New Build - Storage setup for ONE SSD and TWO NVMe?

mrmaynard97 · Friday at 15:58

Hello,
Im going to be building my first PC this weekend, I've been scratching my head for a while about what to do with disk managment/partitions when I get to installing the OS. I know I am definetly over-thinking it but I would like things to be as neat and organised as possible. Some experienced advice would be really helpful to help me come to a conclusion.

SSD = Samsung 870 EVO 1TB
Using it for C/drive in my laptop, would ideally like to wipe it clean if/when I install it in new PC. Would anyone suggest I install my OS on the SSD, or I could leave it out of the build entirely?

NVMe = WD_BLACK SN850X 1TB and Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB
The 970 EVO has been used before while the SN850X is brand new and generally better. I wanted to use one NVMe purely for games and related files. Should I only install the two NVMe for games and OS while leaving out the SSD entirely?

Anyways I have listed some of my thoughts but would really appreciate an experienced opinion. Just to be clear this PC will 99% be used for gaming only. Thanks!

hornetstinger · Friday at 16:02

that's what I do, a 2.5" SSD for OS and a gew games.

Doesn't really make a difference there is one second difference in windows boot between SSD and nvme.

SpellowHouse · Friday at 16:13

No!
The OS is accessed all the time, it should be the fastest drive you have.
If you really want to be neat and tidy then have a 200mb partition on the WD drive for the OS, the rest for gaming. And the second 1TB drive for gaming.
The Samsung 870 have a poor reputation for suddenly failing with weird errors. No need to throw it away, but don't put anything really important on it.

mrmaynard97 · Friday at 19:09

Interesting, two different opinions. Doesn't help a whole lot haha

hornetstinger · Friday at 19:23

SpellowHouse said:
No!
The OS is accessed all the time, it should be the fastest drive you have.
If you really want to be neat and tidy then have a 200mb partition on the WD drive for the OS, the rest for gaming. And the second 1TB drive for gaming.
The Samsung 870 have a poor reputation for suddenly failing with weird errors. No need to throw it away, but don't put anything really important on it.

I doubt you'll notice the difference.

Load up notepad and try and see how much slower it is in the SSD