In my memory, SATA was just associated with 'clunky' and 'slow'. A severe bottleneck.

I'd mess around with hard drives a lot as a more tech-savvy student, frequently data striping, data wiping, defragging, partitioning, and all that, so when it was time to assemble something for myself I recall wanting to avoid that.

I remember looking at the speed of M.2 NVMe and SATA SSDs and thinking that M.2 NVMe totally blew SATA out of the water. I was enthusiastic about trying it, even though NVMe SSDs were very expensive then compared to now.

When I started playing games installed on the M.2 NVMe SSD, the difference in loading speed just blew me away. I'd play Fallout: New Vegas on an old laptop and then again on my custom build and the loading screen, before much closer to a minute if I recall correctly, would be gone in just one or a couple of seconds.

I don't have much of an opinion on other computer hardware types, brands, or manufacturers, but I am opinionated on NVMe: The M.2 NVMe SSD is hands down my favourite computer component. Say goodbye to slow data wiping software and algorithms, defragging, cables, etc.

The shift from unicore to multicore CPU architecture and other major changes in computer hardware haven't impressed me the way that the shift from hard drives to M.2 NVMe SSDs have. Cheap M.2 NVMe drives are still impressive, cheap CPUs and GPUs, by contrast, are frustratingly bad. A budget gaming or video editing build won't be let down by a cheap M.2 NVMe drive, but by the cheap CPU and GPU.

In my memory, SATA was just associated with 'clunky' and 'slow'. A severe bottleneck.

I'd mess around with hard drives a lot as a more tech-savvy student, frequently data striping, data wiping, defragging, partitioning, and all that, so when it was time to assemble something for myself I recall wanting to avoid that.

I remember looking at the speed of NVMe and SATA SSDs and thinking that NVMe totally blew SATA out of the water. I was enthusiastic about trying it, even though NVMe SSDs were very expensive then compared to now.

When I started playing games installed on the NVMe SSD, the difference in loading speed just blew me away. I'd play Fallout: New Vegas on an old laptop and then again on my custom build and the loading screen, before much closer to a minute if I recall correctly, would be gone in just one or a couple of seconds.

I don't have much of an opinion on other computer hardware types, brands, or manufacturers, but I am opinionated on NVMe: The NVMe SSD is hands down my favourite computer component. Say goodbye to slow data wiping software and algorithms, defragging, cables, etc.

The shift from unicore to multicore CPU architecture and other major changes in computer hardware haven't impressed me the way that the shift from hard drives to M.2 NVMe SSDs have. Cheap M.2 NVMe drives are still impressive, cheap CPUs and GPUs, by contrast, are frustratingly bad. A budget gaming or video editing build won't be let down by a cheap M.2 NVMe drive, but by the cheap CPU and GPU.

In my memory, SATA was just associated with 'clunky' and 'slow'. A severe bottleneck.

I'd mess around with hard drives a lot as a more tech-savvy student, frequently data striping, data wiping, defragging, partitioning, and all that, so when it was time to assemble something for myself I recall wanting to avoid that.

I remember looking at the speed of NVMe and SATA SSDs and thinking that NVMe totally blew SATA out of the water. I was enthusiastic about trying it, even though NVMe SSDs were very expensive then compared to now.

When I started playing games installed on the NVMe SSD, the difference in loading speed just blew me away. I'd play Fallout: New Vegas on an old laptop and then again on my custom build and the loading screen, before much closer to a minute if I recall correctly, would be gone in just one or a couple of seconds.

I don't have much of an opinion on other computer hardware types, brands, or manufacturers, but I am opinionated on NVMe: The NVMe SSD is hands down my favourite computer component. Say goodbye to slow data wiping software and algorithms, defragging, cables, etc.

In my memory, SATA was just associated with 'clunky' and 'slow'. A severe bottleneck.

I'd mess around with hard drives a lot as a more tech-savvy student, frequently data striping, data wiping, defragging, partitioning, and all that, so when it was time to assemble something for myself I recall wanting to avoid that.

I remember looking at the speed of NVMe and SATA SSDs and thinking that NVMe totally blew SATA out of the water.

When I started playing games on NVMe, the difference in loading speed just blew me away. I'd play Fallout: New Vegas on an old laptop and then again on my custom build and the loading screen, before much closer to a minute if I recall correctly, would be gone in just one or a couple of seconds.

I don't have much of an opinion on other computer hardware types, brands, or manufacturers, but I am opinionated on NVMe: The NVMe SSD is hands down my favourite computer component. Say goodbye to slow data wiping software and algorithms, defragging, cables, etc.

In my memory, SATA was just associated with 'clunky' and 'slow'. A severe bottleneck.

I'd mess around with hard drives a lot as a more tech-savvy student, frequently data striping, data wiping, defragging, partitioning, and all that, so when it was time to assemble something for myself I recall wanting to avoid that.

I remember looking at the speed of NVMe and SATA SSDs and thinking that NVMe totally blew SATA out of the water.

When I started playing games on NVMe, the difference in loading speed just blew me away. I'd play Fallout: New Vegas on an old laptop and then again on my custom build and the loading screen, before much closer to a minute if I recall correctly, would be gone in just one or a couple of seconds.

I don't have much of an opinion on other computer hardware types, brands, or manufacturers, but I am opinionated on NVMe: The NVMe is hands down my favourite computer component. Say goodbye to data wiping algorithms, defragging, cables, etc.