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[OverHeat]

I currently have 2 990 pro Samsung ssd and was thinking of buying this will I see a difference in gaming?
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[ReBurn]

Does your other hardware support it?

 

[OverHeat]

Does your other hardware support it?

Yes

 

[T4keD0wN]

Not in gaming, games will still be software limited and even if they werent the random reads and the controllers will not make a significant difference anyway.

There will be a difference when reading, writing and moving large files though (sequential speeds are not really relevant for gaming).

 

[GHG]

You won't see any tangible difference in gaming, not worth the price.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Not in gaming you wont notice a difference

 

[OverHeat]

Not in gaming you wont notice a difference

Thx so I should go for another 990 pro?

 

[RoboFu]

Not now but if you have the hardware and the money … doesn’t mean it won’t be worth it next year.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Thx so I should go for another 990 pro?

For straight gaming its a great SSD.

 

[RoboFu]

Thx so I should go for another 990 pro?

Honestly Samsungs have had so many issues and been overpriced.. I’d go with some WD blacks

 

[rofif]

no. Gen4 is enough. You are not getting anything out of gen5 on ps5

 

[Three]

Not in gaming, games will still be software limited and even if they werent the random reads and the controllers will not make a significant difference anyway.

There will be a difference when reading, writing and moving large files though (sequential speeds are not really relevant for gaming).

I would say even then it's not worth it because you would usually be transferring from something slow anyway.

 

[Draugoth]

Great if you like to store alot of Hentai i suppose

But Games still dont use those writing speeds. Any game until the PS6 is limited to SATA writing speeds

 

[OverHeat]

no. Gen4 is enough. You are not getting anything out of gen5 on ps5

On ps5???

 

[The Cockatrice]

Games are still stuck to SATA SSD speeds. Maybe in the next 10 years will see a difference.

 

[GHG]

There will be a difference when reading, writing and moving large files though (sequential speeds are not really relevant for gaming).

Only if you're transferring from a gen5 drive to a gen5 drive though, so you'd need 2 to take advantage of that.

 

[rofif]

On ps5???

ahhh I assumed wrongly sorry.
Yeah on ps5.

On pc even gen4 makes no difference lol

 

[Ulysses 31]

You know of Windows 10/11 cases where gen4 or even gen3 are saturated?

 

[T4keD0wN]

Thx so I should go for another 990 pro?

If you have another gen4 slot empty, yes. Check the manual online, not every motherboard pcie slot is always capable of gen4 speed. Mine has some gen5, some gen4 and even gen3 slots for example.

 

[OverHeat]

You know of Windows 10/11 cases where gen4 or even gen3 are saturated?

Nope

 

[OverHeat]

So in conclusion beside E-penis it’s not worth it! Thx guys

 

[LazyParrot]

Absolutely no point. I recently put one into a friends PC. Zero difference while gaming compared to even his old PCIe 3.0 SSD. Told him beforehand, but he just had to have it.

 

[Kenpachii]

could make a difference maybe in ratchet and clank. But yea practically no differences in anything. I opted for a gen 4 ssd over 5 even while my laptop supports 5.

 

[Ulysses 31]

If you have another gen4 slot empty, yes. Check the manual online, not every motherboard pcie slot is always capable of gen4 speed. Mine has some gen5, some gen4 and even gen3 slots for example.

He don't need no free M.2 slot if he has free PCI-E 4.0/5.0 slot(s). He can get one of them expansion cards.

I use this one with 4 M.2. My Windows drive is on it.

MSI has one too, shorter but 2 slot.

 

[nightmare-slain]

I wouldn't buy any gen 5 ssd right now. PCIE 4 is where it's at. Maybe in a few years when gen 5 drives are better and more games make use of SSD.

gen 5 ssd run hotter and i think they need active cooling if they are being pushed hard.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Wait aren't you the GAF user who recently spent $20k on a PC build? I'mma snitch on you to your spouse lol.

 

[Draugoth]

So in conclusion beside E-penis it’s not worth it! Thx guys

My personal experience:

I had my gen4 SSD die a while back and i had to file for warranty, while i waited for the replacement i had to play games on a Gen2 SSD which is considerably slower than Gen4. When i went back to Gen4 i realized all the loading in the games i were playing was basically the same (RE4 Remake, FFXV etc)

So i would recommend you getting Gen4 SSDs which are much cheaper nowdays that have a lot of storage instead. You would only need Gen5 SSDs if you work on a VFX company or were a entushiast that earns 6 figures a year.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

I have two WD.Black PCIE 4.0 SN850X drives in my rig and they are absolutely lightening fast when it comes to loading. No issues with gaming.

