Updating my storage

[pippu]

Hey, I am planning to update the drives on my pc, right now I have the following:

 

Kingston SSDNOW V200 128GB (2012) Operating system.

Samsung 1TB SpinPoint (2010) Music, games ect...

Samsung 850 PRO 256GB (2014) More important games and programs

 

So, I will most definitely upgrade the HDD to a SSD, probably a Samsung 850 EVO 1TB(about 320€).

 

Then I need a new 1TB SSD for VST instruments and samples (Komplete 10 Ultimate is 440GB alone...), that means a second 850 EVO 1TB.

 

Now, the big question, should i upgrade the C drive (Kingston SSDNOW V200 128GB)? It is nearly 5 years old and I am afraid that it will die. I could move the operating system to the 850 PRO 256GB and move the data from the 850 PRO to the new 850 EVO 1TB. Great option since it costs nothing.

 

Or should I buy a new SSD for the operating system? I have been looking those M.2 drives, 256GB Samsung 950 PRO goes for about 200€ in Finland right now. Is it worth it?

 

My motherboard is Asus Z97-A

[KemoKa]

Now, the big question, should i upgrade the C drive (Kingston SSDNOW V200 128GB)? It is nearly 5 years old and I am afraid that it will die. I could move the operating system to the 850 PRO 256GB and move the data from the 850 PRO to the new 850 EVO 1TB. Great option since it costs nothing.

Definitely do this, and then use the V200 as a scratch disk or something (which is what you should have done as soon as you got the 850 Pro, to be brutally honest).

 

Edit: I would personally stick with the HDD to save money for now, unless you have the cash to spare on the 1TB SSD.

 

Or should I buy a new SSD for the operating system? I have been looking those M.2 drives, 256GB Samsung 950 PRO goes for about 200€ in Finland right now. Is it worth it?

 

In all likelihood your motherboard, being a Z97 board, won't support the new format standard of PCIe Gen3 M.2 SSDs unless you plug it into an adapter and into one of the PCIe slots. And then your motherboard will need to support NVMe, which isn't guaranteed. In any case, I don't think the performance increase will even be noticeable in a normal desktop situation. The boot times will be identical or perhaps(?) even slower on the 950 because PCIe drives take longer to initialize than SATA. Imo it's not worth the extra cost.

[pippu]

Edit: I would personally stick with the HDD to save money for now, unless you have the cash to spare on the 1TB SSD.

The HDD is nearly 6 years old, I am afraid that it might explode at any moment...

 

Maybe I just go with 2 x 850 EVO 1TB and move windows to the 850 PRO. I don't need the second 1TB SSD yet, I will wait for Komplete 11 UItimate (1 000€, 440GB software that comes on its own hard drive!)