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submitted 1 day ago by solrize@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Basically want something with decent performance and durability. Cost matters, but I'm not trying to hit rock bottom. I'm particularly wondering, is an HMB-type PCIe SSD ok combined with a SATA adapter? I think HMB is supported if your machine can use a PCIe or NVMe disk directly, but I'd be using an older Thinkpad with a 2.5" SATA slot at least for now. So I'm wondering if I'd lose a lot of performance if the SSD combo doesn't have its own RAM buffer.

I see good deals by today's standards for PCIe SSD's at of all places, Office Depot.

Thanks.

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[-] nanook@friendica.eskimo.com 1 points 1 day ago

@solrize You want to use nvme rather than sata if possible, particularly if a high end ssd as the absolute max speed you can get with sata is 6gb/s and also using a sata ssd will often make one or two sata ports not function.

[-] solrize@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

I don't think I can use NVMe in my old laptop but yes, otherwise I'd do so. ;)

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