[SOLVED] M.2 nvme ssd & 2.5 sata ssd. Uses & pros & cons

[Digital_Elysium1]

Ok so... I'd like to think that I've come a long way learning, listening, & building. But for some reason I always overthink my ssd's. Idk why. But simply put, I have a M.2 nvme ssd (Corsair Force MP600 2TB) & a 2.5in SATA ssd (Samsung 860 EVOjust 500Gb). Obviously I use the M2 as primary. But my question is basically what can you use these two for the best way I can. Either by performance or whatever. And what types of programs, files, ect. should I put on each. Main things that I'm worried about to get the best possible experience and probably performance is my Radeon software/tuning, steam/games, windows obviously, origin, all my benchmarks, & things like icue or SS engine. What should I use as primary, secondary, what programs go where for the best results ect. I want to know what you guys think that I should do. Because I'm oblivious to this and overthinking it. Thank you for your time btw guys. This is my 1st time questioning instead of answering. Sad, I know.

 

[USAFRet]

What do you use the PC for?

Currently, you have:
Corsair Force MP600 2TB - C drive...OS and all applications
500GB 860 EVO - Other things

Yes, you are overthinking this. Leave it exactly as it is.

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

what can you use these two for the best way I can. Either by performance or whatever. And what types of programs, files, ect. should I put on each. Main things that I'm worried about to get the best possible experience

you won't notice much, if any, difference in performance with regular desktop work or games or any type of software really between the two.

but i would always recommend to have your OS & applications on the smaller drive while installing your game library on the larger.

many times OS corruption or other issues can arise that will require reinstalling or any number of things like upgrading from Windows 10 to 11 that will mean you may be wiping that OS drive.

if you've got many games downloaded and installed through clients like Steam, Epic, etc this will also require you to re-download and reinstall 100s of GBs to TBs of game data.
if these games are installed on a separate drive than the OS then all that needs to be done is to reinstall the game client and let it rescan the directories on your separate games drive.