Anyone got any experience with these? The performance looks insane on paper.
Link (http://www.ebuyer.com/725818-samsung-950-pro-512gb-m-2-ssd-mz-v5p512bw)
Performance*
Sequential Read: Up to 2,500 MB/s
Sequential Write: Up to 1,500 MB/s
4KB Random Read (QD32 Thread4): Up to 300K IOPS
4KB Random Write(QD32 Thread4): Up to 110K IOPS
4KB Random Read (QD1 Thread1): Up to 12K IOPS
4KB Random Write(QD1 Thread1): Up to 43K IOPS
You need to be a little careful here, there are different types of m2 ssd, so you need to match the ssd to compatible hardware. Some m2 are a lot slower than you quoted.
I have a laptop which boots from one of the first gen m2's and it works well.
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Sorry I wasn't so clear with the title (now changed). I meant the NAND/V-NAND Tech. Kingston/HyperX have used the same tech but only got half the read speed, although they do offer a M.2 adapter.
No hands-on experience. I have been eyeing up either the Intel 750's or Samsung 950/951's for my next build.
Not seen many articles discussing NVME drives other than Intel and Samsung.
I like the look of the Intel ones, but I also like idea of the samsung ones just sitting on the Mobo pretty much invisible. A couple of articles mentioned the samsung ones running hot at times, not sure how much that would impact performance.
I love the idea of the main hard drive being a tiny card bolted to the back of the motherboard, but as TL warned there do seem to be a huge array of different (physical) sizes, connections and specifications. When I do do an ITX build I reckon I'll go for one :D
I have a SM951 and when installed in my motherboard's M.2 slot I was getting roughly 700MB transfer speeds, which was rather disappointing and only marginally faster than the 850 EVO I already had.
So I installed it on the Kingston PCIE Adaptor and now get approx 2001MB transfer speeds!
As you say: insane! My PC now boots up in around 3 seconds. :)