mSATA SSD out-of-Date?

LRomper Stomper on 01/01/2021 - 21:20
Last edited 01/01/2021 - 21:22

I bought Dell XPS 8500 desktop PC years ago. It has a mSATA socket. I try to buy an SSD. The HDD is too slow. It's mainly for web surfing, and work from home, occasional gaming.

The options are:

  1. mSATA SSD
  2. M.2 NVMe (not compatible I guess as it is too new)
  3. 2.5 inch SATA SSD

It seems mSATA SSD bargain posts are from 2014 - 2017, and no new ones. I guess mSATA SSD is out-of-date.

The PC also has PCI-Express x1 slots. I guess they are of PCIe 1.0 or 2.0. SSD will face the bottle net of PCIe 1.0 or 2.0.

So the only option is 2.5 inch SATA SSD. Am I correct?

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Comments

  • Switchblade88 on 01/01/2021 - 21:37
    +2

    mSATA drives are pretty old tech, they're hard to find and definitely not new.

    A 2.5" SSD will be your best bang for buck anyway - but yes, your only option.

  • trongy on 01/01/2021 - 22:05
    +3

    Just get a 2.5" SATA drive. mSATA wouldn't give any performance advantage, just a smaller form facter.

    I have an mSATA drive. When my old motherboard died, the new motherboard had an M.2 slot so I had buy an mSATA to SATA converter board to keep using my mSATA drive. Nothing changed performance wise.

  • AussieDeals on 01/01/2021 - 22:30
    +2

    The Samsung T5 external SSD that has been seen in plenty of deals lately contains a mSATA SSD inside. There are plenty of videos on how to open the casing and extract the mSATA drive for other uses on YouTube. This is the cheapest deal currently https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/594686 - $119 for the 1TB model

    But yes a 2.5 inch SATA SSD will be the most straightforward option

  • Romper Stomper on 02/01/2021 - 07:28

    Thank you all.

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