Spec me one large NVMe drive :-)

JaseUK · 19 Aug 2020 at 11:39

Over the years I've accumulated a number of SSD's and am thinking of getting just one 1TB NVMe drive for everything, i.e. OS and games etc.

Currently in my PC are 3 x Samsung SATA3 SSD's and one quite old Samsung PM961 M.2 128GB drive. I also like the fact that I wont need to run SATA/Power cables to 3 different drives. I could also sell the older drives to help fund the newer one.

I'm also looking to upgrade my motherboard at some point to a B550M.

Has anyone got any recommendations as to which NVMe drive to go for?

thanks

pugheaven · 19 Aug 2020 at 14:51

Corsair 600 and Sabrent PCIE4 for speed imho, all depends whether you want out and out speed as there's some similar to your current SSD's and can be had for a bargain. a lot of people go WD Blue

Toothy1911 · 19 Aug 2020 at 15:14

Had one of these for about a year. Can be cheaper at times. I paid ~£130.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-b...-solid-state-drive-wds100t3x0c-hd-55v-wd.html

Or for slightly slower speeds, which you probably wont notice, and a bit cheaper.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-b...-solid-state-drive-wds100t2b0c-hd-56l-wd.html

Samsung 970 Evo just edges performance on the SN750 from Western Digital, but I found it's often more expensive.

JaseUK · 19 Aug 2020 at 17:09

Cheers guys, I'll take a look at what you've suggested.

Minstadave · 19 Aug 2020 at 17:12

Sabretooth Rocket 1TB PCIE3 is sub £100 and a good balance of value vs performance.

PCIE4 drives dont really seem worth the extra.

Sparx · 19 Aug 2020 at 17:38

WD SN550 best purchase imo, can be had for £94.99

IvanDobskey · 24 Aug 2020 at 13:46

I've been looking at nvme drives too. Is gen 4 not worth the extra? I kind of feel as my X570 board supports it, maybe I should cough up the extra for future proofing.

The gen 4 1tb sabrent rocket looks a reasonable choice at around £170.

Sparx · 25 Aug 2020 at 08:11

Gen4 is capable of doing nearly 7000Mb read/writes. Think the current best controller they’re only doing 5500/4400Mb.

Gen3 is plenty for a while still. I wouldn’t invest in Gen4 NVMe until the newer controllers come out that can take full advantage of PCIe 4.0 bandwidth.

Also for the prices to come down! Unless there starts to become actual benefits in games where it’d be worth a premium...

tamzzy · 25 Aug 2020 at 08:46

Sparx said:
WD SN550 best purchase imo, can be had for £94.99

This.

Toothy1911 · 25 Aug 2020 at 08:50

You'll never actually need gen 4 speeds. We hardly need gen 3 speeds for games.

HungryHippos · 26 Aug 2020 at 07:48

JaseUK said:
Over the years I've accumulated a number of SSD's and am thinking of getting just one 1TB NVMe drive for everything, i.e. OS and games etc.

Currently in my PC are 3 x Samsung SATA3 SSD's and one quite old Samsung PM961 M.2 128GB drive. I also like the fact that I wont need to run SATA/Power cables to 3 different drives. I could also sell the older drives to help fund the newer one.

I'm also looking to upgrade my motherboard at some point to a B550M.

Has anyone got any recommendations as to which NVMe drive to go for?

thanks

I have a 1TB NVME and I'm thinking I need one big 2TB one instead, so there's that to consider!

JaseUK · 28 Aug 2020 at 17:00

HungryHippos said:
I have a 1TB NVME and I'm thinking I need one big 2TB one instead, so there's that to consider!

I ended up going for the WD 1TB NVMe SN750. Hopefully 1TB will be enough.

Kautya · 4 Sep 2020 at 15:38

Adata SX8200 Pro is also a decent drive. Comes with an heatsink included. 30 odd quid more than the SN550.

bin20 · 5 Sep 2020 at 21:45

Sparx said:
WD SN550 best purchase imo, can be had for £94.99

This is good nvme drive