 

[nightmare-slain]

I have two WD.Black PCIE 4.0 SN850X drives in my rig and they are absolutely lightening fast when it comes to loading. No issues with gaming.

same i have a SN850X for my games. It's enough for now.

 

[64bitmodels]

Will your wife support the purchase?

 

[OverHeat]

Will your wife support the purchase?

Mmmm not sure hahahaha

 

[Topher]

Will your wife support the purchase?

Obviously his wife supports him giving out gold like its candy so......

 

[Kakax11]

There's a certain Overwatch content that requires SSD GEN5 WATERCOOLING BLOCKS

if u catch my drift, if you capisce my drift

 

[Xyphie]

Unless you're a professional that needs high-end storage you should always opt for more storage over faster storage. There's no meaningful difference between a 3.5GB/s PCIe 3.0 and 15GB/s PCIe5 if all you do is play games.

 

[T4keD0wN]

He don't need no free M.2 slot if he has free PCI-E 4.0/5.0 slot(s). He can get one of them expansion cards.

I use this one with 4 M.2. My Windows drive is on it.

MSI has one too, shorter but 2 slot.

Yeah, thats still counts as a pcie slot in my book.
I have one myself, its pretty great, but it was a pain to squeeze it right below the gpu. I cant imagine having one with massive active cooling, the msi one is cursed.

Sometimes having one of those slots occupied can limit the speeds on another pcie lane(s) so best to be cautios how one uses them.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Not yet but if you can there is no such thing as overkill.

 

[64bitmodels]

Obviously his wife supports him giving out gold like its candy so......

nice, i could use some gold right now lol

thanks!

 

[Kilau]

You won't see any notable difference in gaming in the short term, but direct storage support is improving and games like Starfield on PC show us how much better load times on PC can be. Ultimately though, you'll have great benchmarking numbers and that's really all that matters.

 

[OverHeat]

You won't see any notable difference in gaming in the short term, but direct storage support is improving and games like Starfield on PC show us how much better load times on PC can be. Ultimately though, you'll have great benchmarking numbers and that's really all that matters.

…must resist temptation to benchmark

 

[Black_Stride]

SN850X is all you need.

If you are in the US its currently the best bang for buck SSD if you need a balance of speed and random read/write.

If you are using the SSD for gaming then literally any Gen4 drive will do just fine because in gaming random read/write matters more than sequential, so even "slow" drives like the Crucial P3 is an absolute beast.

 

[Ulysses 31]

SN850X is all you need.

If you are in the US its currently the best bang for buck SSD if you need a balance of speed and random read/write.

If you are using the SSD for gaming then literally any Gen4 drive will do just fine because in gaming random read/write matters more than sequential, so even "slow" drives like the Crucial P3 is an absolute beast.

The Samsung 990 Pro with its higher IOPS and speed seems the better choice if you're not going beyond 2TB.

There's also a heatsink version.

 

[OverHeat]

The Samsung 990 Pro with its higher IOPS and speed seems the better choice if you're not going beyond 2TB.

There's also a heatsink version.

Yeah already got 2 of them great drives

 

[Kilau]

…must resist temptation to benchmark

Think of the avocados!

 

[Black_Stride]

The Samsung 990 Pro with its higher IOPS and speed seems the better choice if you're not going beyond 2TB.

There's also a heatsink version.

.
The 990 Pro is like 100 dollars for 1TB.
The SN850X is 70 dollars for 1TB.

What do you gain for that ~30 dollars?
Nothing perceptible.

 

[Danknugz]

i'm not too familiar as I just have a sammy 980 and a 990 more recently. what's your chipset? z790 would need to share pcie lanes with the gpu, x8/x8 but i don't think gpus utilize the entire x16 lanes.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Unfortunately there’s barely any real world gaming results out there right now. Only one I could find was from the esteemed PC gaming experts at The Verge. They found gaming load times are basically identical between PCIe 5.0 SSDs and the Samsung 980 Pro (not even the 990).

The first PCIe Gen 5 drives are here and fast, but do you have a need for speed?

Gen 5 SSDs are finally here.

www.theverge.com

 

[Dr.D00p]

Ha!

Since when has filling your PC with components ever been about need!

 

[OverHeat]

Ha!

Since when has filling your PC with components ever been about need!

You my friend are so right

 

[OverHeat]

i'm not too familiar as I just have a sammy 980 and a 990 more recently. what's your chipset? z790 would need to share pcie lanes with the gpu, x8/x8 but i don't think gpus utilize the entire x16 lanes.

Z670E-E

 

[Brock2621]

From what I've heard no, and it gets super hot, moving some Mobo manufactures to add active cooling fans for them and they usually have incredibly annoying whines.