Help with choosing storage.

[ToPpeR]

I have never before build a pc from scratch and therefore am I asking for help with choosing my storage. 

I want to have a Corsair Force MP500 240GB M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD as my boot drive, but I doubted the chose because I have read it is not possible to do so. So my question is, is it possible to make that Corsair Force MP500 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD my boot drive? 

If it is not possible to use the Corsair Force MP500 as a boot drive, would it then be possible to use Samsung 860 EVO?

I will also mention that it will be a fresh install of windows everything will be completely new.

Parts in my computer listed below.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1800X 3.6 GHz 8 Core

MOBO: ASUS X370-I Gaming

Memory: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 MHz

GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Armor OC

PSU: SilverStone SFX Series SX700-LPT

Storage: 

As boot drive if possible: Corsair Force MP500 240GB M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD

Big storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB HHD 

OS: Windows 10

Cooler: NZXT Kraken X52

[Lenovo1984]

Do you really need an NVMe drive for booting?

[meenmeen1103]

Where did you read it wasn't possible to boot from that drive with your motherboard? 

[AvocadosGuac]

DOnt buy an 1800x. Buy a 2700. Its a .5 generation upgrade

[knightslugger]

17 minutes ago, ToPpeR said:

I want to have a Corsair Force MP500 240GB M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD as my boot drive

Why?

[ToPpeR]

Well, I don't really need an NVMe for booting, an SSD would also be fine I guess as told I don't know a whole lot about it. So if I understand you right, an SSD would be more than enough for a boot drive?

 

 

[ToPpeR]

17 minutes ago, Jrock said:

DOnt buy an 1800x. Buy a 2700. Its a .5 generation upgrade

Thanks, i will look into that. 

[ToPpeR]

3 minutes ago, ToPpeR said:

Thanks, i will look into that. 

As I can see from where i live in the world (Denmark) there is a price difference on around 10 USD with the AMD Ryzen 7 2700x and the 2700, so wich would you go for with this build?

 

[knightslugger]

6 minutes ago, ToPpeR said:

Well, I don't really need an NVMe for booting, an SSD would also be fine I guess as told I don't know a whole lot about it. So if I understand you right, an SSD would be more than enough for a boot drive?

 

 

both of what you are thinking of (SATA and NVMe) are Solid State Drives. one has a much higher throughput, but the latency on both types are nearly identical. response time and boot speeds are perceptually the same.

 

Honestly, unless you have a use case where you KNOW you need/want NVMe, SATA will do just fine at half the cost (or double the capacity, which effectively doubles the longevity, aka TBW)

[ToPpeR]

2 minutes ago, knightslugger said:

both of what you are thinking of (SATA and NVMe) are Solid State Drives. one has a much higher throughput, but the latency on both types are nearly identical. response time and boot speeds are perceptually the same.

 

Honestly, unless you have a use case where you KNOW you need/want NVMe, SATA will do just fine at half the cost (or double the capacity, which effectively doubles the longevity, aka TBW)

Okay, I think I understand know. I appreciate the help a lot! 

[Lenovo1984]

1 hour ago, ToPpeR said:

Okay, I think I understand know. I appreciate the help a lot! 

I'd just go with a SATA drive as a boot disk. Any decent SATA SSDs should do fine. You'd be able to get more storage for your money that way.