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The new kind of SSD for FSX/P3D : M.2 NVMe

YoYo

YoYo

SOH-CM-2023
As You know FSX/P3D has many textures ect. and time of loading sometimes drive crazy.
I bought few days ago dedicated for me for simulator the new kind of SSD for Socket M.2 NVMe (Socket to 32 Gb!) that will (perhaps) solve the problem of reading textures by the game.



Here my short video how it works! For me its a simply wow! :redfire:
Normal SSD disc - read /write : 500/400 MB/s, this new kind of SSD read /write : 3000/2200 MB/s (I bought Patriot Hellfire 480Gb for P3D)
Please see this:


Near 6 sec to the Menu
Near 10 sec to the Airfield
so in total You need near 16 sec to be in the cockpit.
 
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greenie said:
YES!! thanks for the HU. Going to get one :)
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You'll need a MB that handles them.

Been using a m.2 drive for quite a while....partitioned into 2...half for the OS and half for FSX.
There ain't nothing faster....;)
 
Jafo said:
You'll need a MB that handles them.

Been using a m.2 drive for quite a while....partitioned into 2...half for the OS and half for FSX.
There ain't nothing faster....;)
Click to expand...

...there's always a downside ...sigh.

Now to find out whats a suitable MB

Edit . Very fast YoYo answered my question before I asked ! Thanks for the info , better start saving :)
 
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Anyone contemplating a "new build" should seriously consider including M2 SSD in that build. Place your OS on the M2 SSD and OS load times are smoking fast. Same with all programs placed on that M2 SSD...SMOKING FAST! If I recall correctly, I purchased a new motherboard (AMD 970 chipset) with an M2 socket about 2 months ago for less than $100 and swapped out some stuff I had in another computer (e.g., AMD FX8350 CPU). Of course the M2 SSD cost more than the motherboard. I'm sure a similar path is available for those using Intel products. If anyone is interested in more details let me know. (P.S. AMD coming out with new "flagship" CPU in a couple months, so it might be a good idea to wait and see how that affects pricing, etc., on new builds...even Intel new builds.)
 
My laptop has one of those, but comparisons to my destop PC are difficult because FSXSE is almost bare bone.
 
Any word from the field on the Intel 600p 500gb m.2 nvme option?

It looks like a sale-priced mid-range performer. Much more affordable than others, but sustained reads of 600mbs sounds good...here's a lucidly-written tech overview of a few nvme jobs:
http://nerdtechy.com/best-pcie-m-2-nvme-solid-state-drive

Planning a new build after 5 years, the advantages of m.2 nvm seem compelling.
 
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