Review: MSI Vortex G65 6QF SLI

by Parm Mann on 28 April 2016, 16:55

Tags: MSI, Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)

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Benchmarks: Storage

It used to be that you could tell from looking at these graphs which systems were equipped with SSDs and which weren't. Now it's a case of seeing which are outfitted with old-fashioned SATA SSDs, and which sport newer, faster M.2 drives interfacing via PCIe.

MSI's use of dual 128GB Samsung SM951 M.2 drives in RAID 0 delivers terrific read speed, though we aren't entirely convinced that a RAID setup is essential. A single, larger SSD would, we feel, remove an unnecessary layer of complexity.