Question Advice on NVMe SSD purchase ?

[veeljko23]

Current specs:
i3 12100f with stock cooler
H610M-A D4
2x8GB 3200MHZ Fury Beast CL16
GTX 1650 Super
LC power 6650 v2.2 - going to replace it soon aswell
Patriot Burst Elite 120GB & Seagate 250GB HDD

Here are the sites im shopping from

Online prodaja Laptopova, Računara i komponenti | Monitor - Samo najbolje!

Online prodaja Laptopova, Računara i komponenti | Monitor - Samo najbolje!

www.monitor.rs

https://www.exceed.rs/racunarske-komponente/hard-diskovi/0/262/0-0

https://atom.rs/?gid=176

My budget is around 7000din - ~$60 and im looking for a 500gb unit since thats what fits my bugdet, im going to use it as the system drive but i doubt that there is a unit with dram within my budget + it willl also be game storage

 

[Aeacus]

and im looking for a 500gb unit

Only viable option is Samsung 980,
link: https://www.monitor.rs/ssd-diskovi/500-GB-Samsung-980-MZ-V8V500BW

It is also the best regarding M.2 NVMe SSDs, due to it's very good performance and reliability.
Review: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/samsung-980-m2-nvme-ssd-review

I too have Samsung NVMe drives in use, the same 980 1TB as OS drive in my Haswell build and 970 Evo Plus 2TB as OS drive in my main rig, Skylake. Oh, and on top of that, both PCs also have Samsung 870 Evo 2TB SATA SSDs as data drives.

 

[Lutfij]

You could get this;
https://www.monitor.rs/ssd-diskovi/500-GB-Crucial-CT500P3SSD8
or this;
https://www.monitor.rs/ssd-diskovi/500-GB-Samsung-980-MZ-V8V500BW

Just make sure that your motherboard is on the latest BIOS, then drop the SSD(one out of the above two I've listed) in the M.2_1 slot.

 

[veeljko23]

You could get this;
https://www.monitor.rs/ssd-diskovi/500-GB-Crucial-CT500P3SSD8
or this;
https://www.monitor.rs/ssd-diskovi/500-GB-Samsung-980-MZ-V8V500BW

Just make sure that your motherboard is on the latest BIOS, then drop the SSD(one out of the above two I've listed) in the M.2_1 slot.

Ive been on the motherboards site now and im confused how does bios update work on mine, could you explain me a bit?

 

[Lutfij]

Use CPU-Z and see what your BIOS version is listed as under Mainboard tab.

 

[veeljko23]

Use CPU-Z and see what your BIOS version is listed as under Mainboard tab.

1402

 

[Lutfij]

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There are 3 BIOS versions listed above your BIOS version. Those are the ones pending an update. Follow the steps outlined in your motherboard manual, here, page 2-3, section 2.3, titled Asus EZ Flash 3. Update the BIOS to either the latest version or you can gradually your way up to the latest version.

 

[veeljko23]

You could get this;
https://www.monitor.rs/ssd-diskovi/500-GB-Crucial-CT500P3SSD8
or this;
https://www.monitor.rs/ssd-diskovi/500-GB-Samsung-980-MZ-V8V500BW

Just make sure that your motherboard is on the latest BIOS, then drop the SSD(one out of the above two I've listed) in the M.2_1 slot.

Im gonna fo to store today and i still havent decided, what would you get? 980 or p3?