[SOLVED] 120gb vs 500gb

[anjris]

Hi

i have a MSI z390 meg ace mobo which has total 3 m.2 slots

in M2_1 slot i have installed the WD 120gb sata m.2 ssd

in M2_2 slot i have installed the Samsung 860 evo 500gb sata m.2 ssd

now i want to install windows 10. In which drive shall I install the windows 10. So that my pc won't get throttle.

because i have read that m2_1 slot is directly accessible by cpu and m2_2 will be transit through chipset.

please help me here

 

[USAFRet]

Then why they have given 3 slot where 3rd slot which is accessible thru cpu and other 2 by chipset?

Because there is only a certain amount of lanes available. CPU or chipset.
Barring other conflicts, x4 is x4.

 

[anjris]

So

Because there is only a certain amount of lanes available. CPU or chipset.
Barring other conflicts, x4 is x4.

ok

then its better to install windows in m.2 slot which is directly accessible thru cpu not chipset.

it will par the performance

 

[rgd1101]

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/120gb-vs-500gb.3537663/post-21370649
already told you, all of them is thru chipset

unless you getting a ryzen system.

 

[Jason H.]

Then why they have given 3 slot where 3rd slot which is accessible thru cpu and other 2 by chipset?

The point here is, the differance is so small it just dont matter in 99% of cases you would be using it for.

 

[JoesSoftware]

Have a look at an old windows 10 system that have been running for 3/4 years.

The windows folder grows to 80GB, the appdata folder is also 80GB or so. The apps themselves are small, but the files, templates, cache, settings they produce and place on the appdata roaming folders are massive.

I would put the OS and apps on the 500GB drive and put the documents, appdata folders on the 120GB folder.

It makes re-install easy when you have the users folder on a different partition or drive. You just format the primary drive and reinstall windows. Job done.

 

[popatim]

Have a look at an old windows 10 system that have been running for 3/4 years.

The windows folder grows to 80GB, the appdata folder is also 80GB or so. The apps themselves are small, but the files, templates, cache, settings they produce and place on the appdata roaming folders are massive.

This isn't 100% correct. It all depends on what you do with these PC's. Installing & playing games will definitely end up like this as the App data and your documents folder are typical save places and can't really be moved off of C: without causing other headaches.

But if you have certain software that you use, and that's all you install then C: will barely grow at all even after 8 years.

 

[USAFRet]

Save docs wherever you want.
But don't move the whole AppData folder to elsewhere.