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#1 ·
Okay so I currently have a 256gb SSD, haven't upgraded in like 4-5 years I think. I've come to realize that I need at least 500gb. I can't decide if I should go with another SATA or go with NVME.

What I do:
- Surf the web
- Play Games
- Virtual Desktops
- Remote Desktops
- Moderate Video/Picture editing

I also don't want to break the bank, want to keep it under $200
 
#2 ·
If you can wait a little longer to save up money, I would definitely go for something like a 500GB 960 EVO. Current price is $230 right now, and it will be faster than a sata ssd.
 
#3 ·
Hi,
Great prices on 850 evo or pro versions
Performance wise I doubt it's worth the extra money for a 960 at 500gb's.
 
#4 ·
My choice would be the Samsung 850 evo or Crucial MX300. The 500gb models are selling around $140. NVME will be slightly faster, but I dont think you will notice much with your usage scenario. I would opt for more capacity if moving to the $240-250 price range.

You could play the waiting game and see if prices drop on NVME... but I think there is just as much chance of them rising as there is of them dropping.
 
#5 ·
Hi,
I'd add that these M.2 devices also need a heat sink too depending on where they are installed
Some M.2 slots are right under the gpu a very hot object
Other places is next to ram slots another hot spot
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So it's just another expense to account for.
Here a 850 evo 500gb and a 850 pro 256gb bench test
Not great but they are not far apart numbers wise
 
#6 ·
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Originally Posted by ThrashZone View Post

Hi,
Great prices on 850 evo or pro versions
Performance wise I doubt it's worth the extra money for a 960 at 500gb's.
Coming from 500GB MX200 (SATA) to 250GB 960EVO (NVME) I can say speed difference is considerable for a disk that's used as well as OS/boot drive, for data drive difference is not that big.

So I am now using 250GB NVME for OS and few selected programs, 500GB SATA SSD for main programs and 12TB Baracuda Pro for data to get all benefits of fast drives where it makes sense, but keep cost down as well.

Before someone says that 12TB drive is too expensive, actually, it's not. Cost about same as multiple smaller drives making same capacity, but absolutely destroys them as for performance.

To summarize it,
- small NVME drive for OS/critical data
- bigger SATA SSD for programs/ important dat
- big spinning HDD for backups and rest of data

This is currently probably best price/performance combination for someone who can use 1x M.2 and 2xSATA.
 
#7 ·
You could also go with a Sata M.2 such as a 850EVO m.2 or crucial MX500 m.2. However the only benefit to doing that is that they use no cables. However they normally cost about the same as other Sata ssd options.
 
#8 ·
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Originally Posted by xrodney View Post

Coming from 500GB MX200 (SATA) to 250GB 960EVO (NVME) I can say speed difference is considerable for a disk that's used as well as OS/boot drive, for data drive difference is not that big.

So I am now using 250GB NVME for OS and few selected programs, 500GB SATA SSD for main programs and 12TB Baracuda Pro for data to get all benefits of fast drives where it makes sense, but keep cost down as well.

Before someone says that 12TB drive is too expensive, actually, it's not. Cost about same as multiple smaller drives making same capacity, but absolutely destroys them as for performance.

To summarize it,
- small NVME drive for OS/critical data
- bigger SATA SSD for programs/ important dat
- big spinning HDD for backups and rest of data

This is currently probably best price/performance combination for someone who can use 1x M.2 and 2xSATA.
Hi,
Only bad thing about very large hdd's is when not if they go out it's going to hurt
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#9 ·
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Originally Posted by ThrashZone View Post

Hi,
Only bad thing about very large hdd's is when not if they go out it's going to hurt
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That's true, but you can allways use backup or mirror/raid5.
The benefit of using 10/12TB Barracuda pro is that they are basically helium based enterprise storage disks and offer 5years warranty and 2 years of free data recovery service so they should be safer to use compared to normal desktop drives.
My 3TB program drive (dreaded ST3000VX000, worst drive Seagate ever made, last one still running will reach 40k operating hours this month) failed after almost 5 years so I needed replacement and bought his as the replacement. Luckily all Seagate drives that failed on me in past 10 years were easy to recover 99% data from them, unlike WD or IBM drives that usually just dropped dead.
Using another 10TB helium drive for some time and I am quite happy with it.

Actually, I am thinking about selling ours 1+8 drives NAS which I did not run for some time as its hot and noisy (for a bedroom at least) and replacing it with three of those in Raid 5.
 
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#14 ·
Not a lot of love for the NVMe drives, but I'd like to point out my new favorite drive, by Plextor.
https://www.amazon.com/Plextor-512GB-Solid-State-Heatsink-PX-512M8PeG/dp/B01JCXXRVE/ref=sr_1_2?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1516381577&sr=8-2&keywords=plextor

I've been using it as the OS drive for quite a few builds lately, and the speed is just crazy awesome. Granted, you don't see a huge difference just web browsing and such, but there is still a difference. Where you see a large difference is installing programs. Crazy awesome fast
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They are over $200 though. About $250 for the 500GB version. But worth it in my opinion. Five year warranty too
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If you don't want to go there, I've had great luck with the Crucial drives too.
 
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