luxury, but for DCS I have found saturating SATAII is just fine, you'll be a-okay with III. NATO - BF callsign: BLACKRAIN 2x X5675 hexacore CPUs for 24 cores | 72GB DDR3 ECC RAM 3 channel | GTX 1050Ti | 500GB SSD on PCIe lane | CH Products HOTAS | TrackIR5 | Win 7 64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansangb Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 I went from EVO to 960 Pro NVMe m.2. I use the rig for other things that can benefit from higher iops. It certainly is faster in all areas. Was it *noticeable*? I'm not sure. I think EVO's of the world will be fine. And since you're coming from a mag HDD, it will simply blow you away! Enjoy SSD. You'll never ever go back. hsb HW Spec in Spoiler --- i7-10700K Direct-To-Die/OC'ed to 5.1GHz, MSI Z490 MB, 32GB DDR4 3200MHz, EVGA 2080 Ti FTW3, NVMe+SSD, Win 10 x64 Pro, MFG, Warthog, TM MFDs, Komodo Huey set, Rverbe G1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spetz Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 (edited) I use a m.2 for my OS and a Mushkin Sata III for my games drive. No issues. DCS loads into the cockpit in less than 10-15 seconds, and when I play PubG, it loads about 20 - 30 seconds before the countdown timer starts, my son on his hybrid HDD takes about 40 seconds longer. I will never go back to regular HDD's again and am slowly upgrading all my computers to SSD's. Edited May 23, 2018 by Spetz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastyBaiter Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 The jump from HDD to SATA3 SSD is huge but going from that to an NVME SSD is fairly marginal outside of copying giant files. I have a Samsung 960 evo nvme and a crucial mx300 SATA3 SSD. When it comes to system boot and game loading times, I can't tell a difference. In hind sight I should have bought a 1TB SSD instead of a 500GB nvme at the same price. System specs: i5-10600k (4.9 GHz), RX 6950XT, 32GB DDR4 3200, NVMe SSD, Reverb G2, WinWing Super Libra/Taurus, CH Pro Pedals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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