Is PCIe Gen 3.0 alright for gaming?
I got GIGABYTE B660 GAMING X DDR4 mobo and the PCIe Gen 4.0 slot is taken from a 2tb ssd. I want to expand my storage with another 2tb ssd but I only have PCIe 3.0 slot available. Was thinking of getting SAMSUNG 970 EVO 2TB. As far as I'm seeing the ssd I have now is about twice as fast as the Samsung one. Would this make games load a lot slower or should I be fine?
Also this is from the spec sheet of the mobo:
1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P_SB)1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280/22110 PCIe 3.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2M_SB)4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
Does that mean I can have 2 PCIe 4 SSDs?
EDIT:I spoke to the customer support of the local website I order parts from and they told me I can put in a 2nd PCIE 4.
Is this true?
It says I have PCIE 4 on the CPU and PCIE 4 to the storage. What does that mean?
Posted Jun 19, 2023, 10:59 AM UTC · edited
1 PCIE 4.0 and 1 PCIE 3.0 is what the motherboard supports.
PCIE 3.0 is fine for gaming, in real day to day operation you won't actually notice the extra speeds unless you're doing a workload that actual requires it, gaming is not one of them.
That's good to know then. The PCIE 3 is cheaper anyway. Is a 6gb SATA drive better than a PCIe 3 SSD? Since the speeds on the Samsung one I'm looking at are 3500 MB/s read and 2500 MB/s write which is less if I'm assuming right?