[SOLVED] which storage is best for this build?

[menojoe]

i am currently building:
gpu: RTX 3050
psu: AMD ryzen 5 5600x
motherboard: MSI B550M PRO-VDH micro
memory: 16GB corsair vengeance
psu: EVGA 850W Bronze

what storage option would be best for this build?

1)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08H5Z9WB1?tag=pcp0f-21&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product...-2-tb-35-7200rpm-internal-hard-drive-wd20ezbx

2)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-N...018204&sprefix=500gb+ssd+gen4,aps,374&sr=8-10

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-BX...=crucial+bx500+2+tb+internal+ss,aps,68&sr=8-3

3)

2x of these:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT...45018637&sprefix=1+tb+ssd+gen3,aps,75&sr=8-14

thanks in advance!

 

[logainofhades]

What is your budget, for this upgrade?

 

[menojoe]

What is your budget, for this upgrade?

i was aiming for around 150, give or take

 

[Satan-IR]

Depends on your budget but I'd get an SSD over a WD blue HDD anyday.

Cruicial BX500 is not that good. I'd get MX500 1TB if price is somehow the same.

 

[menojoe]

Depends on your budget but I'd get an SSD over a WD blue HDD anyday.

Cruicial BX500 is not that good. I'd get MX500 1TB if price is somehow the same.

what i was currently going for is this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT...+PCIe,+M.2)&qid=1645027548&s=computers&sr=1-1

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT...nch),+Black&qid=1645027607&s=computers&sr=1-3

is it worth £10 to swap the second link out for the MX500 500GB instead?

 

[SkyNetRising]

is it worth £10 to swap the second link out for the MX500 500GB instead?

This.

Smaller/faster nvme for windows OS drive.
Larger/sata ssd for user media/games.

PCPartPicker Part List

Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (£62.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial MX500 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£149.38 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £212.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-02-16 16:27 GMT+0000

 

[logainofhades]

If you want a 500gb boot drive, and a 2tb storage drive, I would do NVME for OS. I would buy an MX500, over a DRAMLESS P2. The Crucial P2 is not a very good drive, sadly.

https://www.tomshardware.com/features/crucial-p2-ssd-qlc-flash-swap-downgrade/2

PCPartPicker Part List

Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (£66.39 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial MX500 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£149.38 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £215.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-02-16 16:22 GMT+0000

 

[menojoe]

If you want a 500gb boot drive, and a 2tb storage drive, I would do NVME for OS. I would buy an MX500, over a DRAMLESS P2. The Crucial P2 is not a very good drive, sadly.

https://www.tomshardware.com/features/crucial-p2-ssd-qlc-flash-swap-downgrade/2

PCPartPicker Part List

Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (£66.39 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Crucial MX500 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£149.38 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £215.77
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-02-16 16:22 GMT+0000

would this work as a cheaper alternative to the Crucial P5 PLUS 500GB NVME?

 

[Nighthawk117]

If you can I would avoid a dramless drive for your boot drive unless it's a Samsung 980. I have the BX500 2TB as one of my game drives, the MX500 is better, if they are similar in price you might want to stretch for that. However I haven't noticed any difference between that and my other drives when loading or updating games.

 

[menojoe]

If you can I would avoid a dramless drive for your boot drive unless it's a Samsung 980. I have the BX500 2TB as one of my game drives, the MX500 is better, if they are similar in price you might want to stretch for that. However I haven't noticed any difference between that and my other drives when loading or updating games.

would this work for the boot drive and this for the storage?

 

[geofelt]

I would buy a quality 2tb pcie drive for the C drive as well as everything else.
Space management will be easier, performance is no issue.
I like the samsung drives:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-MZ...031223&sprefix=samsung+2tb+m.2,aps,419&sr=8-2

You can always add storage later if your initial 2tb runs out.

 

[Nighthawk117]

would this work for the boot drive and this for the storage?

That would be a good cost effective combo. Please note however the Gigabyte AORUS Gen4 500GB you quoted is actually faster than the Samsung 980, though I think that difference is unlikely to matter to you.

An alternative would be as @geofelt suggests, just get one big 2TB drive NVME. Only downside is it's easier to backup your OS drive or reinstall Windows when all your games are somewhere else.

 

[menojoe]

That would be a good cost effective combo. Please note however the Gigabyte AORUS Gen4 500GB you quoted is actually faster than the Samsung 980, though I think that difference is unlikely to matter to you.

An alternative would be as @geofelt suggests, just get one big 2TB drive NVME. Only downside is it's easier to backup your OS drive or reinstall Windows when all your games are somewhere else.

thank you

 

[Satan-IR]

what i was currently going for is this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT2000P2SSD8-Internal-2400-NAND/dp/B08GVDNTGJ/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Crucial+P2+CT2000P2SSD8+2+TB+Internal+SSD,+Up+to+2400+MB/s+(3D+NAND,+NVMe,+PCIe,+M.2)&qid=1645027548&s=computers&sr=1-1

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT480BX500SSD1-Internal-Solid-State/dp/B07G3KGYZQ/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=Crucial+BX500+2TB+CT2000BX500SSD1-Up+to+540+MB/s+(Internal+SSD,+3D+NAND,+SATA,+2.5+Inch),+Black&qid=1645027607&s=computers&sr=1-3

is it worth £10 to swap the second link out for the MX500 500GB instead?

Yes MX500 is better than BX500.
I personally would go for a smaller (500GB to 1TB) faster (SATA or NVMe) drive for the OS and a bigger one (1TB to 2TB) for files and games and such.