Hi!
My current system is an Asus Prime X470 Pro motherboard with an AMD Ryzen 5 2600X processor. My main drive is a Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5 inch drive. I originally built the system with a Crucial BX200 with a 240GB capacity, but then upgraded to the MX500 as the first drive didn't offer a lot of room for many games, plus the newer drive is a better performer.
On to my question: The Asus motherboard has a couple of slots for M.2 drives including one that has a heatsink, I would like to upgrade my main drive to an M.2 in the range of a 2TB drive, Now I have never worked with M.2 drives, so I'm looking for a recommendation for one, hopefully one that won't break the bank. Crucial drives are fine for me as I have used them in other systems but suggestions are welcome. Also how different is it to clone the old drive to the M.2?
I've cloned HDD's to HDD's, HDD's to SSD's, and of course cloned the SSD's. I would assume this wouldn't be too different. I think I used the Macrium? software before.
Thanks
My current system is an Asus Prime X470 Pro motherboard with an AMD Ryzen 5 2600X processor. My main drive is a Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5 inch drive. I originally built the system with a Crucial BX200 with a 240GB capacity, but then upgraded to the MX500 as the first drive didn't offer a lot of room for many games, plus the newer drive is a better performer.
On to my question: The Asus motherboard has a couple of slots for M.2 drives including one that has a heatsink, I would like to upgrade my main drive to an M.2 in the range of a 2TB drive, Now I have never worked with M.2 drives, so I'm looking for a recommendation for one, hopefully one that won't break the bank. Crucial drives are fine for me as I have used them in other systems but suggestions are welcome. Also how different is it to clone the old drive to the M.2?
I've cloned HDD's to HDD's, HDD's to SSD's, and of course cloned the SSD's. I would assume this wouldn't be too different. I think I used the Macrium? software before.
Thanks