Samsung SM951 NVMe

[Turint]

I'm building a new pc gaming pc (Skylake z170 asus motherboard with an 6700k cpu) and wondering if it's worth spending the extra cash on a 512gb Samsung M.2 drive as the main boot drive or just going for the old faithful Samsung Evo 512gb and spending the extra cash on more RAM. Currently thinking of 16gb ram but could go for 32gb if the extra money for the m.2 isn't worth it.

Anyone got any benchmarks or seen any good reviews showing comparisons between SDD's Sata express drives and M.2's on a skylake motherboard.

 

[Davva2004]

Check out Toms review of the 951, it's nearly 4 times faster than the Evo.

 

[Kushiro]

I would reconmend that you stick with a traditional SSD unless you actually need the benefits that it provides. If you dont need it then dont bother.

So No. Its not worth it.

Also no point getting 32GB ram either if you wont even use it. It will just weigh down your systems for no reason if you install it but dont use it.

Just get 2x8GB modules so that if you ever actually need it you can upgrade.

 

[Turint]

Samsung SM951 NMVE

Unfortunately I've been rather busy this week but I have managed to do a little bit more research

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Product-Review-Samsung-SM951-M-2-Drive-703/

Suggests the Samsung M.2 overheats rather quickly and gets throttled back rather a lot without custom cooling.

The bench marks are great on Toms etc. but wondering if anyone has one installed as a straight m.2 on their board or are people just putting it onto a PCI express card with a custom heatsinks to alleviate this problem?

I noticed PCspecialist, overclockers etc.. are now offering this drive as an option so maybe the heat problems have been sorted?