Which NVMe for boot (X570)

[xy16644]

Title says it all but I'm trying to decide between the following two Gen4 NVMe drives for my boot drive:

Gigabyte AORUS 1 TB
Sabrent 1TB Rocket

As well as being a boot drive for Windows I'll also be running my virtual machines off this drive.

I'm leaning towards the Gigabyte as it has a heatsink on it but other than that they are very similar.

Is there any reason to go for one over the other? I don't mind spending a bit more for Gen4 NVMe drives as I'm building my new system with 7yrs in mind.

Happy to hear any other suggestions for a Gen4 NVMe drive if they're better than the two drives mentioned above!

 

[xy16644]

Thanks for the quick reply and Merry Xmas

Can I ask what size your Sabrent drive it? I'm assuming it's the 512GB model as the 1TB has a higher write speed and higher IOPS?

I won't be cloning my current drive and will do a fresh install (it's years old anyway!)

 

[xy16644]

Thanks! I've always used Samsung drives but they;re just too expensive currently and they don't have a Gen4 drive yet (that I'm aware of).That's why I've been looking at other brands.

I'm hoping running Windows/applications AND virtual machines on one drive won't be a problem performance wise...