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Why doesn't the speed feel as dramatic?
When I moved from a hard drive to an SSD, almost everything felt instantly better. Boot times dropped, apps opened faster, and Windows felt much more responsive overall. But once you’re already using a SATA SSD, the improvements get much smaller. That includes things like WIndows boot times too, which often improve less dramatically than the benchmark numbers would suggest. A lot of everyday tasks like opening Chrome, launching Spotify, signing in to Windows, or browsing files are already fast enough that moving from SATA to NVMe often doesn’t feel dramatic. Part of the reason is that not ever
NVMe is faster on paper, but your actual workload probably doesn't careDo you really need a Gen 4 SSD, or can you wait?
PCIe is backward-compatible, which means even a Gen 5 M.2 slot can use Gen 3 drives, and vice versa. But like, upgrading to a PCIe 5.0 SSD isn't necessarily worth it if you're just upgrading your motherboard. It's a trap that I've fallen into with every platform upgrade, and really, the only reason you need to upgrade for everyday tasks is if you're running out of storage space. The jump from SATA to PCIe NVMe was a much more meaningful improvement on daily responsiveness, and honestly, even SATA SSDs are fine for daily use. Several of my systems still have SATA SSDs, although I've moved all m
I tested the same NVMe in two generations of PCIe slot and learned why most people are upgrading wrongXPEnology gave me Synology's operating system on my own hardware, and now I can't justify the official price
…Creating an SHR pool with two NVMe SSDs was a piece of cake thanks to the Storage manager, and since I had spare 2.5-inch HDDs slotted into the machine, I…
I stopped choosing between SMB, NFS, and iSCSI, and my NAS finally makes sense
…Moving over to a 10G setup and using NVMe drives made the slightly longer boot (and fast-travel) times barely noticeable, even in open-world games and multiplayer titles. Likewise, iSCSI’s…
I recommended this SBC before the Raspberry Pi became impossible to buy – it holds up even better now
…I’ve used it with an NVMe-to-PCIe card in the past, and it’s good enough for adding high-speed SSDs to the SBC. Likewise, I even got my 10G…
By the time the Steam Machine ships, it will have already lost the market it was supposed to own
…With 512GB of NVMe storage (starting) and 16GB of DDR5 RAM (non-upgradable), the Steam Machine is nothing more than an entry-level PC. Quiz 8 Questions · Test Your Knowledge Steam Machines…
The mini PC spec I care about most isn't the CPU
…a damper on everything CPU horsepower is great, but the moment you add a second NVMe drive to your mini PC, you'll wish you paid more attention to the PCIe lane…
My Raspberry Pi 4 still has a job in my homelab, and it isn't Home Assistant
…Though the Pi booted from an NVMe SSD , the Pi's 4GB memory limit became difficult to ignore as I built ESPHome devices. Recently, I moved Home Assistant to a mini PC…
PCIe 8.0 is really fast, but it might require a new connector
…Crucial T705 Gen5 SSD Storage capacity 1 TB, 2 TB, 4 TB Hardware Interface PCIe 5.0, NVMe 2.0 $198 at Amazon (1TB) $272 at Amazon (2TB) $552 at Amazon (4TB…
The weirdest Windows 11 slowdowns still come from features that should have died years ago
…The irony is that on a modern NVMe Gen 5 drive, these optimization services actually create more overhead than they save. They spend CPU cycles indexing and pre-loading data that the…
Your motherboard's fastest storage slot might not be the one you should actually use first
…WD Black SN850 NVMe M.2 SSD $350 at Amazon $99 at Newegg