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I've been building my systems to employ a range of storage devices: NVME-M.2's, SATA SSDs and SATA HDDs.
Now, in another thread, someone raised my attention to the fact that you can buy a 4TB NVME M.2 for between $480 and $700.
The limitations on using NVMEs would seem to be the number of PCIE lanes available in your system, plus the number of M.2 slots on your motherboard -- and finally -- the ease of swapping them in and out.
Has someone designed and produced some kind of hot-swap bay device -- probably 3.5" or something that fits a bay in a standard computer case? How would it connect to a motherboard? There are plenty of USB 3.0 external plug-in devices for NVME M.2s.
In any case -- "in any case" [pun] -- NVMEs that can be easily swapped in and out mean that there's one less reason supporting standard mid-tower -- possibly even ITX -- cases. You still need space for an ATX PSU and an ATX motherboard. But is it possible we could see the end for even needing or wanting a 2.5" HDD or 2.5" SSD?
Now, in another thread, someone raised my attention to the fact that you can buy a 4TB NVME M.2 for between $480 and $700.
The limitations on using NVMEs would seem to be the number of PCIE lanes available in your system, plus the number of M.2 slots on your motherboard -- and finally -- the ease of swapping them in and out.
Has someone designed and produced some kind of hot-swap bay device -- probably 3.5" or something that fits a bay in a standard computer case? How would it connect to a motherboard? There are plenty of USB 3.0 external plug-in devices for NVME M.2s.
In any case -- "in any case" [pun] -- NVMEs that can be easily swapped in and out mean that there's one less reason supporting standard mid-tower -- possibly even ITX -- cases. You still need space for an ATX PSU and an ATX motherboard. But is it possible we could see the end for even needing or wanting a 2.5" HDD or 2.5" SSD?