On Sat, 29 Apr 2017 00:29:00 +0100 Ken Moffat <zarniwh...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Thanks to both of you for this thread - I had assumed that only > DataCenter-grade products (as in "unaffordable") were nvme, and those > (of course) have ridiculous prices. Bearing in mind that I haven't played with SSD's (yet), but looking around the web I found this: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820236156 Corsair Force MP500 M.2 2280 120GB, M.2 2280, PCI-Express 3.0 x4, for $85 (they do have larger versions). Pulls < 5 Watts so it should run cool. And also: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815124167&cm_re=PCIe_M.2_adapter-_-15-124-167-_-Product a Syba SI-PEX40110 M.2 PCI-e SSD to PCI-e bus adapter card. Will work with PCI-e versions below 3.0, although with some speed loss. From the reviews, it seems that the integrated M.2 slot on some motherboards is not as fast as it could be (800Mb/s read versus 3072Mb/s with the card) and so this $15 card can greatly speed things up in those cases as well as keep the SSD cooler if the motherboard's M.2 slot is close to the graphics card, CPU, etc. Cheers, Mike Shell -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
