Question Add NVME Drive For Secondary Storage

[jsimp2023]

I have my primary OS on a SSD Drive.

I want to add a NVME drive for secondary storage. How would I set this up?

 

[NanoSuit3]

The opposite. Set the NVME as the boot drive as it's probably faster and the SSD as the secondary using Storage Spaces in Control Panel.

 

[jsimp2023]

The opposite. Set the NVME as the boot drive as it's probably faster and the SSD as the secondary using Storage Sense in Control Panel.

oh -
I assume I'd install the OS on the nvme, then transfer data?
Is there a guide to do this?

 

[NanoSuit3]

I mean if you just want to use the SSD as your primary then by all means. Same scenario to adding NVME, use Storage Spaces in Control Panel; there you should see your NVME as unallocated storage; create a Local Disk out of it and give it a name, whatever & set it to single resilience as it's just one drive and max storage and I think that's it.

 

[Zerk2012]

oh -
I assume I'd install the OS on the nvme, then transfer data?
Is there a guide to do this?

For your average user it's not going to matter if you use the SSD or m.2 drive to boot from.
You could just add the m.2 drive format it and add a couple folders and download anything you need to one of those folders.

 

[jsimp2023]

For your average user it's not going to matter if you use the SSD or m.2 drive to boot from.
You could just add the m.2 drive format it and add a couple folders and download anything you need to one of those folders.

Average user....it's for my sons computer.....
he games...A LOT....i thought this would increase load time of games etc.

 

[Zerk2012]

Average user....it's for my sons computer.....
he games...A LOT....i thought this would increase load time of games etc.

It would decrease them a bit, make them load faster but not buy much unless you call a second or 2 faster.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt_iJTrzOus

 

[jsimp2023]

It would decrease them a bit, make them load faster but not buy much unless you call a second or 2 faster.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt_iJTrzOus

ah so an nvme drive is not much faster than an SSD drive as far as gaming is concerned

So it would be okay to set it up as secondary storage?

 

[Zerk2012]

ah so an nvme drive is not much faster than an SSD drive as far as gaming is concerned

So it would be okay to set it up as secondary storage?

Sure and easier to just plug it in and format it add a drive later and make a folder called games. When a new game is downloaded direct it to the folder name on that drive.

 

[jsimp2023]

Sure and easier to just plug it in and format it add a drive later and make a folder called games. When a new game is downloaded direct it to the folder name on that drive.

I've got the Ryzen 5 5600X and the MSI B550A Pro

does that mobo/chip combo play into speed diff between ssd and nvme?

 

[randyh121]

I've got the Ryzen 5 5600X and the MSI B550A Pro

does that mobo/chip combo play into speed diff between ssd and nvme?

No. All you need to do is plug it into the motherboard, open Disk Management, and format the drive.
To format the drive, right click on the drive that is unallocated, and press format. Just go with all the default options.
Now he can install games to it.
If you do not see the drive in Disk Management after plugging it into the motherboard, you may need to enable/disable some bios settings. But it should just show up once it is placed onto the motherboard.

 

[Zerk2012]

I've got the Ryzen 5 5600X and the MSI B550A Pro

does that mobo/chip combo play into speed diff between ssd and nvme?

If you were running synthetic benchmarks yes but for gaming no.

 

[USAFRet]

I've got the Ryzen 5 5600X and the MSI B550A Pro

does that mobo/chip combo play into speed diff between ssd and nvme?

I have that same CPU.
6x SSDs
1 PCIe 4.0
1 PCIe 3.0
6x SATA III

In typical use, it is really hard to tell the difference.


And for your use, you'd be interacting with both drives anyway.
NVMe = OS and applications
SATA III = games

Or, the other way around.

 

[jsimp2023]

I have that same CPU.
6x SSDs
1 PCIe 4.0
1 PCIe 3.0
6x SATA III

In typical use, it is really hard to tell the difference.


And for your use, you'd be interacting with both drives anyway.
NVMe = OS and applications
SATA III = games

Or, the other way around.

I've got it
NVMe - games
SATA III - OS Anad Apps

Been very happy with the build, just upgrade my gpu