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No one should be buying a SATA SSD in 2025 if they have the option to use a PCIE SSD, which every new motherboard has at least one spot for. This isn’t AI, this
by ta9000 10mo ago
No one should be buying a SATA SSD in 2025 if they have the option to use a PCIE SSD, which every new motherboard has at least one spot for. This isn’t AI, this is the ending of a standard.
- xyse53 10mo agoI get that for a boot / root drive but not for building a self hosted storage system. I'm not taking about cost of SATA SSD vs NVME; I haven't seen a lot of board+enclosure options that take enough M.2 disks.
- out_of_protocol 10mo agoThere's usually 1 or 2 spots for NVMe drives, but that's it. If you want more, fall back to SATA
- wtallis 10mo agoThe cheapest motherboard + CPU bundles at Microcenter all include motherboards with three M.2 slots. There definitely are full-size ATX boards that only have two M.2 slots, but these days that's usually only because one of the PCIe slots is wired for x4 rather than just x1. Being able to connect three NVMe drives is not a rare or premium feature on current consumer desktop platforms.
- Longlius 10mo agoUSB3.2 is almost twice as fast as SATA. If you want extra storage, get a USB-C or thunderbolt external drive.