Storage Upgrades

RussZS · 10 Jan 2021 at 09:52

I have recently upgraded most of my system to 5600x, MSI Suprim X 3080, MSI Tomahawk X570 and 32GB 3200 RAM

The HDD's are a mixed bag from my old system:

- 111GB ADATA SU650 (SATA (SSD)) - used for OS
- 931GB Samsung SSD 860 QVO 1TB (SATA (SSD)) - used for Games
- 1863GB Seagate ST2000DM008-2FR102 (SATA (SSD)) - used for films
- 931GB Seagate ST1000DM010-2EP102 (SATA ) - general storage

I feel like that ADATA is too small and needs to go.

Is it worth me going for a PCIE Gen 4 NVME for the OS, and another Gen 3 for games? Should I swap out the none SSD Seagate too?

Budget would be around £3-400.

mickyflinn · 10 Jan 2021 at 10:36

Grab a 1tb m2 pcie3 drive like the western digital sn 550 , pcie4 isnt really needed and cost more.

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

Put os and programs on it and ypu could also particion it for leaving 500gb for games. Your other ssd for games is fine.

Mesai · 10 Jan 2021 at 11:00

RussZS said:
Is it worth me going for a PCIE Gen 4 NVME for the OS, and another Gen 3 for games? Should I swap out the none SSD Seagate too?

Budget would be around £3-400.

Gen4 will only be relevant for gaming (MS Direct Storage), and that's at least a year off in terms of being mainstream relevant. Will also help if you have workloads that benefit from the throughput, otherwise, a high quality Gen3 drive for the OS is more than good enough.

RussZS · 10 Jan 2021 at 12:30

Ok, thanks both. Appreciate it.