[SOLVED] Buying another SSD

[Patrick1264]

So I purchased a new Samgsung 980 SSD for my system it's rated read speed is 3500 Megabytes per sec. My existing ssd has a read speed of 2400 MBs. which one should shoulder the OS? is the speed noticably different in use?
i7-10700K
1TB WD Blue SN550 Series PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD
ASUS PRIME Z490-V
GeForce RTX™ 3080
RM850x power supply

 

[popatim]

Nvme drives aren't noticeably different then Sata SSD's for most users. Still I would load the OS on the faster drive

 

[SkyNetRising]

So I purchased a new Samgsung 980 SSD for my system it's rated read speed is 3500 Megabytes per sec. My existing ssd has a read speed of 2400 MBs. which one should shoulder the OS? is the speed noticably different in use?

Doesn't really matter. Perceivable performance difference - close to none.
Put OS on drive, that has higher endurance ratings.

 

[sonofjesse]

either way won't matter a ton. You can install games to whatever drive you want.

If you redirect your docs to D drive, you might want that data on the new drive since in theory it will last longer than the older drive?

Or I would want the 980 on the C drive, to make the boot drive the fastest.

Doubt it will matter a dimes difference either way in the real world.

If you don't need the space you could mirror it or use storage spaces, or use file history.

 

[Patrick1264]

Please crituqe this plan

1. power down/disconnect PC, wear static bracelet.
2. remove old M.2 SSD and save.
3. install new M.2 drive
4. Boot computer with windows recovery in thumb drive, choose to boot from that drive
5. follow steps to install win10, should be registered to my account
6. install virus ware and firewall
7. update everything
8. install gaming hardware

 

[SkyNetRising]

Please crituqe this plan

Lots of work. Can be done easier and faster.
Use cloning instead.

 

[USAFRet]

Please crituqe this plan

Leave the OS and applications on the current drive.

Use the new 980 as a second drive.

Unless you want to do a full replacement.
Then, cloning...