Question On a X570 MB with the appropriate CPU

[bob4432]

Will I notice the difference between a Gen3 x4 NVMe SSD, a Gen4 x4 NVME SSD and a SATA 6 III SSD with the Zen 2 CPU? Or would the $50 be better spent somewhere else? Already have memory, and spinners for a raid 1 array, will be getting a USB 3.x 10GB external drive, just need the MB, CPU & whichever 500GB "Boot drive" I come to the conclusion of.
Computer use will be a HTPC & I have been out of the loop for relative new loop, well between SATA III SSD till now the Gen4 X4 but my building started in ~1995.
Thanks,
Bob

 

[VirtualLarry]

Will I notice the difference between a Gen3 x4 NVMe SSD, a Gen4 x4 NVME SSD and a SATA 6 III SSD with the Zen 2 CPU?

Computer use will be a HTPC

For a HTPC? Definitely not. (*)

(*) Maybe multiple stream HD/4K transcoding on-the-fly might, but you might run out of CPU before you ran out of storage bandwidth.

For a Gaming PC? Potentially, depending on how the game was written as far as level-loading ("open-world" games benefit from SSDs, definitely).

For a database server, VM server, or video-editing rig? For certain. Get as fast and low-latency storage as you can afford.

Honestly, when I had a HTPC a few years ago (a 780G mobo and a low-powered AM2 CPU), I had a WD Green 5400RPM HDD, and it was fine as a HTPC. Played 1080P60 MKV HD-DVD/BR rips flawlessly, using the chipset IGP, if you can believe that.

 

[bob4432]

Thanks for the response, Happy Thanksgiving!