PC Gaming

[Solidus]

I never even heard of those . How are they performance-wise, compared to traditional drives?

 

[Kibagami]

I never even heard of those . How are they performance-wise, compared to traditional drives?

Like traditional SATA SSDs? Linus says the read and writes are faster. You just plug it into your PCIe expansions slot, then good to go. But so far, I'm hearing that it's expensive and capacity is low. So that sucks.

 

[Vader AL]

just got the samsung 950 m.2 drive that goes on the m.2 slot and uses the pci 3.0 lanes and is the size of a stick of gum. They are faster on benchmarks but really can't tell in real world....unless you're moving large files and can see the speed.

Got that because it's cheaper than the Intel 750 and doesn't take a pci slot.

Right now though you can't turn the Rapid Mode on in the samsung software and my 850 with rapid mode turned on is faster with the sequential read benchmarks. Hopefully samsung will update the firmware to allow to use the 950 in rapid mode.

 

[Kibagami]

just got the samsung 950 m.2 drive that goes on the m.2 slot and uses the pci lanes and is the size of a stick of gum. They are faster on benchmarks but really can't tell in real world....unless you're moving large files and can see the speed.

Got that because it's cheaper than the Intel 750 and doesn't take a pci slot.

Damn, that Samsung is a grip. So PCIe is faster?

I mean, SSDs in general, you're not supposed to copy and write continuously to drive, correct? So in respects to that, you don't gain anything in that regard if you switch to PCIe, correct?

 

[Vader AL]

Damn, that Samsung is a grip. So PCIe is faster?

I mean, SSDs in general, you're not supposed to copy and write continuously to drive, correct? So in respects to that, you don't gain anything in that regard if you switch to PCIe, correct?

The way the storage is handled I think is the same on all these SSD's...it's just the bandwidth on pci slots is higher than the SATA slots. SATA slot is the same one you put any hard drive or ssd on. I trust the SSD's to work for as long as I have them but for long term storage (back ups, pictures, etc.) I use old style hard drives.

yeah the SATA slots that normal SSD's go into is limited to 6 Gbps because of the SATA capability. The pci-e and m.2 ones are up to 32 Gbps I think. If the motherboard allows pci it to run at pci-e 3.0 and not 2.0.

But the m.2 ssd's and new Intel 750 one are faster but to be honest not really worth it over normal SSD's. Maybe if you're moving a ton of data for a job or something. Other than they are small and fit on the motherboard (m.2 ones) and have less wires running than a normal ssd and don't take up a pci-e slot on your motherboard like the intel 750 or the ones that use the adapter.

 

[Vader AL]

Here's the benchmark on a Western Digital Black old style hard drive:



Here's the benchmark for a normal SSD:



Here's the benchmark for the Samsung 950 m.2 ssd: (runs off of pci-e lanes and not sata like that other two)




Old style hard drive vs ssd is night and day. The new ssd's vs the normal ones isn't that much difference you can tell really.

Although I'm waiting on Samsung or maybe my motherboard manufacturer to release new firmware so my 950 will be as fast as it should be.

 

[RIDDICK]

 

[Snake Plissken]

After being living in the PC stone age for the latter part of a decade, I'm moving to master race next month... finally... there's light at the end of the tunnel.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Finally did it. Bought the gaming PC. Over the course of the year, I'll probably be buying more components for it to make it run really high end. I'm literally coming out of the middle ages of computing to the 21st century

 

[Solidus]

Finally did it. Bought the gaming PC. Over the course of the year, I'll probably be buying more components for it to make it run really high end. I'm literally coming out of the middle ages of computing to the 21st century

 

[Jameson Rook]

Finally did it. Bought the gaming PC. Over the course of the year, I'll probably be buying more components for it to make it run really high end. I'm literally coming out of the middle ages of computing to the 21st century

Yeah, but can it run Crysis?

 

[Snake Plissken]

 

[Snake Plissken]

Yeah, but can it run Crysis?

I... think?

 

[Jameson Rook]

I... think?

I'll be joining the PC Master Phase after Uncharted 4 comes out, though I might get a mid range laptop first due to my job and work on setting up a desktop rig later.

 

[Solidus]

I... think?

You should be able to handle Crisis 3 just fine with your current set-up. But, you'll probably need to SLI a second graphics card to ultra everything. And in case anyone's wondering, two GTX 950s in SLI actually outperform a single GTX 970 (Linus did the test) . The VRAM also stacks with Windows 10 in some games.

Pliss' specs:

Processor: i7-6700K
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 950 2GB GDDR5
RAM: 8 GB DDR4 2800MHz SD RAM
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X
PSU: 600W

I'll be joining the PC Master Phase after Uncharted 4 comes out, though I might get a mid range laptop first due to my job and work on setting up a desktop rig later.

Remember what I said. Get a laptop for productivity and a desktop for both productivity and gaming . Laptops can only take you so far... I won't recommend them for serious gaming, unless you're into MMOs and you need your fix on the go.

 

[Snake Plissken]

You should be able to handle Crisis 3 just fine with your current set-up. But, you'll probably need to SLI a second graphics card to ultra everything. And in case anyone's wondering, two GTX 950s in SLI actually outperform a single GTX 970 (Linus did the test) . The VRAM also stacks with Windows 10 in some games.

Pliss' specs:

Processor: i7-6700K
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 950 2GB GDDR5
RAM: 8 GB DDR4 2800MHz SD RAM
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X
PSU: 600W



Remember what I said. Get a laptop for productivity and a desktop for both productivity and gaming . Laptops can only take you so far... I won't recommend them for serious gaming, unless you're into MMOs and you need your fix on the go.

That is a neat little trick. Is that just overkill at that point? Beats spending $600 on the 980.

EDIT I watched the video. Looks like it's pretty much more or less equal to the 970.

 

[FSLAR]

Take my advice, laptops are not good for gaming. They're good for older games, but most can barely stand modern games

Listen to the allmighty Solidus, for he knows what he says...most of the time.

 

[kryptonianmutie]

Listen to the allmighty Solidus, for he knows what he says...most of the time.

I will do that. I took my first baby steps last year by selling my 360 and getting the nvidia shield tv. It was nice for the price, but still very limited in what you can play without a pc, so I returned it and bought got an alienware alpha i3 model. A few months in and I'm enjoying it because I knew what kind of games the alpha could handle before I bought it. Eventually I'm going to need a desktop that can handle a lot more. People always say build your own machine, but I don't know if I'm ready for that yet.

 

[Kibagami]

You should be able to handle Crisis 3 just fine with your current set-up. But, you'll probably need to SLI a second graphics card to ultra everything. And in case anyone's wondering, two GTX 950s in SLI actually outperform a single GTX 970 (Linus did the test) . The VRAM also stacks with Windows 10 in some games.

Pliss' specs:

Processor: i7-6700K
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 950 2GB GDDR5
RAM: 8 GB DDR4 2800MHz SD RAM
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X
PSU: 600W

Remember what I said. Get a laptop for productivity and a desktop for both productivity and gaming . Laptops can only take you so far... I won't recommend them for serious gaming, unless you're into MMOs and you need your fix on the go.

Holy smokes, i7?
What OS are you running? Or will he be running? I recommend 8.1. 10 botches your display drivers which is annoying.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Holy smokes, i7?
What OS are you running? Or will he be running? I recommend 8.1. 10 botches your display drivers which is annoying.

It comes with 10

It should be fine for what I'll be playing.