I've been doing research on SSD's to give my computer a modest but noticeable upgrade.
The more I looked, the more details I got and the more confusing it was.
Can you help me find a SSD card that meets my needs?
Budget is 170 or under.
The computer is used for gaming (guild wars 2-mmo)
the Typical stuff
and some mild photo editing/lightroom
My hardware
Mobo -MSI X58A-GD45 (MS-7522)
Proc-Intel Xeon X5670
Currently I have a Hitachi 1Tb Sata
and a 150gb WD
I checked out two articles that gave me the following SSD's
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-ssds,3891.html
and https://www.pcmag.com/review/366078/samsung-ssd-970-evo-plus
Samsung 970 PRO (1TB) ($167)
and
970 Evo Plus NVMe SSD (512GB $130)
What would you recommend?
Are the two SSD's I mentioned complete overkill?
And why is the 970 Evo $130 for 512GB
while the 970 Pro is $167 for 1TB ?
Lastly, I read this article-Best SSD's for gaming
https://www.pcgamer.com/best-ssd-for-gaming/
Why are they all SATA cards? I thought SATA cards had less performance than Both Samsung SSD's I mentioned earlier
Thank you for the help
The more I looked, the more details I got and the more confusing it was.
Can you help me find a SSD card that meets my needs?
Budget is 170 or under.
The computer is used for gaming (guild wars 2-mmo)
the Typical stuff
and some mild photo editing/lightroom
My hardware
Mobo -MSI X58A-GD45 (MS-7522)
Proc-Intel Xeon X5670
Currently I have a Hitachi 1Tb Sata
and a 150gb WD
I checked out two articles that gave me the following SSD's
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-ssds,3891.html
and https://www.pcmag.com/review/366078/samsung-ssd-970-evo-plus
Samsung 970 PRO (1TB) ($167)
and
970 Evo Plus NVMe SSD (512GB $130)
What would you recommend?
Are the two SSD's I mentioned complete overkill?
And why is the 970 Evo $130 for 512GB
while the 970 Pro is $167 for 1TB ?
Lastly, I read this article-Best SSD's for gaming
https://www.pcgamer.com/best-ssd-for-gaming/
Why are they all SATA cards? I thought SATA cards had less performance than Both Samsung SSD's I mentioned earlier
Thank you for the help
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