New build: Better to have games on a separate drive to C: drive?

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For a new build for gaming, I'm looking at a 1Tb M2 drive for starters but is it better to have the games on a separate drive (e.g. on a another NVMe drive or a SATA SSD)?

Would it make much difference going for a single 2Tb M2 drive for everything or is it best practice to put the games on a different drive?

It's for my brother and it needs to be as simple as possible (he has not even updated his gpu drivers on the last build I did for him years ago!) so he'll probably install games on the C drive anyway, does it make much difference with the new drives these days? It will be a new build, new cpu, board, etc.

 

[Rezident]

I know my brother will probably keep the same PC for years and years.

Mate of mine has seen power gamers burn through an SSD in 5 years, particularly where OS and games are on the same drive and in less time on laptops apparently.

OK I will get a second drive for games, cheers.