Question SSD upgrading - OS and performance

[ss_adhitya]

Hello,
I'm currently using 1Tb hdd 5400rpm. I'm planning to update my laptop with m
2 nvme ssd. I would like my OS to remain in my hdd while jus my design softwares would be transferred to ssd. Will that make a difference or should the os be in the ssd drive to make a difference?

The reason being, Im not worried about the os boot time. My priority is that my softwares perform better. Also I can opt a smaller capacity ssd.

Thanks in advance.

 

[SkyNetRising]

What model laptop? Are you sure, it supports M.2 drives?

Anyway - preferred config is OS on SSD, because this speeds up almost every aspect of OS operations.

 

[ss_adhitya]

What model laptop? Are you sure, it supports M.2 drives?

Anyway - preferred config is OS on SSD, because this speeds up almost every aspect of OS operations.

Thank you. I own a lenovo legion y520 laptop. i5 with 16gigs of ram.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Ok then, your laptop supports nvme M.2 drives.
I'd suggest getting M.2 drive with capacity larger than used space on your hdd.
Then you can easily migrate all data to M.2 drive by performing clone operation.

 

[dudeman509]

OS should be on the SSD for best performance. That's by and large most of the I/O from the hard disk.

Put programs you use often or take a long time to load over there as well. Data that's access infrequently should remain on a HDD or slower storage (like a SATA SSD).

 

[ss_adhitya]

OS should be on the SSD for best performance. That's by and large most of the I/O from the hard disk.

Put programs you use often or take a long time to load over there as well. Data that's access infrequently should remain on a HDD or slower storage (like a SATA SSD).

Thank you.👍👍