Should I move my OS on my SATA SSD to M.2 SSD?

[benjikind]

Bought a 1tb m.2 ssd for games, should I clone OS onto the m.2 as well?

[GoldenLag]

what Sata SSD do you have? its unlikely you will get a difference if its a good Sata drive. 

 

also what Nvme drive? is it even NVMe or is it just Sata. 

[5x5]

What models are both drives? A good SATA drive can actually be faster and snappier than a cheapo NVMe drive.

[benjikind]

20 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

what Sata SSD do you have? its unlikely you will get a difference if its a good Sata drive. 

 

also what Nvme drive? is it even NVMe or is it just Sata. 

my OS SATA SSD is Samsung "830", and my new M.2 SSD is an XPG "SX8200 pro NVMe"

[GoldenLag]

5 minutes ago, benjikind said:

my OS SATA SSD is Samsung "830", and my new M.2 SSD is an XPG "SX8200 pro NVMe"

You will get a pretty good boost moving bootdrive, yes. 

[benjikind]

1 minute ago, GoldenLag said:

You will get a pretty good boost moving bootdrive, yes. 

Thanks for the help

[DanielNS84]

3 hours ago, benjikind said:

Thanks for the help

Quick note, I did this a while back (When I swapped to my new system, Intel 3rd-Gen to Intel 9th-Gen so it was a big leap) and it took a bit to find the right tool to move the data over (assuming a reinstall would be inconvenient). There's a program called "BackUpper" that I believe is made by Aomei that worked perfectly for me...even swapped it from MBR to GPT and everything booted right up. It's got a 1-click "move to new SSD" function that took care of everything. I think there's a trial for it available but not 100% sure.