Need help choosing an SSD

[davec4]

Which of these SSD's would you recommend? It will be used for my operating system and also my storage.

 

Kingston KC3000 1tb: https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-KC3000-PCIe-NVMe-High-Performance/dp/B09K7F5VJQ?th=1

Samsung 980 Pro 1tb: https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-PCIe-Internal-Gaming-MZ-V8P1T0B/dp/B08GLX7TNT?th=1

Kingston Renegade 1tb: https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Renegade-Internal-SFYRS-1000G/dp/B09K3H2YHX?th=1

WD Black SN850 1tb: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KFS6THF/ref=twister_B09V3CLMVV?_encoding=UTF8&th=1

 

Thank you

 

[Ryuikko]

Do you really need the pcie gen 4 speeds? I'd get whatevers cheapest since they're all fine drives, that's not the worst price I've seen for the 1st Kingston drive, it's a pretty good perfromer

[Shimejii]

You dont need a 980 Pro as its way overkill, Gen 4 SSD's are still pretty much not utilized well on PC unless you are doing MASSIVE file size transfers. DirectStorage is still years away. A decent quality NVME 3.0 SSD will do fine. Generally Samsung 970 Evo, or a Crucial p2 one should be good.

 

 

[brob]

10 minutes ago, davec4 said:

Which of these SSD's would you recommend? It will be used for my operating system and also my storage.

 

Kingston KC3000 1tb: https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-KC3000-PCIe-NVMe-High-Performance/dp/B09K7F5VJQ?th=1

Samsung 980 Pro 1tb: https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-PCIe-Internal-Gaming-MZ-V8P1T0B/dp/B08GLX7TNT?th=1

Kingston Renegade 1tb: https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Renegade-Internal-SFYRS-1000G/dp/B09K3H2YHX?th=1

WD Black SN850 1tb: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KFS6THF/ref=twister_B09V3CLMVV?_encoding=UTF8&th=1

 

Thank you

 

 

They are all pretty decent. You may want to check pricing on the SN770. Competitive with the SN850 and usually a bit less expensive.

[davec4]

I've heard that some drives get really hot and slow down a lot after filling them up. Is that a concern with any of these? They are all around the same price so I want to know which is the best choice. Thanks for the help!

[An0maly_76]

None of them. Get a WD Blue SN570 and call it a day. Anything faster is a waste of money for at least one more generation of processor, maybe two. Food for thought, I exchanged that exact WD Black for the M.2 I recommend and it serves my 5900X / RTX3060ti just fine. Scores better than expected on CB R23 too.

Edited August 7, 2022 by An0maly_76
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