Question Is this SSD better as a storage or boot drive?

[NoGagMaestro]

I was looking to upgrade my current 500gb OS Boot drive to t his 1tb and use the 500 as extra internal storage on my pc. Just curious if I should leave that as is and just use t his as the extra storage.
CPU: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12400, 2500 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s)
CPU cooler: STOCK CAME WITH CPU
Motherboard: MSI PRO B760-P WIFI DDR4 ATX LGA1700 (BIOS 7D98v1D)
Ram: CORSAIR VENGEANCE LPX DDR4 RAM 16GB (2x8GB) 3600MHz

STORAGE:WD BLUE SN570 500GB OS (SSD)/ST2000DM001-2TB/ (HDD)/ST40000DM004-4TB (HDD)
GPU:None
PSU:EVGA SUPERNOVA 650 GT 650 W 80+ GOLD CERTIFIED FULLY MODULAR ATX POWER SUPPLY (JAN 2023)
Chassis: COUGAR MX330 ZORO
OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Professional (x64) Build 22631.4974 (23H2)
Monitor: LG 27UP600-W.AUM (LG - 27” IPS LED 4K UHD 60Hz AMD FreeSync Monitor with HDR)

 

[Lutfij]

SSD's aren't good for storage...not for mission critical data at least. To also add, my SSD is 500GB in capacity although NVMe, has the OS and launchers on it. I barely use a third of it, which leads me to suggest to how much free space do you have on your WD SN570? If you were looking for something faster, then I'd have looked into an NVMe drive of the same capacity(500GB). Drives larger than 500GB should be used as game library drives, while HDD's are king when it comes to retaining mission critical data. To add, you should have backups, if they are your life's work...or memories.

If you've already bought the 1TB SSD and can't return it, then have the 500GB as an external drive(in an enclosure). Having a spare drive for troubleshooting or as a hand me down would also be a good idea.

 

[NoGagMaestro]

SSD's aren't good for storage...not for mission critical data at least. To also add, my SSD is 500GB in capacity although NVMe, has the OS and launchers on it. I barely use a third of it, which leads me to suggest to how much free space do you have on your WD SN570? If you were looking for something faster, then I'd have looked into an NVMe drive of the same capacity(500GB). Drives larger than 500GB should be used as game library drives, while HDD's are king when it comes to retaining mission critical data. To add, you should have backups, if they are your life's work...or memories.

If you've already bought the 1TB SSD and can't return it, then have the 500GB as an external drive(in an enclosure). Having a spare drive for troubleshooting or as a hand me down would also be a good idea.

I'd just be using it as storage for plex when I download movies and tv shows to watch (torrenting). I have 48.4gb free of 464gb for my 500gb drive. Not really looking for anything speedier, I just saw this on Amazon for $50 and decided why not. I've got dual lanes for ssd and would like to utilize both is all.

 

[JayGau]

Some people here are really old school. I have been using SSDs for almost 10 years (at home and at work) and never lost a single file from any of them. However, I lost so many HDDs that I can't even count them. And you should never rely on a single drive for mission critical data, HDD or SSD. Always back up.

HDDs are good if you have large amount of data to store (a good 20 TB HDD cost the same as a 4 TB NVMe). Or if you plan to write some stuff on a drive and leave it in a drawer for years, then yeah, you are definitely better with a HDD. Otherwise, SSDs are faster and as reliable.

I personally got rid of all my HDD drives a while ago and use SSDs for all my data and backups. My system drive is a 2 TB NVMe (so I don't have to worry about space - better too much than not enough), another 4 TB NVMe for games and two other 2 TB SATA SSDs for extra storage and internal file backups, plus a 4 TB external SSD for external backups. And this is just what is permanently connected to the PC. I have other portable SSDs for extra image and file backups.

By the way, you should get something better than this drive. It's very cheap for a good reason. Kingston makes very mediocre NVMe drive (to stay polite).

 

[NoGagMaestro]

Some people here are really old school. I have been using SSDs for almost 10 years (at home and at work) and never lost a single file from any of them. However, I lost so many HDDs that I can't even count them. And you should never rely on a single drive for mission critical data, HDD or SSD. Always back up.

HDDs are good if you have large amount of data to store (a good 20 TB HDD cost the same as a 4 TB NVMe). Or if you plan to write some stuff on a drive and leave it in a drawer for years, then yeah, you are definitely better with a HDD. Otherwise, SSDs are faster and as reliable.

I personally got rid of all my HDD drives a while ago and use SSDs for all my data and backups. My system drive is a 2 TB NVMe (so I don't have to worry about space - better too much than not enough), another 4 TB NVMe for games and two other 2 TB SATA SSDs for extra storage and internal file backups, plus a 4 TB external SSD for external backups. And this is just what is permanently connected to the PC. I have other portable SSDs for extra image and file backups.

By the way, you should get something better than this drive. It's very cheap for a good reason. Kingston makes very mediocre NVMe drive (to stay polite).

Thanks for your input. Which ssd would you recommend? I'm currently using a WD BLUE SN570 500GB since I built this pc back in Feb 2023. I was looking to get a gen 4x4 since that's what my motherboard is capable of. I have 2 hdd (2tb and 4tb) that are internal (and full)that I currently use for plex and storage. Sometimes I get playback error messages on plex so I figured it was the hdds. I wouldn't mind upgrading to one big hdd to store stuff for plex so thanks for that tidbit.

 

[CountMike]

Thanks for your input. Which ssd would you recommend? I'm currently using a WD BLUE SN570 500GB since I built this pc back in Feb 2023. I was looking to get a gen 4x4 since that's what my motherboard is capable of. I have 2 hdd (2tb and 4tb) that are internal (and full)that I currently use for plex and storage. Sometimes I get playback error messages on plex so I figured it was the hdds. I wouldn't mind upgrading to one big hdd to store stuff for plex so thanks for that tidbit.

Kingston KC3000 or Samsung 990 pro, for OS drive.