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So I just ordered a prebuilt custom system it only has a 500GB SSD and I know that I will need more in the future.. What is the best SSD to get aimed towards gaming, etc? I need about 1TB of storage


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An SSD is an SSD. There's nothing to gain from getting something marketed as a "gaming" SSD.

I'd just get the cheapest one from a reputable brand that has the capacity you want. MX500, EVO 860, some form of Intel, etc.

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4 minutes ago, MarcusDevo said:

What is the best SSD to get aimed towards gaming, etc? I need about 1TB of storage

Get a Samsung 860 EVO or Crucial MX500. They're the best SATA SSDs on the market.

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6 minutes ago, MarcusDevo said:

So I just ordered a prebuilt custom system it only has a 500GB SSD and I know that I will need more in the future.. What is the best SSD to get aimed towards gaming, etc? I need about 1TB of storage


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Marcus

Boot drive or Game Storage drive?

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4 minutes ago, Taf the Ghost said:

WD Blue, Team Group L5 Lite 3D, Adata SU800, Crucial MX500, Samsung 860 EVO or the 860 QVO. All of those will work great. And at least one of them should be available reasonably priced at 1 TB in size.

the 660p is NVMe and 1TB for 109$, you might want to get that

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1 minute ago, NunoLava1998 said:

the 660p is NVMe and 1TB for 109$, you might want to get that

If he has a NVMe slot open. As this is the secondary drive, he might already have that populated. Also, that's in the States. Not sure the price where he is.

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If he has a NVMe slot open. As this is the secondary drive, he might already have that populated. Also, that's in the States. Not sure the price where he is.

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On 3/30/2019 at 11:22 AM, MarcusDevo said:

So I just ordered a prebuilt custom system it only has a 500GB SSD and I know that I will need more in the future.. What is the best SSD to get aimed towards gaming, etc? I need about 1TB of storage

On 3/30/2019 at 11:24 AM, dizmo said:

An SSD is an SSD. There's nothing to gain from getting something marketed as a "gaming" SSD.

I'd just get the cheapest one from a reputable brand that has the capacity you want. MX500, EVO 860, some form of Intel, etc.

But GaMiNg sSd'S provide the best more RGB make play fast more go win frag! <marketing department dies>

On 3/30/2019 at 11:27 AM, r2724r16 said:

Get a Samsung 860 EVO or Crucial MX500. They're the best SATA SSDs on the market.

I second this - Samsung's 8XX Evo drives or Crucial's MX500 series provide the best value to performance to reliability in the SATA SSD market.

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So what I thought was to get like a 1 or 2TB M.2 NVME SSD do you win anything by getting that or is the improve so little that it won't matter?

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14 minutes ago, MarcusDevo said:

1 or 2TB M.2 NVME SSD do you win anything by getting that or is the improve so little that it won't matter?

adata sx6000 lite is also a great budget option.

because nvme are so cheap now, I would suggest one of those.

 

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