SSD or M.2 upgrade

[icetimed]

HI guys, I asked you about my build and now its here...

It'd be great if you guys could help me decide if I need this it not. I already have a 500GB Blue SSD but...
for speed ad basically - now its done I don't want to spend on it for 10 years!
Should I buy THIS

As I said, Id prefer not to have to upgrade in a while.

Thank you for your input!

 

[CRO5513Y]

Your build looks good mate, as for the SSD, if you have the money and really want one then i don't see why not. Your current SSD should be fine but that Samsung 960 M.2 would no doubt be faster so could make for a useful boot drive and store your primary games/applications. So if you do go for it then i would make that your boot drive and priority games/app storage and use your 500GB WD Blue for bulk storage of other stuff that isn't as much as a priority but would still load pretty fast none the less. So if you want it go for it, but i wouldn't say you NEED it but it's up to you. Just my opinion

 

[icetimed]

Your build looks good mate, as for the SSD, if you have the money and really want one then i don't see why not. Your current SSD should be fine but that Samsung 960 M.2 would no doubt be faster so could make for a useful boot drive and store your primary games/applications. So if you do go for it then i would make that your boot drive and priority games/app storage and use your 500GB WD Blue for bulk storage of other stuff that isn't as much as a priority but would still load pretty fast none the less. So if you want it go for it, but i wouldn't say you NEED it but it's up to you. Just my opinion

I wouldn't say I need it, but as I said itd be good future proof. I use 3DS alot and my wife uses all sorts for her lessons.
I agree it'd be for a boot drive and Arma 3 extra. Id like to run this at its max speed so no need to update later....... also - if you have a second, do you think the motherboard can accept a higher clock speed than 2400? It says not on the website but Id really like to push over 3000 if I can?

 

[CRO5513Y]

Your build looks good mate, as for the SSD, if you have the money and really want one then i don't see why not. Your current SSD should be fine but that Samsung 960 M.2 would no doubt be faster so could make for a useful boot drive and store your primary games/applications. So if you do go for it then i would make that your boot drive and priority games/app storage and use your 500GB WD Blue for bulk storage of other stuff that isn't as much as a priority but would still load pretty fast none the less. So if you want it go for it, but i wouldn't say you NEED it but it's up to you. Just my opinion

I wouldn't say I need it, but as I said itd be good future proof. I use 3DS alot and my wife uses all sorts for her lessons.
I agree it'd be for a boot drive and Arma 3 extra. Id like to run this at its max speed so no need to update later....... also - if you have a second, do you think the motherboard can accept a higher clock speed than 2400? It says not on the website but Id really like to push over 3000 if I can?

What Motherboard is it? If it's a Z board the most definetly should push to at least 3000 MHz. I've got my RAM at 3200 at the moment on a ASRock Fatality Z170 board, so provided the Motherboard supports XMP up to whatever speed you want it should be fine.

 

[icetimed]

Your build looks good mate, as for the SSD, if you have the money and really want one then i don't see why not. Your current SSD should be fine but that Samsung 960 M.2 would no doubt be faster so could make for a useful boot drive and store your primary games/applications. So if you do go for it then i would make that your boot drive and priority games/app storage and use your 500GB WD Blue for bulk storage of other stuff that isn't as much as a priority but would still load pretty fast none the less. So if you want it go for it, but i wouldn't say you NEED it but it's up to you. Just my opinion

I wouldn't say I need it, but as I said itd be good future proof. I use 3DS alot and my wife uses all sorts for her lessons.
I agree it'd be for a boot drive and Arma 3 extra. Id like to run this at its max speed so no need to update later....... also - if you have a second, do you think the motherboard can accept a higher clock speed than 2400? It says not on the website but Id really like to push over 3000 if I can?

What Motherboard is it? If it's a Z board the most definetly should push to at least 3000 MHz. I've got my RAM at 3200 at the moment on a ASRock Fatality Z170 board, so provided the Motherboard supports XMP up to whatever speed you want it should be fine.

Its a Z170-A Thanks for the help man

 

[icetimed]

Still unsure regarding the ram...

 

[CRO5513Y]

Still unsure regarding the ram...

Sorry for the late response, if it's the Asus Z170-A then it can indeed support up to 3400 MHz DDR4 according to Asus' website. https://www.asus.com/au/Motherboards/Z170-A/ Scroll down about 1/3 the way and you'll see the Memory Support

So to do that it will be in your BIOS (Press F2 or Delete whilst in the Asus boot screen) and there should be a Memory/RAM area in which you should see "XMP Setting" and there should be an option for whatever speed you RAM is for example XMP Profile 1 - 3000 MHz (and a bunch of timings like 16-16-24) then simply select this Profile and Save, Reboot and you should be all good

 

[icetimed]

Still unsure regarding the ram...

Sorry for the late response, if it's the Asus Z170-A then it can indeed support up to 3400 MHz DDR4 according to Asus' website. https://www.asus.com/au/Motherboards/Z170-A/ Scroll down about 1/3 the way and you'll see the Memory Support

So to do that it will be in your BIOS (Press F2 or Delete whilst in the Asus boot screen) and there should be a Memory/RAM area in which you should see "XMP Setting" and there should be an option for whatever speed you RAM is for example XMP Profile 1 - 3000 MHz (and a bunch of timings like 16-16-24) then simply select this Profile and Save, Reboot and you should be all good

Thank you man. I'll do that then. M.2 and 3400 16gb upgrade. I appreciate your input ☺ have a good one and thank you again

 

[CRO5513Y]

No problem mate, good luck with the upgrade!