Gen 4? Gen 3?

Cavallino

Cavallino

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Folks Im putting together a build and the MSI Ace Z490 mobo I will be using has 3 M.2 slots.
Presumably these support Gen 4?

But I guess these are out of stock with OCUK for anything above 1TB?

My idea was to populated 1 X 250GB or 500GB (for OS) and 2 X 2TB for games.

(I still have my main HDD which I would like to still keep for general storage of photos and documents - I guess its best to keep it on HDD then move to an SSD due to lifetime of the SSD?)

Thanks folks.
 
Again further further confusion on the epic scale.

PCIe 3.0 x4.
(Saw the 4 and thought gen 4).

Thanks.

Any recommendations of what to get in gen 3 flavour?
 
Makes sense, thanks COY5 (yes you are right I meant cheaper not expensive).

Think Im going to opt for the SN750 WD 2TB... £289 is around the rate these are going for at this spec?
 
Ok cheers COYS. I did see the XPG at the Yorkshire based site, but honestly speaking I would not touch them with a barge pole due to a very sour experience with them on a return in the past, promised never again.
I can see its £230 on rainforest.... Ill consider it....
Incidentally, is it really true that PCIe 4.0 is going to be the way to go really and that games will take full advantage of it and people with PCIe are going to be left in lumber?
 
Ive always wondered if people use these drives for storage of important photos/documents etc? Surely with the TBW limitation these will one day conk out and better to have them on more reliable medium?
 
Cheers brennen. Yep I do have a local NAS and I do backup to OneDrive.

And yep thats why I want to go for 2TB incase I come across the situation you are exactly facing.
 
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