New SSD unsure what is good now...

Seumas1 · 15 Nov 2021 at 14:44

Hi,

I am looking to upgrade my SSD which is a 250gb cable one.

I have the following mother board

PRIME Z270-K｜Motherboards｜ASUS United Kingdom

I have been looking on OC website and it seems like this Pcie type is the new SSD for 1tb sized. They seem to be faster and better for gaming which I do a lot of.

I am unsure what type I should go for and if my mother board will accept it from the manual it looks like it does. Does anyone have any recommendation of a new SSD 1tb that OC sell that would work correctly on my mobo? Budget is around £100 give or take £50

Thanks

Haz123 · 15 Nov 2021 at 14:55

Cutting and pasting same advice as i gave yesterday-

It has a M.2 PCIe 3 slot so something like

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-b...-solid-state-drive-wds100t3x0c-hd-55v-wd.html

Or if money is really tight.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cruc...-3.0-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-hd-06l-cr.html

1TB is not much more expensive than 500GB

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-b...-solid-state-drive-wds100t2b0c-hd-56l-wd.html

That last one is a risk because WD swap around the components on it so you never sure what you actually going to get. I have one as a storage drive and works ok for that

Craig_d1 · 15 Nov 2021 at 15:44

SN750 SE 1TB 2042 edition, you can get for £120...PCie 4/3 with code for battlefield 2042 included

Seumas1 · 15 Nov 2021 at 16:59

Thanks for the support I'll be buying the WD one much apricated.

turbot1984 · 15 Nov 2021 at 17:15

Craig_d1 said:
SN750 SE 1TB 2042 edition, you can get for £120...PCie 4/3 with code for battlefield 2042 included

OCUK don't have any?

mickyflinn · 15 Nov 2021 at 17:18

Seumas1 said:
Thanks for the support I'll be buying the WD one much apricated.

For £70 the 1tb western digital sn 550 is an excellent option.

Craig_d1 · 15 Nov 2021 at 19:18

turbot1984 said:
OCUK don't have any?

No, unfortunately not, but quick google search will show it

turbot1984 · 15 Nov 2021 at 20:41

Craig_d1 said:
No, unfortunately not, but quick google search will show it

Aye, 500gb one is good value if you are buying BF2042 thats for sure

Craig_d1 · 15 Nov 2021 at 20:55

turbot1984 said:
Aye, 500gb one is good value if you are buying BF2042 thats for sure

The write speeds on the smaller capacity drives take a big hit though, where it would be better getting a sn750 rather than the se, or just go for rhe sn550, though at £77, youre getting a drive for £27, so guess see your point(just checked price) . The se is meant to be slightly cheaper than the sn750, but seems to be roughly the same price(1tb version), but having a £50 game thrown in for free gives it its value.