[SOLVED] SSD upgrade for laptop or PC?

deadlyghost

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I have a Predator 15 I bought last year (i7-7700K | GTX 1060 6GB | 16GB RAM(single channel) | 128 GB M.2 SSD)

I also have a PC:

Intel Core i5 4430
Zotac GTX 650 Ti
Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB
Corsair H55 Cooler
Corsair GS700 PSU
MSI Z87-G43 Motherboard
1x 1TB WD Black HDD
1x 1TB Seagate HDD

I wanted to use Ubuntu along with Windows 10 but I was wondering what would be better: Upgrade laptop to 256 GB/500GB NVMe SSD (dual boot) and leave the desktop as is OR Upgrade the PC to a 256GB/500GB 2.5" SSD to dual boot windows 10 and Ubuntu.
So what should my upgrade be like? I'm not so much concerned with NVMe speeds vs SATAIII SSD speeds cos I don't do much editing or hardcore programming(yet).
 
Solution
Mixing Windows and Linux on same disk is doable but it's far better to have them on separate disks. That's what I'm doing. W10 being my primary OS is on a Samsung 960 evo and Mint on a cheap SATA ssd. Even on that slower SSD it still feels faster than Windows.

deadlyghost

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Mixing Windows and Linux on same disk is doable but it's far better to have them on separate disks. That's what I'm doing. W10 being my primary OS is on a Samsung 960 evo and Mint on a cheap SATA ssd. Even on that slower SSD it still feels faster than Windows.

Even I thought so. I think I'm gonna skip upgrading to nvme on my laptop and instead get a Kingston 480 GB SSD for my PC and run Ubuntu on it. Thanks!