Which ssd drive advice pls

ZXSpekky48k · 26 Jun 2022 at 10:14

Hello when I built my rig I didn’t consider ssd drives for some reason and got a traditional hdd but I feel it could be performing a lot better and feel like changing. I have an MSI x570 tomahawk WiFi mb which I think can take 2 m.2 drives. Maybe one or 2 tb versions so which would be best please - any recommendations and what to look out for? Also nvme vs sata? Upgraded after a loooong time kids related away from pcs so missed the ssd changes. Thanks!

ZXSpekky48k · 26 Jun 2022 at 14:10

Thanks both for your advice much appreciated

ZXSpekky48k · 26 Jun 2022 at 14:35

Oh really not sure what you mean? I was thinking reinstall windows from a flash drive on it?

ZXSpekky48k · 26 Jun 2022 at 14:44

Ah ok sounds a bit technical thought I’d ditch the old hdd and start again? Is windows likely to go kaput on ssds ?

ZXSpekky48k · 26 Jun 2022 at 15:33

Ah cool sounds like a good idea thanks have ordered the 2tb one linked above ta all

ZXSpekky48k · 28 Jun 2022 at 19:03

Well I’ve not been measuring how fast things were going with the hdd but I do know it seemed to take a looong time to load everything and seemingly try to update every program every time (I probs was only using it once every other week due to lots of other commitments - it’s not my work comp). I installed it today and it does seem to get there a lot faster to start with - I’ll post back here once everything’s loaded on properly and I’ve used it a bit.

ZXSpekky48k · 29 Jul 2022 at 12:04

Ok @darael it seems to have made a huge difference in terms of overall speed of system. One caveat I was using an old windows xp code for windows 10 and for the new install I bought a new code for w10. Previously it was really crippling it with updates etc but this is no problem now. The old code seemed to work but… it might be a combination of the two