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M.2 Advice

Mazeballz
By Mazeballz
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So my current M.2 is a Samsung 960 Pro (512mb) with reads of 3500mb/s and writes of 2100mb/s. I just recently purchased a Sabrent Rocket (1TB) with reads of 3400mb/s & writes of 3000mb/s. I stream and edit videos so one of these are being scratched to hell. Currently, the Samsung has had the OS and has had the burden of being my scratch disk as well. Wondering if I should throw the OS and programs on the Sabrent and use the Samsung specifically for scratch. Or... continue as is treating the Sabrent as additional drive space. Or... something else. Would like some input. Thanks!

 

Edit: This is on a z370 asus maximus hero x, so they should both run at full speed.

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I would rather use the Sabrent as the scratch, instead of moving the OS.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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Yeah, I imagine it'd probably be better to do that anyways with the Sabrent's faster write speeds. Samsung reads slightly faster so theoretically, although totally not noticeable (lol), it should be the stronger boot drive. I'm no expert, but it makes sense to me.

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