12 August 2025

M.2 Differences

Back when I first bought DerpyPuter from FuzzyGeff for the princely sum of $1, I made a list of upgrades for it.

One of the things on the list was an M.2 2280 2tb drive to replace the 256gb drive it came with.

Glad I double checked something and discovered the 256gb drive is NVMe PCIe 3.0 and not SATA III.

Completely different pins!

The reason I wanted 2tb is because Crispy IV has 2x 1tb drives and that holds all the music and movies I like to have onboard.

Prices have come down a tad since I first did my research.

A 4tb M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe 4.0 drive is a mere $220 now!  Sure it will run a bit slower on my 3.0 interface, but that's a lot of storage for my needs.

To think, I almost bought a gun... 

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