However, not all M.2 slots support NVMe (some only support SATA, some only NVMe, and some either), so even if you have an M.2 slot you’ll need to double-check that yours will allow for an NVMe drive. Either a dedicated card or an M.2 slot are the most common options. To make the jump, first, you’ll need to have some type of drive interface that runs at PCIe speeds. It doesn’t do much good to dream about a faster SSD if your system won’t support it. To help answer the question, I looked at the performance of a couple Windows 10 desktops using both an older SATA SSD and a top-of-the-line current Seagate Firecuda NVMe SSD. The obvious question is whether it is worth jumping to an NVMe drive when you decide to upgrade. Now it is looking a little small, and the multitude of NVMe models have amazing specs. So you bought a not-that-huge SATA version.
But, if you’re like many of us, when you did it SSDs were expensive, and NVMe models even more so.
Upgrading a computer’s boot drive from a traditional hard drive to an SSD is one of the single best performance upgrades ever.
