New PC, SATA 2.5" boot

hornetstinger · 6 Oct 2024 at 10:46

If I buy a new PC, and use my 500GB 2.5" SSD would that be noticeble bottleneck? 500GB is plenty for OS /app drive and for any dedicated NVME means I can reinstall windows without touching the larger capacity NVME.

Otherwise those 500GB SATA will be just left in the cupboard.

Meddling-Monk · 6 Oct 2024 at 12:30

The bottleneck will depend on the SSD (DRAM cache or not, what other recent SSD features etc) and the SATA interface it's kitted up to. SATA3 shouldn't be much difference inside modern systems. SATA2 however, I'd only use for backup services (to read or write to).

Tetras · 6 Oct 2024 at 14:15

They're fine to re-use, though if the drive is not very good I'd be more inclined to use it for storage than a boot drive.

hornetstinger · 6 Oct 2024 at 14:20

It's crucial mx500. Not the cheaper bx model

Tetras · 6 Oct 2024 at 14:27

hornetstinger said:
It's crucial mx500. Not the cheaper bx model

That's fine for an OS/boot drive, no problem there.

Mcnumpty2323 · 6 Oct 2024 at 15:38

Will be fine
But if you have a few of them
They're pretty useful
I moved to nvme years ago
All my 2.5 sata ssds I now make windows storage spaces
With them
Rather than them sitting in a drawer
Can't have too many backups lol
And storage spaces are very versatile and the refs file system
Is very resilient
All the years I have used storage spaces
Only ever once made one corrupted
But of course I had a backup of it
So just restored the backup as faster than trying to
Uncorrupt it if that's even a word

Snapshot · 6 Oct 2024 at 16:43

Meddling-Monk said:
The bottleneck will depend on the SSD (DRAM cache or not, what other recent SSD features etc) and the SATA interface it's kitted up to. SATA3 shouldn't be much difference inside modern systems. SATA2 however, I'd only use for backup services (to read or write to).

When was the last time you saw SATA2 on a new PC?

Meddling-Monk · 6 Oct 2024 at 16:51

Snapshot said:
When was the last time you saw SATA2 on a new PC?

A long while ago. But that's not what I was referring to with regards to SATA2; I was referring to the connection on the SSD itself (as it wasn't mentioned what SSD it was). So gave both outcomes given it could have fallen under either one.

hornetstinger · 6 Oct 2024 at 17:34

Snapshot said:
When was the last time you saw SATA2 on a new PC?

Seen SATA 3 ports on new boards, not as many as older PC's but usually 2-4.

mickyflinn · 6 Oct 2024 at 18:47

Copying /transferring files from SSD to m2 or vice versa is probably the only time you would notice a difference , and only if you copied m2 to m2 before.

Snapshot · 7 Oct 2024 at 08:51

Meddling-Monk said:
A long while ago. But that's not what I was referring to with regards to SATA2; I was referring to the connection on the SSD itself (as it wasn't mentioned what SSD it was). So gave both outcomes given it could have fallen under either one.

But, again, any SATA II SSDs still working would be so small that no-one rational would put one in a new PC. According to my records, I bought one in 2011 and it was 90GB.

hornetstinger · 7 Oct 2024 at 09:02

Snapshot said:
But, again, any SATA II SSDs still working would be so small that no-one rational would put one in a new PC. According to my records, I bought one in 2011 and it was 90GB.

500GB is useful for OS drive though, Corsair MX500. I like the idea of OS drive then another for games etc. It means a fresh install in case of corruption won't effect any other drive. I know you can partition a regular NVME but unsure about whole swapping etc, plus if you accidentally choose wrong partition during install, any bootloader issues etc