Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > On Thu, Apr 02, 2020 at 09:45:58AM -0500, Dale wrote: >> Grant Edwards wrote: >>> On 2020-04-02, Dale <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Oooooooo. <me wipes up the drool> That nvme speed is faaaasssssstttt. >>>> Do you happen to have the OS on that and if so, just how fast does it go >>>> from BIOS or Grub to bootup complete? I'm almost scared to ask. o_O >>> I've been wondering if older fairly generic motherboards (7-8 years >>> old) from the likes of Asrock would be able to boot from an NVMe card >>> using a PCIe adapter like this: >>> >>> https://www.amazon.com/QNINE-Adapter-Express-Controller-Expansion/dp/B075MDH28Y >>> >>> I suspect not... >>> >>> -- >>> Grant >> I have a Gigabyte 970 that is only a few years old and it doesn't >> support it. I wish it did. > Well, raw throughput is great ’n all, but in real-life you won’t notice much > difference between a SATA and an NVME drive. The bottleneck quickly becomes > the CPU again during boot or loading more complex applications (browser, > office). The biggest improvement in those situation comes from the fast > “seeking” and reading of many small files. HDDs are at a big disatvantage > here due to their moving head and mechanical seeking. > > In fact I doubt you have many use cases for reading many gigabytes at a time > over and over again every day without much CPU overhead, like video editing > (loading previews in 4K or 8K), copying, archiving, checksumming and so on. > > Due to their immense speed, those NVMEs also tend to heat up quite a bit > under load, eventually leading to throttling. So from a practical POV, and > since you’re on a budget, I suggest cutting cost by staying with SATA. >
Yea, I don't see me getting a nvme anyway. They kind of pricey. While fast, I have more time than I do money. I do try to keep my rig in a good place as far as age tho. I may try to upgrade my mobo in a couple years but stick with my current CPU and memory. Mobos do go bad with age, I've read about caps blowing their top and stinking up a room quite well. While I don't edit videos, I do have several terabytes of video. I mostly just play them tho and they play fine with no skipping or anything so what I got is plenty fast for that. I mostly just want the OS itself on something faster but also newer since that HDD I have now has some age on it. I still find the nvmes interestingly fast. Wow!! Dale :-) :-) P. S. My top fan in my Cooler Master HAF-932 case got stuck the other day. It stopped spinning and gkrellm was kind enough to let me know that. I took it out, oiled it good and it works fine again. I also oiled the side fan and the front fan. I got some high dollar gun oil I use for those. It's super slick, handles a wide range of temps and lasts for ages. I've used it in several fans. Even my old CPU cooler fan still runs. I replaced it over a year ago. I use the old one to dry counter tops, dishes and cool batteries I'm charging.
