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SATA vs NVMe: Which One Should You Get for Your SSD

When it comes to hard drives, NVMe has shaken things up in dramatic fashion. Standard SATA SSDs aren’t a big deal anymore, especially not among enthusiasts looking to get as much speed as possible from their machines. In fact, they’re not even considered when maximum performance is concerned. So why has NVMe stolen all the thunder? Is a NVMe drive really necessary? To get to the answer, you’ll first need to step back and understand a bit about SATA and NVMe. What Is SATA? Back in the 90’s computers were filled with these big flat gray cables. They were obnoxious, ugly, and blocked all… Read more

What You Need to Know About NVMe SSD

Storage technology has evolved by leaps and bounds since the dawn of the computer age. Today’s leap forward is NVMe, a storage system that promises to exponentially increase the bandwidth available to storage devices. Here’s what you need to know about NVMe SSDs. What Is NVMe? NVMEe stands for Non-Volatile Memory Express. It’s a storage connection standard that uses the hyper-fast PCI Express bus to communicate with your computer’s CPU instead of the slower SATA bus used by standard drives. Alongside exponential jumps in maximum transfer speeds, NVMe offers transfer parallelization, deep queuing, and system interrupts. For high-end consumer and enterprise storage, NVMe is the… Read more