Hello,'

I am building a new P3D server, I have been reading about the NVME PCIe.

Could it be a good idea to get a 1TB NVME to put Windows 10 an other operating items, and leave a couple of SSD's for P3DV5, MSFS 2020 and scenery and other add on files?

I also want to know is, since the NVME connects via PCIe, and I am planning on installing an RTX 3090 PCIe card. Would the NVME could potentially slow down the RTX 3090?

Thanks

Juan

Edited September 11, 20205 yr by ducaud

Why not put FS2020 on a M.2 nvme SSD, and the OS and other applications on a regular SATA III SSD? As far as I know the 3090 PCIe slot doesn't influence the speed of the nvme PCIe port, just make sure your motherboard has enough room for both, as the 3090 alone is already filling the space of three PCIe slots. Btw, it might be a good idea to wait a bit longer with building your system, because the new Ryzen 4000 series CPU will be arriving shortly..

Edited September 11, 20205 yr by stigt

 It always makes way more sense to install the OS on the fastest drive that you have at the time. The only thing you might benefit from the sim being on a faster drive is slightly better load times. Read your motherboard manual to find out what specific impact your M.2 drives will have on your PCIe bandwidth.

5 minutes ago, Dave_YVR said:

 It always makes way more sense to install the OS on the fastest drive that you have at the time. The only thing you might benefit from the sim being on a faster drive is slightly better load times. Read your motherboard manual to find out what specific impact your M.2 drives will have on your PCIe bandwidth.

Do you know if there is any difference in sim performance when the sim is installed on a regular SATA III SSD instead of a nvme SSD ?. I would like to see some comparison tests before building my own system later this year.

2 hours ago, stigt said:

Do you know if there is any difference in sim performance when the sim is installed on a regular SATA III SSD instead of a nvme SSD ?

There isn't a much difference at all when it comes to NVME and regular SATA speeds for real world usage. I picked up a NVME for my own build earlier this year mostly due to the form factor as opposed to any real performance benefit.

6 hours ago, stigt said:

Do you know if there is any difference in sim performance when the sim is installed on a regular SATA III SSD instead of a nvme SSD ?. I would like to see some comparison tests before building my own system later this year.

No noticeable difference.  A SATA III SSD feeds data to the sim faster than it can process it already...the NVME drive is 15+ times faster still, but that doesn't make any difference for the sim.

I like NVME because of the physical simplicity--no mounts, no cables, just a small board mounted under a plate on the motherboard.  My current build uses Samsung NVME SSDs, and my previous build used Samsung SATA SSDs, and load times are comparable.

3 hours ago, w6kd said:

No noticeable difference.  A SATA III SSD feeds data to the sim faster than it can process it already...the NVME drive is 15+ times faster still, but that doesn't make any difference for the sim.

I like NVME because of the physical simplicity--no mounts, no cables, just a small board mounted under a plate on the motherboard.  My current build uses Samsung NVME SSDs, and my previous build used Samsung SATA SSDs, and load times are comparable.

Thx for the answer, was indeed planning on using two M.2 nvme SSD’s for my build to have less clutter in my case.