Should I Buy a Gen 4 SSD for My Gen 3 Laptop?

I have an Acer Aspire 5, i-5. It takes 1 Gen 3, NVME. It works, but it is not exciting, per se.
Thinking I will put a Gen 4 NVME in it to replace the mediocre original. I am hoping the better compnents on the new drive will come into play, even with the limitations of the board. (Caching, TLC, controller, etc.)
What do you think?

Well said, thanks. Seeing more gen 4's cheaper than gen 3's lately, so this was helpful

anyone know if my laptop even supports gen 4 or if i should get one over a gen 3, i have a gateway i7 11800h laptop with an extra m.2 slot. i don’t care about speeds just extra storage for games and documents

Now there's not many good gen3 drives anymore, so it makes more sense to buy a cheap and reasonably good gen4 with near max gen3 speeds, such as Silicon Power UD85/90, Crucial P3, Solidigm P41 Plus, etc.

I have a wd black sn770 in my desktop and it runs at gen 3 and I get literally just over 3000 MB/s like it’ll be like 8 over or something and that’s on the read the write over 2200 so at least for me it doesn’t top out

PLZZ i need help. I've been trying to find an answer for the 3rd time now and I cannot. Could SOMEONE PLZZ tell me,how do i find out if my system accepts gen4 Or gen3 m.2 drives? The one that was installed by the factory i can't figure out.its a weird one( and its a laptop).
please,someone help.. it would Literally mean a lot of me(both of course,emotionally And physically in terms of the $ difference hahaha).
Much love and respect in advance.🫶✌️

Great explanation 👌

can i use m2 sata ssd in PCIe NVMe 4.0 M.2 slot, or just ssd gen 3 can?

But if I'm using gen4 nvme for my gen3 laptop, is there going to be any hardware problem?
That's my only concern :(

But why mine only 1.7gb in read, and 1.5gb in write 😢?

If I use gen 4 ssd in gen 3 motherboard as a boot drive. Will it cause any problems?

My choice of 980 pro for XPS 9500 gen3 is not about speed, it is about almost 10 degrees lower temperature vs 970 evo plus.

Now May 2023, buying 1tg kingston fury gen4 tlc $82 n nv2 gen3 qlc $42 for current gen3 slots both for a laptop casual data base use. Putting in an old samsung 860 evo sata 256 gb for system drive that a few seconds longer startup is not an issue. Nowaday ssd are much cheaper that before. But now other comparable ssd are 30% more costly than the kingston. 🍻
Good video clear presentation n good man 🍻

Limited by the hardware, now if you plan on ripping the drive and moving it forward when you update obsolete hardware, then gen 4. Otherwise just wasting money

Is there a way to get full Gen 4 Sequential read/write on a Gen 3 PCIe? Say, maybe a bios update or some other system hack? I'm asking for a friend.

i havent updated to gen.4 yet. gen three tops out at 3500. which to me is perfect already. 7000mbs would be something that would be useful for someone who deals with large amounts data/storage/transfers.

thank you for your video, truly helpful

Great explanation. You save me a lot of time! Thanks man.

THX, you answer my big doubt, i have a MSI GL65 Leopard with pci3 and no sure if a Kingston pci4 would work ...

I have a dell g3 3579 laptop, several web pages tell me that I can put a gen 4 SSD, but when asking amazon, they tell me that my laptop would not use the full speed of the gen 4 SSD.
I would like to know if my laptop accepts this type of SSD

thank you for this video, very well explained :)

Hmm, I have a gen 3 motherboard, I'm looking at a Samsung 970 EVO Plus (top end gen 3) or a WD Black SN770 (mid range gen 4). Which should I get, a top end gen 3 or mid range gen 4?

can we get a real competition samsung 970 pro vs 980 pro on gen 3 slot that would be interesting

That was a nice n precise explanation about non sequential demands, I know it's an old video, I hope you could tell if gen4 ssd on a gen3 slot would run at lower temperatures?

Exactly the video I was trying to find, showing the difference not only on SEQ, gen3 vs gen4. Thank you!

What if a laptop supports gen 4, would you recommend to go for a gen 3 or a gen 4 ssd? I’m worried about gen 4’s because they are recommended to be paired with a heat sink. Do gen 3’s face as much issues with temperatures ?

does my laptop support ssd m2 4 generation?
HP OMEN Laptop - 17-cb1000ns
Product number : 2S764EA

can i buy sssd m2 Gen 4 for my laptop

So i have an ssd nvme gen 4 on my gen 3 slot laptop and i also can use it and keep it for my future pc to install it. It is still worth it after u install ssd gen 4 on ur laptop gen 3 slot then u have a pc in the future that support a gen 4 slot to replace it?

That's kind of what I did. I took used gen4 Samsung 980 Pro & Plus to another ASUS Z590-i gen4 mobo locked into gen3 due to its 10th gen i9 & older 2080-TI PCIe 3 & SK-Hynix Gold P31 Pro to my 2015 MacBook Pro for its energy performance on battery. I didn't measure its reads but its better then whatever was in it.
What about M.2 Nvme to SATA-3 SSD in say a Mac Mini? Wouldn't cheapest gen3 nvme or SSD max the bus out of the SATA-3 controller aside from apps? 600mb/s? I used to use SATA-3 on SATA-2 or SAS-2 back in the day & it helped.

I've a gen 3 slot in my laptop and I'm trying to decide between the samsung 980 1tb £76.50 and the crucial p5 plus 1tb £90. What would you recommend?

I know you mentioned backwards compatible. Does that mean if I got a gen 3 ssd and eventually brought my new laptop with gen 4 motherboard drivers, will I still able to use my gen 3 ssd in it?

Love this guy🖤🖤

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Thanks for a very informative video. I wanted to ask if xps 15 9510 supports gen 4 ssd. When we buy online, it by default comes with a gen 3 ssd. But with 11th gen processors, it should support gen 4 ssd but I could not find it anywhere. Since you have an xps, i thought to ask you.

Appreciating your choice to put things into perspective at the end.

Your explanation of random vs sequential 👌makes so much sense

Thanks. I'm considering the 5700g cpu to get around no graphics cards. B550 is recommended as the cpu supports gen 3.