Question Which is best to use with a 7200rpm 1tb HDD?

[Bessertec]

I have a PC running on a 7200 rpm 1tb HDD and has become slooow.

I want it to become faster for the office software I use everyday (no gaming).

The motherboard has a M.2 PCIe 3.0 socket available.

What arrangement would best fit my needs?

1. Adding an Optane 16gb module, keeping the actual HDD.
2. Adding a NVMe SSD, keeping the actual HDD.

Thanks in advance!

 

[USAFRet]

#2
OS and applications (and whatever else fits) go on the SSD.

What is your budget for this drive?

 

[Bob.B]

I have a PC running on a 7200 rpm 1tb HDD and has become slooow.

I want it to become faster for the office software I use everyday (no gaming).

The motherboard has a M.2 PCIe 3.0 socket available.

What arrangement would best fit my needs?

1. Adding an Optane 16gb module, keeping the actual HDD.
2. Adding a NVMe SSD, keeping the actual HDD.

Thanks in advance!

Consider swapping the hdd with a 2.5 ssd then use the hdd for backups.

 

[Bessertec]

#2
OS and applications (and whatever else fits) go on the SSD.

What is your budget for this drive?

Around $50.00 usd

 

[USAFRet]

Around $50.00 usd

Well...thats not a lot of headroom.

But, Optane it pretty much a dead technology.

What motherboard?
Which OS?

 

[Bessertec]

Well...thats not a lot of headroom.

But, Optane it pretty much a dead technology.

What motherboard?
Which OS?

What would you suggest?

Didn't know optane is almost out ... that explains why there arent much options available in amazon.

I'm running windows 11 in a Lenovo AIO 520-24ICB.

 

[USAFRet]

What would you suggest?

Didn't know optane is almost out ... that explains why there arent much options available in amazon.

I'm running windows 11 in a Lenovo AIO 520-24ICB.

With a $50 budget, this:
https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-Plus-PCIe-NAND-5000MB/dp/B0B25NXWC7

(yes, I know it is $10 over)

 

[Bessertec]

With a $50 budget, this:
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(yes, I know it is $10 over)

I think I could handle $10bucks.

BTW. Would it matter being a SSD Gen 4 and a Gen 3 Socket?

 

[USAFRet]

I think I could handle $10bucks.

BTW. Would it matter being a SSD Gen 4 and a Gen 3 Socket?

It will run at Gen 3 speed, but otherwise, no problem.

And given a single NVMe drive in the system, you'd never know the difference.