On 09/03/2018 04:48 AM, Richard Shaw wrote:
> I'm planning on upgrading my computer to a Ryzen 5 later this year. I
> think what I'm going to do since I'm upgrading to a M.2 SSD at the same
> time is:

1) Buy a Samsung NVMe SSD drive.  I have gone through hell trying
    to replace everyone one with Samsung at my own expense.
    Especially stay away from Intel.  I took it in the shorts
    over that one.  Cost me a few thousand dollars of free
    parts and labor to remove all of them.  All but the very
    oldest ones that work perfectly.

2) size you drive such that it will have 1/2 of its capacity open.  This
    is because there is a computer on the drive you don't know about
    that is constantly moving data around so that no one spot gets
    over used.  It is called "wear leveling".  And it work well only
    if your drive is 1/2 or more empty.

3) make sure you have proper air circulation across it.  They get hot
    and heat is your enemy.

I have a Samsung 960 NVMe drive in my office computer.  Only holy
molly it is fast!  Fedora 28 takes 7 seconds to boot up after I
enter the password prompt.  The 960 has been replaced with the 970.