ssd NVMe suggestion need help

[daphy]

Hello, I'm planning to buy two SSD NVMe M.2 for my PC. I need your help/suggestion and a little explanation will be helpful. Thank you.

 

Yes, I tried searching but it made me more confused about what to pick. 

1TB as primary storage for windows (e.g., OS and other windows files) and for workstation (e.g., Adobe, Blender, etc. "video editing, photoshop, 3d modeling")

2TB as secondary storage for other stuffs (e.g., games, movies, pictures, etc)

 

My for budget Primary is around USD 125 / PHP 6000 - 7000.
My current pick for Primary is AORUS Gen4 7000s SSD 1TB

AORUS Gen4 7000s SSD 1TB - Link

 

My for budget Primary is around USD 110 / PHP 5000 - 6000.
My current pick for Primary is Kingston NV2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

Kingston NV2 2TB - Link

 

Feel free to suggest other brands.

 

Additional Information:

CPU: R9 5900x

GPU: RTX 2060 (Will upgrade in the future)

Motherboard: ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING

PSU: Thermaltake Smart 730 W

RAM: 32gb 3600mhz CL16 

 

[johnno23]

As long as you choose quality you should be fine. Myself I always went Samsung as they have a proven record but recently picked up a couple of the corsair ones ...to be honest that really high speed that newer SSD have is not noticable if it is for gaming...only load times might be improved a little. right now as I do have some cash to spare I have been investing in the older gen SSD's for future use as they are simply such good value and nothing wrong with them at all. but PCI gen 5 is the new shiny and the prices reflect that.

Just choose what you need that fits your budget and stick to good brand names and you will be fine.

What you have selected are both good but everyone has their favourite so no need to listen to my praise of samsung ssd...i just had better luck with them and my first Crucial SSD a few years back died after a year ?? Crucial is a brand with very high rep back then so a little bit of luck is needed as anything can break .

[daphy]

4 minutes ago, johnno23 said:

As long as you choose quality you should be fine. Myself I always went Samsung as they have a proven record but recently picked up a couple of the corsair ones ...to be honest that really high speed that newer SSD have is not noticable if it is for gaming...only load times might be improved a little. right now as I do have some cash to spare I have been investing in the older gen SSD's for future use as they are simply such good value and nothing wrong with them at all. but PCI gen 5 is the new shiny and the prices reflect that.

Just choose what you need that fits your budget and stick to good brand names and you will be fine.

What you have selected are both good but everyone has their favourite so no need to listen to my praise of samsung ssd...i just had better luck with them and my first Crucial SSD a few years back died after a year ?? Crucial is a brand with very high rep back then so a little bit of luck is needed as anything can break .

Yes, thank you for that but I just need some other opinions about those brands or other suggestion. It's kinda hard to buy parts in my country since they are too expensive for example a Samsung 980 Pro 1TB cost around PHP 9,000 which I think it's around $160 - $170.

[johnno23]

ouch that is expensive I have heard good things about the gigabyte Aourus ssds though and funnily enough those here are more expensive than the samsung by around 30%

 

EDIT those here tells you nothing...I live and work in China and the Aorus ssds are way more expensive than Samsung ones no idea why but that just how it is these days.

[Weezy]

2 hours ago, daphy said:

Hello, I'm planning to buy two SSD NVMe M.2 for my PC. I need your help/suggestion and a little explanation will be helpful. Thank you.

 

Yes, I tried searching but it made me more confused about what to pick. 

1TB as primary storage for windows (e.g., OS and other windows files) and for workstation (e.g., Adobe, Blender, etc. "video editing, photoshop, 3d modeling")

2TB as secondary storage for other stuffs (e.g., games, movies, pictures, etc)

 

My for budget Primary is around USD 125 / PHP 6000 - 7000. My current choose for Primary is AORUS Gen4 7000s SSD 1TB

AORUS Gen4 7000s SSD 1TB - Link

 

My for budget Primary is around USD 110 / PHP 5000 - 6000. My current choose for Primary is Kingston NV2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

Kingston NV2 2TB - Link

 

Feel free to suggest other brands.

 

 

 

You listed Gen 4 SSD;s. My first question is does your motherboard support Gen 4 in both slots? If not, it may be more reasonable to look at Gen 3 SSD's, which can be less expensive and more in your budget. You won't likely notice any actual difference between Gen 3 and Gen 4 in most applications. About the only time you may notice a difference is when moving large amounts of files in between the two drives.

 

[daphy]

 

13 minutes ago, Weezy said:

You listed Gen 4 SSD;s. My first question is does your motherboard support Gen 4 in both slots? If not, it may be more reasonable to look at Gen 3 SSD's, which can be less expensive and more in your budget. You won't likely notice any actual difference between Gen 3 and Gen 4 in most applications. About the only time you may notice a difference is when moving large amounts of files in between the two drives.

 

I added additional information. Yes, I think my mobo supports 1 gen 4 and 1 gen 3. What do you think about Crucial P3 for gen 3 slot?

[Weezy]

On 2/2/2023 at 4:28 PM, daphy said:

 

I added additional information. Yes, I think my mobo supports 1 gen 4 and 1 gen 3. What do you think about Crucial P3 for gen 3 slot?

Crucial P3 is a solid choice in my opinion.