Storage Options Help

Rowan88 · 21 Nov 2020 at 11:11

Hi.

Building a £950ish gaming pc for a mate.

Im looking into storage options for him.

Option 1
1TB M.2 NVME
£120

Option 2
500GB M.2 NVME
1TB SSD
£128

Option 3
250GB M.2 NVME
1TB SSD
£112

What is the best option to go for?

From what ive seen for gaming there is no big difference from SSD and NVME.

Would Option 3 be best?
Or should I ditch NVME altogether and jst get 1TB and 250GB SSD?

Cheers

Rowan88 · 21 Nov 2020 at 11:53

Also just noticed the WD Blue SNN 550 is down to £86..

Since I only have 1 M.2 slot is there a downside to using a 1TB M.2 for storage gaming and a 250GB SSD for windows?

Or just use that 1TB M.2 NVME for everything and buy additonal SSD at later date if needed.

mickyflinn · 21 Nov 2020 at 14:03

It really doesnt matter having n separate drive for windows and programmes has it's advantage but you could always partition the drive.

Grab the sn 550

Rowan88 · 21 Nov 2020 at 15:00

Thanks.

Grabbed the SN550 and the silver M.2 heatsink for cosmetics.

I told him 1TB would be enough but if he wants additonal storage in future just get another 500GB or 1TB SSD.

Cheers