Hi guys,
I have recently built my PC, I got 1Tb Crucial SSD and 1Tb SS 970 Evo, all thanks for OZ bargain.
I am planning to have 1 for bootable + program and the other for gaming storages ( mostly steam games).
Can you guys help me decide which drive is better for booting and which for gaming?
I don't do any content creation, just casual gaming, web browsing and some softwares like autoCAD.
Thanks in advance.
Yes, 970 evo is NVMe, Crucial is just sata ssd. Because I like to separate steam from other programs and my game library is quite big even though i don't play them all, I like to keep them.
Fair enough - then NVMe for boot drive, SATA SSD for Steam library - unless the steam library can also fit on the NVMe drive (but don't fill SSDs too full, can mess with 3D NAND performance).
Do you know how much should I leave empty to ensure the speed of the drive?
@iironhide: All the literature I've read says not to exceed 80% capacity so that the drive can do garbage collection.
Make your boot drive NVMe and use the other for gaming.
They're both 1TB so you can always choose to install your more preferred games on the NVMe anyway.
what is the bus speed of your m/b?
I am currently running at 3200Mhz
From memory, the 970 EVO should be faster than the Crucial SSD. Use the faster drive as your boot drive and most commonly used programs (and/or games - games are also programs too). Use the other drive for storage and less used programs.