Question Reuse existing primary SSD or buy new?

[g-unit1111]

So I am upgrading my PC this week and I'm wondering if I should reuse my existing SSD as the primary boot drive or buy a new one? I am currently running a Samsung 980 Pro that I bought in 2021 and it's still running pretty decently. The Samsung Magician tool reports that the drive is in good health with 8.6TB written. There's currently 253GB out of 1TB used. It will get a full format and full install of Windows when the new motherboard is installed. I already bought a new storage drive and will be using that in addition to a 1TB backup drive.

Here is my current configuration:

Phanteks Enthoo Pro M
Corsair RM1000x Shift
Asus ROG Strix B450-F Gaming
Ryzen 5 5800X
Cryorig R5
G Skill Ripjaw V DDR4-3600 MHz
1TB Samsung 980 Pro
1TB SK Hynix P41 Platinum
1TB Samsung 860 Evo
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060TI

This is the new configuration (items in bold are new parts and have already been purchased) :

Phanteks Enthoo Pro M
Corsair RM1000x Shift
NZXT N7 B650E
Ryzen 7 7800X3D
NZXT Kraken 240 RGB
G Skill Trident Z5 Neo DDR5-6400
1TB Samsung 980 Pro
1TB SK Hynix P41 Platinum
2TB WD Black SN770
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060TI

 

[SkyNetRising]

I'm wondering if I should reuse my existing SSD as the primary boot drive or buy a new one?

Reuse it - obviously.
Unless there's something wrong with it. Capacity too small or something.
Why would you throw out a perfectly working hardware?

 

[g-unit1111]

Reuse it - obviously.
Unless there's something wrong with it. Capacity too small or something.
Why would you throw out a perfectly working hardware?

I reuse parts all the time. If I didn't use it in this new build, I'd use it as backup / external storage.

My 5800X from this build is going in another system to replace a much older AM4 CPU.

 

[NOT_PROVIDED_16]

If your still happy with the storage capacity, keep using it! 👍

 

[USAFRet]

Absolutely reuse it.

My 1TB 980 Pro has about 3 times the TBW, in 2 years of use, and I'd have NO hesitation about using it in a new system.