Which drive for OS? (windows)

[eb2k]

Hey, I purchased an Intel 660p 1TB M.2 drive and I was wondering if I should buy a Samsung Evo 250gb just for my OS. I understand that the m.2 is much faster, but I have also read that it becomes much slower the more I fill it up. Should I buy the 2.5-inch just for my OS? Or just throw everything on the Intel M.2? Will there be a noticeable difference from having my OS on the m.2?

[Firewrath9]

no, first of all, don't buy samsung, just throw everything on the 660p, you can overprovision it. If you want a boot drive, get a 500GB one, for like 50$

[eb2k]

1 minute ago, Firewrath9 said:

no, first of all, don't buy samsung, just throw everything on the 660p, you can overprovision it. If you want a boot drive, get a 500GB one, for like 50$

Ok so in that case, I should buy the 500Gb 2.5-inch just for my OS? 500GB seems like overkill just for my OS, no? 

[Firewrath9]

3 minutes ago, eb2k said:

Ok so in that case, I should buy the 500Gb 2.5-inch just for my OS? 500GB seems like overkill just for my OS, no? 

you can put other things on their too. if you need a lot of space, the sure. else, putting it on the 660p is fine.

[eb2k]

Just now, Firewrath9 said:

you can put other things on their too. if you need a lot of space, the sure. else, putting it on the 660p is fine.

Thank you, this computer will be primarily for schoolwork and gaming so I won't need tons of storage. I'm thinking 250gb 2.5 for my OS and everything else on the 660p. That way if I will ever need (which I doubt) I will have extra space on the 2.5.

[Firewrath9]

6 minutes ago, eb2k said:

Thank you, this computer will be primarily for schoolwork and gaming so I won't need tons of storage. I'm thinking 250gb 2.5 for my OS and everything else on the 660p. That way if I will ever need (which I doubt) I will have extra space on the 2.5.

then get a dramless, like a BX500 or a inland professional one

[AbydosOne]

36 minutes ago, eb2k said:

Hey, I purchased an Intel 660p 1TB M.2 drive and I was wondering if I should buy a Samsung Evo 250gb just for my OS. I understand that the m.2 is much faster, but I have also read that it becomes much slower the more I fill it up. Should I buy the 2.5-inch just for my OS? Or just throw everything on the Intel M.2? Will there be a noticeable difference from having my OS on the m.2?

Don't bother buying another drive. Especially don't put your OS on a slower SSD (NVMe is much, much better than SATA). If anything, buy a HDD for mass storage (much better price to storage ratio).

 

"Much slower" is relative. It's still an M.2 NVMe SSD, and the difference will hardly be noticeable in day-to-day use. High used space mainly effects write speeds, not reads (and most workloads are read).

[Firewrath9]

4 minutes ago, Alexsolo said:

What's wrong with Samsung?

expensive.

970 evo 500GB is 30$ more expensive than corsair MP510 1TB, and performs within 5-10%. Corsair MP510 has more TBW per day than the 970 Pro 1TB (not the 500GB 970 evo, not the 1TB 970 evo, the 1TB 970 pro)

860 evo 1TB is 30$ more expensive than the NVMe Corsair MP510 1TB, and performs much worse. Corsair MP510 has longer warranty and TBW

860 Qvo is more expensive than 660p, etc.

860 pro is a joke,

970 pro 1TB is more expensive than 2 1TB MP510s, etc.

[eb2k]

3 hours ago, AbydosOne said:

Don't bother buying another drive. Especially don't put your OS on a slower SSD (NVMe is much, much better than SATA). If anything, buy a HDD for mass storage (much better price to storage ratio).

 

"Much slower" is relative. It's still an M.2 NVMe SSD, and the difference will hardly be noticeable in day-to-day use. High used space mainly effects write speeds, not reads (and most workloads are read).

I already bought my 660p M.2 drive. So what I was able to pull from your statement was not to buy any additional drives, just throw everything on my m.2? I just figured I might as well have a standalone drive for my OS, as I don't think there will be a noticeable difference in boot times between the two drives.