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Don't add unnecessary complication. A SSD is generally fast enough already for sequential transfers, and you might negatively impact random transfers from raid. Either run them as separate drives, or get a single bigger drive.

 

Also NVMe and SATA pricing isn't meaningfully different nowadays so it doesn't matter.

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Just get a single 2tb drive. Also nvme for pure game storage is stupid 

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4 minutes ago, FloRolf said:

Just get a single 2tb drive. Also nvme for pure game storage is stupid 

Why NVME for pure game storage is stupid? Almost all games benefit from SSD, so i install all my games on SSD, only if i don't have space i move the games less depending on write/read speed on the HDD. 

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Don't add unnecessary complication. A SSD is generally fast enough already for sequential transfers, and you might negatively impact random transfers from raid. Either run them as separate drives, or get a single bigger drive.

 

Also NVMe and SATA pricing isn't meaningfully different nowadays so it doesn't matter.

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1 minute ago, porina said:

Don't add unnecessary complication. A SSD is generally fast enough already for sequential transfers, and you might negatively impact random transfers from raid. Either run them as separate drives, or get a single bigger drive.

 

Also NVMe and SATA pricing isn't meaningfully different nowadays so it doesn't matter.

Ah, okay. Thanks!

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3 minutes ago, FloRolf said:

Just get a single 2tb drive. Also nvme for pure game storage is stupid 

He's not entirely wrong, however blunt. You're not going to notice much of any difference during in-game performance from a SATA SSD vs. a M.2 NVMe SSD. You'd be better off just going with a 2TB now and adding another later on when they're even cheaper. If you have your head set on RAID for redundancy I would refer you to this article. 

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