NVME Gen 4 vs Gen 5
Posted by KingPlatinumChains@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 12 comments
Greetings I am currently picking pc parts for a new build and was wondering if its worth getting a gen 5 x4 nvme or should I stick with a gen 4 x4 nvme. I rarely upgrade parts so I want my build to be future proof. I am going to uses the ASUS ROG Strix x870e-e motherboard which has support for 1 gen 5 x4 nvme? The NVMEs I am looking at are the Samsung 990 Pro and the Crucial T705. Thank you.
kaje@reddit
Do you do work where the difference in speed matters?
KingPlatinumChains@reddit (OP)
Will be using it for gaming and school work currently. I don't know if this matters but I am majoring in computer science and want to become a software engineer in the future, would the speed matter for software engineering?
jblade@reddit
You will definitely need at least Gen 5 for software engineering. In fact I’d wait for Gen 7 to make sure you can have peak software development abilities
StillWerewolf1292@reddit
Might as well wait for gen 8 if you’re gonna wait that long for gen 7.
Brevard1986@reddit
If you don't have a specific use case for a particular spec of component, it's very likely you don't need it.
There isn't really any substantial difference between Gen 3, Gen 4, Gen 5 or heck 'old style' SATA SSD for gaming and load times for current games and likely the vast majority of near future games.
Get a Gen 4 drive with the highest capacity to want. And in 3-4 years time, see if Gen 5 drives might be utilized in gaming or whenever you have a specific requirement for it.
Also, don't think about "future proofing" your rig. You're generally better off upgrading and purchasing at the point of need unless you have money to burn and just want to spend it.
Anthem4E53@reddit
I’d agree for the most part except for SATA SSDs. Had a friend who couldn’t load into Battlefield fast enough because his SATA SSD was too slow, since SATA3 does bottleneck SSDs pretty heavily. But you’re right about NVMes, they will seem pretty similar unless you’re familiar with read/write operations between them
winterkoalefant@reddit
Doesn’t matter for software engineering. Instead of getting a 2TB T705, get a 4TB SN850X.
By the way, it’s very easy to add an SSD later, especially on a computer that you built yourself.
IHFarmboi@reddit
If the mobo your choosing has multiple nvme slots. I would get a smaller gen 5 drive for your OS and large gen 4 drive for everything else. At least thats what I would do🤷♂️
an_actual_bucket@reddit
Doesn't Gen 5 and Gen 4 eat up 4x PCIe lanes? I didn't realize you could run both at full speed, even on an 9800x3d.
IHFarmboi@reddit
Depends on which motherboard chipset you get as to how many pcie lanes are available at what speeds
an_actual_bucket@reddit
I think I stand corrected, thank you!
I'm looking at the X870 Aorus Elite Wifi 7, the mid range option with a MSRP of $289.99, from Gigabyte-
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/X870-AORUS-ELITE-WIFI7/sp#sp
Looking at the 9800X3D it has x16/x4/x4 lane configuration, and the graphics card would use the first 16 lanes, the first NVMe drive use the next 4 lanes, and the third would use the final 4 lanes. All are PCIe version 5.
Looking at the storage interface area of the motherboard, it seems to support two NVMe drives running on PCIe 5.0.
DR_van_N0strand@reddit
Zero reason to do this