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| 1462724 | 2019-07-28 03:36:00 | Thought I would shout my gaming system a new hard drive. Currently has the OS on a 250 EVO Steam library on another 250 EVO Plus a 500 mechanical for storage. The mobo is Asus Z170 Gamer & has provision for a M.2 drive, so thought I'd go that way this time. M.2 Socket 3, with M Key design, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 Couple of questions: 1/ Looking at a 500GB, any recomendations or ones to steer away from. 2/ Would prefer to have the steam library on that drive. Would the system be happy running that way, or should the OS be on the M.2 drive. Thanks |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1462725 | 2019-07-28 04:04:00 | Thought I would shout my gaming system a new hard drive. 1/ Looking at a 500GB, any recomendations or ones to steer away from. Thanks best 1)Western Digital 2)Seagate Worst: Fujitsu, Samsung (who do make good screens) |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1462726 | 2019-07-28 08:58:00 | For a data/ storage drive it's not too important and I'd shop for price and warranty myself. One of these would be my choice just from PBtechs available range: www.pbtech.co.nz www.pbtech.co.nz www.pbtech.co.nz And while I'd agree with Piroska for mechanical hard drives, for SSDs Samsung is one of the best. Another good option if you don't want to go to Pbtech www.computerlounge.co.nz |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1462727 | 2019-07-28 22:49:00 | Ideally you'd have your OS on the M2 drive since it will be considerably quicker than the SSDs and won't make much of a difference in gaming performance. The M2 drive might "use" one of the SATA ports that one of those drives are currently using - check your motherboard manual to see if SATA 0 or 1 is unavailable when using an M2 drive. |
autechre (266) | ||
| 1462728 | 2019-07-28 22:51:00 | Thanks for the replies. dugi this will be used for the main game locations, replacing one of the Samsung 250GB EVO's So may have to go up a spec or two. Although that 860 EVO from PB might do the job. I'll retain the 500GB mechanical drive for storage. |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1462729 | 2019-07-29 06:33:00 | Ideally you'd have your OS on the M2 drive since it will be considerably quicker than the SSDs and won't make much of a difference in gaming performance. The M2 drive might "use" one of the SATA ports that one of those drives are currently using - check your motherboard manual to see if SATA 0 or 1 is unavailable when using an M2 drive. Yes I was thinking the OS would be better on the M.2 drive. Bit of hassle having to reinstall it though. You are right about it cancelling out one of the sata ports. |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1462730 | 2019-07-29 07:36:00 | You could clone your HDD to the M.2. It won't take too long. | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1462731 | 2019-07-29 08:18:00 | Is that wise, other than the OS there is nothing on it I need to save. | Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1462732 | 2019-07-29 08:26:00 | It gives you a complete copy of the existing OS. Otherwise if it is only the operating system, you could do a clean install of Win10. Just remember to disconnect all the other drives until the new OS is installed and is up and running. | Bryan (147) | ||
| 1462733 | 2019-07-29 22:41:00 | This is number one on my list www.samsung.com |
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