AT3-710-UR52

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  • ttttt
    ttttt Member Posts: 1,947 Community Aficionado WiFi Icon
    @jonry14

    @Billsey always has access to motherboard information. Too bad that the motherboard has a M.2 slot but only useful for M.2 SATA SSD, the performance is just like a regular 2.5" SATA3 SSD, no advantage( it is your choice to use M.2 or not). If it is a M.2 NVMe SSD slot, the performance will be at least 2 times faster than SATA SSD ( for x2) , most likely 5-6 times faster  (for x4 drives). That is , many times faster than your 5400 RPM HDD.
  • jonry14
    jonry14 Member Posts: 20 Troubleshooter
    @ttttt unfortunately not support NVMe according to Billsey. But that is okay, if I can repurpose the HDD for just storage. I will run this 500GB M.2 SATA ssd just for the booting.
  • ttttt
    ttttt Member Posts: 1,947 Community Aficionado WiFi Icon
    @jonry14
    How about visit this site:
    https://www.userbenchmark.com
    Test your PC and see the compatible SSD list there. If any NVMe SSD is listed , you still have chance to use NVMe SSD.
  • jonry14
    jonry14 Member Posts: 20 Troubleshooter
    edited September 2020
    @ttttt

    thanks for the tip. Is this where you know which are compatible? Under PC build comparison tab?
  • jonry14
    jonry14 Member Posts: 20 Troubleshooter
    if thats the case I dont see any NVMe's listed
  • ttttt
    ttttt Member Posts: 1,947 Community Aficionado WiFi Icon
    @jonry14
    Yeah! That's where you can hope for a M.2 NVMe SSD can appear on the list, but unfortunately nothing like that. Better settle for a M.2 SATA SSD or regular 2.5" SATA3 SSD.
  • jonry14
    jonry14 Member Posts: 20 Troubleshooter
    @ttttt it was worth a try but now I see options that I have in terms of other parts to my PC as well. This will be good for future reference. I know there not much room for vast improvement but seems there is a fair amount of things that can help.
  • ttttt
    ttttt Member Posts: 1,947 Community Aficionado WiFi Icon
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    @jonry14
    Yes, there are many parts you can use for your PC, but putting too much upgrades to an old PC may not be a very good idea. With all the money applied to upgrades, it is getting close to the cost of a newer generation low end PC. However, upgrading to M.2 SATA SSD definitely is worth it, you will see immediately the performance boost. Now I agree with Billsey that you should use M.2 SATA SSD instead of regular SSD, as you will be using a previously unused port and you can retain the old HDD for data.
  • jonry14
    jonry14 Member Posts: 20 Troubleshooter
    @ttttt @billsey

    Thanks for all the help, I have received the new M.2 SSD, I will see how it goes. 
  • billsey
    billsey ACE Posts: 35,014 Trailblazer
    The M.2 isn't a secondary port, it's the main port for a fully maxed out version of the model. Even though it's a SATA3 port, it's not slower or lower priority than the HDDs SATA port.
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