Which SSD to use as boot drive.

[Joelw291]

I've got a Crucial BX200 480GB and a Samsung 860 Evo 2TB
I've decided I'm either going to use the crucial drive for windows + programs and samsung for games or use the Samsung for windows and games and the crucial for storage, would there be any side effect of using the Samsung for both windows and games? (slow downs due to windows whilst gaming)

Thanks.

 

[b00merang69]

Not really as most of your files load up to System Memory when in use.

The EVO is fastest but the difference in game loading time between the two will not matter that much as far better than a Mech HDD, for me 2TB is big for Windows drive, I use my 3x 2GB's SSD's for storage.

 

[EsaT]

While overall there usually aren't that big detectable differences in speed between SSDs, that BX200 is is very low end bottom of the product barrel model even as new drive.
Also it's one of first gen TLC drives using planar single layer NAND, which had notable challenges to operate in TLC mode because of tiny transistors.
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crucial-bx200-ssd,4351.html

And while not high end drive, 860 EVO uses modern 3D TLC, whose bigger transistors basically match planar MLC in everything.
(while controllers have now better performance)

So would use that Crucial as slower secondary storage for less important/performance critical stuff.
(also consider its reliability/trustworthiness lower because of that planar TLC)
Just partition that 2TB Evo with like 100GB for Windows/programs, using rest of the drive for games etc.
That way if Windows breaks/corrupts itself and you need to do clean install, data in other partitions isn't affected.