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Two SSDs, which one for booting, which one to install Steam on?

WedgeBob
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Hello guys,

 

I have two different SSDs on hand, and need to know which you would find better for booting Windows and which one would be better for installing Steam on.  Both are in the 500GB-ish class.

 

Intel 730 SSD 480GB

Samsung 850 EVO 500GB

 

Between these two, which one would do better for booting Windows and running general apps, and which one would be better for installing Steam on for gaming?  These seem to be the two best SSDs for both purposes, but needed to know which ones were better for which one. 

 

Also, I do have a 7200 RPM 4TB Seagate HDD for general storage, and for apps that don't need that extra boost of speed.

 

Thanks,

WedgeBob

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Intel 730 for boot and Samsung 850 EVO for Steam.

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tbh i would have put most games on the 4TB and some of the smaller games on the 850 evo.

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Intel 730 for boot and Samsung 850 EVO for Steam.

^ Sure..? 

 

Doesn't really matter though.

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^ Sure..? 

 

Doesn't really matter though.

Well yeah it would be fine on any but Intel 730 is MLC and Samsung 850 Evo is TLC, also 850 Evo is much cheaper so you could get bigger capacity for more storage.

| Ryzen 7 7800X3D | AM5 B650 Aorus Elite AX | G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5 32GB 6000MHz C30 | Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Samsung 990 PRO 1TB with heatsink | Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360 | Seasonic Focus GX-850 | Lian Li Lanccool III | Mousepad: Skypad 3.0 XL / Zowie GTF-X | Mouse: Zowie S1-C | Keyboard: Ducky One 3 TKL (Cherry MX-Speed-Silver) | Beyerdynamic MMX 300 (2nd Gen) | Acer XV272U | OS: Windows 11 |

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