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ashishkumartinku

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I've upgraded my computer with Ryzen 5700x processor, an MSI B550 motherboard, and 16GB of Corsair RAM. However, I'm still holding onto my older Samsung SATA SSD and a 12-year-old Seagate HDD, 2TB. Looking to unlock the true power of my new setup, I'm seeking recommendations for the best SSD upgrade within a budget of ₹10,000. What SSD would you suggest for optimal performance and compatibility with my current system? I'm open to exploring various options, so feel free to suggest different types and capacities based on my needs.
 
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iTRiP said:
I'm almost positive that some used to call optimization witch it's seems to be called now partitioning, but I might have mistaken, rather recon it's called defragmenting, sorry my mistake that's what I meant to say.
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Partitioning is different.

You prob meant defrag. And Windows knows the difference between SSD and HDD, and acts accordingly. Just leave it as the default.
 
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USAFRet said:
Partitioning is different.

You prob meant defrag. And Windows knows the difference between SSD and HDD, and acts accordingly. Just leave it as the default.
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Yeah and Am I thank full for that fact, Windows is a beautiful thing isn't it.

Like I said above your screenshot of your drives look good to me, did you see my screenshot.. What do you think of it?

Of yours USAFRet, can't understand why your extra partitions of your C:\ drive are listed on the top of the page, like you can see in my screenshot mine are listed below, did you change something from the default?
 
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iTRiP said:
Yeah and Am I thank full for that fact, Windows is a beautiful thing isn't it.

Like I said above your screenshot of your drives look good to me, did you see my screenshot.. What do you think of it?

Of yours USAFRet, can't understand why your extra partitions of your C:\ drive are listed on the top of the page, like you can see in my screenshot mine are listed below, did you change something from the default?
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Yours is fine.
I changed nothing from the defaults.

It is a function of the motherboard, and what ports the drives are in.
Nothing to worry about.
 
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ashishkumartinku said:
MSI B550 motherboard... I'm still holding onto my older Samsung SATA SSD and a 12-year-old Seagate HDD, 2TB. Looking to unlock the true power
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"Unlock the true power" - love the phrasing :)

B550 supports up to PCIe 4.0, so any NVMe SSD of that spec will unlock the true sequential read/write power of this fully operational battle statio... erm PC.
 
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Other than for required OS partitions, partitioning even large drives is only for organizational purposes but even that can be replaced by virtual folders.
For very slow and/or extremely large HDD it might have some positive side, so called "Short stroking" when heads move just within some range and so gain some seek performance. It doesn't matter for SSDs.
 
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Guese the Op will return here if there is some thing else not understood yet, or has more questions.

That phrasing is interesting isn't. Saying something such as that could mean that they have great drive to keep searching for upgrade opportunities, and just that alone is great for the pc industry as a whole.
 
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