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Hey guys, so I've dropped more money than I would like to admit today on my new UW 1440p build. The last thing I need is storage. I'm taking the two 840 EVOs (x1 250gb and x1 500gb) out of my current build. I don't need a lot of storage on my PC (right now my 250gb is 3/4 full, 500gb is about 80% full of games, and my 1TB HDD is like less than 20% full).

 

Since I've spent so much I'm trying to save as much as possible on this, and that's why unfortunatly I think Gen4 M.2 is out of the question. But my question is would I notice much difference if I bought a M.2 SSD for my boot drive (a 500gb or maybe 1TB), over just buying a 1TB HDD, and keeping my 250GB SATA as my boot drive. If so, which SSD do you recommend? Thanks!

Gaming Build:

CPU: Ryzen 7 3800x   |  GPU: Asus ROG STRIX 2080 SUPER Advanced (2115Mhz Core | 9251Mhz Memory) |  Motherboard: Asus X570 TUF GAMING-PLUS  |  RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws DDR4 3600MHz 16GB  |  PSU: Corsair RM850x  |  Storage: 1TB ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro, 250GB Samsung 840 Evo, 500GB Samsung 840 Evo  |  Cooler: Corsair H115i Pro XT  |  Case: Lian Li PC-O11

 

Peripherals:

Monitor: LG 34GK950F  |  Sound: Sennheiser HD 598  |  Mic: Blue Yeti  |  Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Platinum  |  Mouse: Logitech G502

 

Laptop:

Asus ROG Zephryus G15

Ryzen 7 4800HS, GTX1660Ti, 16GB DDR4 3200Mhz, 512GB nVME, 144hz

 

NAS:

QNAP TS-451

6TB Ironwolf Pro

 

 

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The a-data sx8200 pro 1tb m.2 gen3 ssd is pretty good for the price like 150bucks or so.

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