07-06-2019, 07:10 AM
(07-06-2019, 06:04 AM)Luke Wrote:(07-06-2019, 12:19 AM)lmcdo Wrote: Definitely kicking myself that I didn't make an account sooner -- I've been following the project but forums have always scared me off. This forum seems well-managed though, so a mistake on my part.
A somewhat important question, also related to storage: what's the max power draw on PCIe devices over m.2? Some of these NVMe disks have wild maximum power draws.
See, nothing to be scared of, especially since your first question is not only smart but also relevant because we didn't think to test this in particular...
The answer is - I don't know at this time. You may be right that using a NVMe may have a significant impact on battery life.
NVMe SSDs can lower battery life more SATA SSDs/HDDs but we won't have SATA available as far as I know.
With that said, careful research on NVMe power consumption will yield good information on potential best selections. The ADATA drive in this article may be a good choice:
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13761/the...d-review/9