A customer wants to upgrade the primary storage in their high-performance gaming laptop to reduce game and application loading times. The laptop's motherboard has an M.2 slot that supports PCIe. Which of the following drive types should a technician recommend for the BEST performance?
For the best performance in a modern laptop that supports the latest storage technologies, an M.2 NVMe SSD is the correct choice. NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) is a communication protocol designed specifically for SSDs to communicate over the high-speed PCIe bus, offering significantly lower latency and higher transfer speeds than the older SATA interface. While an M.2 SATA SSD uses the same physical form factor, it is limited by the slower SATA protocol. A 2.5-inch SATA SSD is also limited by the SATA interface and is a bulkier form factor. A 2.5-inch mechanical hard drive is by far the slowest option and would not meet the customer's performance requirements.
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