Question Should I install Win 11 on my SATA 6 drive or M.2. Drive?

[Gamefreaknet]

From personal experience M.2. drives have been slightly more dodgy for me after I got a Kingston NV2 4TB which I installed alongside 2 other NV2 4TB drives (the one with Windows failed after abt 6 months and I cannot boot my PC up so waiting on it being repaired). However I have currently never (aside from a 1TB SSHD drive) had a SATA 6 drive fail me so far.
That being said I had a quick look and on r/buildapc someone says to not put the Windows install on SATA drives? Whilst I know a PCIE 4.0 M.2. might be faster to actually get a decent one (I am avoiding going for QLC and opting for TLC, MLC or SLC M.2.s if I get any) it'd cost me around £220ish+ whereas I can get a respectable SATA 6 drive for £180ish?
Planned Build:

Component		Selection	Price
CPU			Intel Core i5-13500 2.5 GHz 14-Core Processor	£233.17	Buy
CPU Cooler			CRYORIG M9i 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler	£27.97	Buy
Motherboard			Gigabyte B760M DS3H AX DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard	£111.22	Buy
Memory			Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	£60.00	Buy
Storage			TEAMGROUP EX2 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£89.95	Buy
Storage			TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 4 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£0.00	Buy
Storage			TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 4 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£0.00	Buy
Storage			TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 4 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£0.00	Buy
Case			Aerocool Trinity Mini V2 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	£33.98	Buy
Power Supply			Corsair RM650 (2023) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	£74.99	Buy
Monitor			Asus VP228DE 22.8" 1920 x 1080 60 Hz Monitor	£65.09	Buy
Total:	£696.37

This would be for a Heavily Modded Minecraft Server (I intend to start us on the 2TB drive and later upgrade to 4TB drives which is why the 4TB drives register as £0 instead of around £180ish)

 

[USAFRet]

Which specific drives do you/will you have in this system?
What is the system used for?

A singular drive fail (your Kingston) is not an indication of 'fail' of all similar types.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

From personal experience M.2. drives have been slightly more dodgy for me after I got a Kingston NV2 4TB which I installed alongside 2 other NV2 4TB drives (the one with Windows failed after abt 6 months and I cannot boot my PC up so waiting on it being repaired). However I have currently never (aside from a 1TB SSHD drive) had a SATA 6 drive fail me so far.
That being said I had a quick look and on r/buildapc someone says to not put the Windows install on SATA drives? Whilst I know a PCIE 4.0 M.2. might be faster to actually get a decent one (I am avoiding going for QLC and opting for TLC, MLC or SLC M.2.s if I get any) it'd cost me around £220ish+ whereas I can get a respectable SATA 6 drive for £180ish?
Planned Build:

Component		Selection	Price
CPU			Intel Core i5-13500 2.5 GHz 14-Core Processor	£233.17	Buy
CPU Cooler			CRYORIG M9i 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler	£27.97	Buy
Motherboard			Gigabyte B760M DS3H AX DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard	£111.22	Buy
Memory			Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	£60.00	Buy
Storage			TEAMGROUP EX2 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£89.95	Buy
Storage			TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 4 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£0.00	Buy
Storage			TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 4 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£0.00	Buy
Storage			TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 4 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£0.00	Buy
Case			Aerocool Trinity Mini V2 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	£33.98	Buy
Power Supply			Corsair RM650 (2023) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	£74.99	Buy
Monitor			Asus VP228DE 22.8" 1920 x 1080 60 Hz Monitor	£65.09	Buy
Total:	£696.37

This would be for a Heavily Modded Minecraft Server (I intend to start us on the 2TB drive and later upgrade to 4TB drives which is why the 4TB drives register as £0 instead of around £180ish)

Hey there,

When you say 'm2', do you mean NVME? Anyway, I'd go and get a WD Blue 580 or something like that. It's Pcie 4. Great allround performance and excellent for a boot drive. Will make windows super snappy. Will also be able to take advantage of Direct Storage when it's more mainstream. Games load more quickly too.

Although I have a couple of SATA6 drives they are just purely for storage. I've twe NVME drives (970 EVO Plus (boot drive), and a Samsung 980 ( Game drive).

 

[USAFRet]

You're overthinking this.

There is little reason to not use an NVMe drive for the OS.
Similarly, there is little reason to not use a SATA III drive for the OS, in a game server. The "speed" is sort of irrelevant.

 

[Gamefreaknet]

Which specific drives do you/will you have in this system?
What is the system used for?

A singular drive fail (your Kingston) is not an indication of 'fail' of all similar types.

If a SATA 6 or even (SATA 3 as you last put) is fine I'd probs lean towards SATA as the boot drive however I have never actually had a SATA as a boot drive but only NVMe (PCIE) drives so far. Not sure if how SATAs are setup if the Windows Install could be different compared to how itd install on an NVMe?
Probably going to go pure SATAs first then add NVMe drives later for more storage.

 

[USAFRet]

If a SATA 6 or even (SATA 3 as you last put) is fine I'd probs lean towards SATA as the boot drive however I have never actually had a SATA as a boot drive but only NVMe (PCIE) drives so far. Not sure if how SATAs are setup if the Windows Install could be different compared to how itd install on an NVMe?
Probably going to go pure SATAs first then add NVMe drives later for more storage.

By "SATA", you mean a SATA III SSD, right?

There is no difference in how it is set up or installed.


The only real concern is...don't install the OS on a spinning HDD.

 

[Gamefreaknet]

By "SATA", you mean a SATA III SSD, right?

There is no difference in how it is set up or installed.


The only real concern is...don't install the OS on a spinning HDD.

Yes SATA III SSD. I made sure its a SSD not a HDD or anything else: (build above will probably stick with those drives to start)