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I just wanted to know if I can run a computer fully off of ssd drives or m.2 nvme drives. No hard drives 

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3 minutes ago, easyfreezy82 said:

I just wanted to know if I can run a computer fully off of ssd drives or m.2 nvme drives. No hard drives 

The computer doesn't care, but your hard drive will cry.

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

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15 minutes ago, easyfreezy82 said:

I just wanted to know if I can run a computer fully off of ssd drives or m.2 nvme drives. No hard drives 

Yep, that's not a problem. I'm using a single 500GB SSD in my build right now. 

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As long as your motherboard supports whatever option you pick (ie. Don't try to put an m.2 into an old MoBo that doesn't have a slot for it), your computer will just use it like any other drive. Most, if not all Ultra-portables laptops have been SSD or m.2 nvme only for the last few years. I think Apple have been using them since 2013 in their Macbooks. So, there are probably tens of millions of computers out there using only SSD or m.2 nvme.

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As long as a storage device is present to hold the operating system, no problem. Hell, SSDs work as far back as SATA one days, long before they were even invented. They use the same protocols so they are seen as the same thing.

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