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spellmanuk
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So I want to buy an SSD and since my motherboard supports it I thought I'd get an m.2 SSD now I'm on a tight budget so I was thinking would this 120gb Kingston drive be enough to hold windows 10 pro and say a game or two? (I have a 3tb drive to store everything else) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01BCEYJPY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_rdm6xbPB3GHFK

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Yes, 120GB can take Windows 10. It can take some games too, but not too large ones (GTA:V for example, with ~65GB of data). 

As for M.2 - you do not get any speed advantage (since it is not PCIe NVMe supported), you might as well go standard SATA. Some SSDs actually work better over SATA3 connection. 

 

I personally had a 120GB SSD, though it filled up rather quickly with my personal data and other stuff, so I upgraded to 250GB after 2 months. And after some time to 512GB - I have a lot of stuff on my PC...

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1 hour ago, peej said:

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Hi there peej :)

 

What's your motherboard's model? Does it support PCIe SSDs or just SATA SSDs? Have you checked the specific M.2 key that the motherboard supports? 

 

Windows OS typically takes up about 35GB to 40GB with all updates and drivers so a 120GB should be enough. You can move the pagefile to another storage drive and disable hibernation in order to save some storage space on the SSD and redirect all your media and downloads to the storage HDD. 

 

Mind that those 120GB will be quickly filled with other data as @jj9987 pointed out. 

 

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1 hour ago, Captain_WD said:

Hi there peej :)

 

What's your motherboard's model? Does it support PCIe SSDs or just SATA SSDs? Have you checked the specific M.2 key that the motherboard supports? 

 

Windows OS typically takes up about 35GB to 40GB with all updates and drivers so a 120GB should be enough. You can move the pagefile to another storage drive and disable hibernation in order to save some storage space on the SSD and redirect all your media and downloads to the storage HDD. 

 

Mind that those 120GB will be quickly filled with other data as @jj9987 pointed out. 

 

Captain_WD. 

 

i belive my motherboard is a m.2 sata connection the motherboard model is Gigabyte Z97-D3H 

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2 hours ago, peej said:

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According to the manual and tech specs of the motherboard you should easily use both SATA and PCIe M.2 SSDs with M key and 2242, 2260 and 2280 sizes. Mind that using the M.2 slot will disable your SATA Express and SATAIII 4th and 5th ports. 

 

The SSD that you have chosen should work perfectly fine. :)

 

Captain_WD. 

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Just now, Captain_WD said:

According to the manual and tech specs of the motherboard you should easily use both SATA and PCIe M.2 SSDs with M key and 2242, 2260 and 2280 sizes. Mind that using the M.2 slot will disable your SATA Express and SATAIII 4th and 5th ports. 

 

The SSD that you have chosen should work perfectly fine. :)

 

Captain_WD. 

 

okay thanks man thats really helpfull since i have amazon prime it will be here tonight :D

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