I'm currently using a Gen 4 NVMe drive to run my operating system and some games. Since my motherboard supports Gen 5, I'm wondering if there's any real benefit to upgrading for gaming purposes or if it would just be a waste of money?
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Nah, you won't really experience much improvement. Just keep an eye on your disk usage when gaming; it barely pushes your Gen 4 drive, so switching to Gen 5 won't give you better performance in the gaming department.
Honestly, for gaming, upgrading to Gen 5 is mostly unnecessary. You'd see loading time decreases in the realm of just sub 2 seconds, with most games loading faster than 1 second. Your Gen 4 drive should handle everything just fine without any noticeable difference.
Upgrading from Gen 4 to Gen 5 doesn't yield huge gains. It's all about diminishing returns; you'll see minor improvements in loading times, from around 2.5 seconds to just above 1 second. But if you're not dealing with huge datasets on a daily basis, it's really not worth it.
That makes sense! Thanks for breaking it down. It sounds like the cost isn't justified for gaming.
If you're mostly gaming day-to-day, it's a big waste of money. Yes, Gen 5 drives have faster speeds for massive data transfers, but for gaming and general use, you might as well stick with a good SATA SSD.
That's true! Most games don't even utilize NVMe fully, so moving from Gen 4 to Gen 5 likely won't make a big impact at all.