Compare the Intel Core i7 2600K and i7 4770 to see their performance differences.
Compare the Intel Core i7 2600K and i7 4770 to see their performance differences.
I upgraded from a slower SATA 3 SSD to a much faster M.2 SSD and experienced minimal changes.
Gaming load times saw a major boost. Switching from a Patriot Torqx (original) to M.2 likely cut speeds roughly in half... If it didn’t stand out, that’s disappointing. Even file transfer times are noticeably quicker. Could your previous SATA 3 drive have been slower than the new M2 you installed?
I purchased an M.2 drive with read/write speeds exceeding 3000 MB/s, making it significantly quicker. Most of my storage remains on a smaller HDD, containing either tiny or large files, so there’s no concern. I’ve upgraded from a 120 GB to a 960 GB drive, which is a clear improvement (it’s still mostly empty, but that’s minor).
Well it's at least a measurable increase even if we humans sometimes just don't take much notice in it. I feel that. My drives are getting near the 20% left capacity. I'll be shopping before the end of the year for storage drives. I have 2 640GB drives that have a lot of old pictures I need to keep. For redundancy, I write to 2 drives with all the same information. But not in a raid configuration.
1T performs well when I purchased the 640 gigabytes. Lol. WD Green offers 64mb of cache, which is quite good. They power down when idle. The main issue is the long startup time. I think I'll keep using green drives and might need around 4TB each. With five people at home and four with phones, the photo collection has grown a lot as my kids have gotten older.
Consider checking the 2600k performance and determining how much you can push it further through overclocking. It’s not risky, but even with intense overclocking, an i7 4770 should still work well with a solid Z97 board and proper cooling.