M.2 SSD advice needed!

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Hello everyone!

I ordered my pc yesterday and its on its way! First of all, I want you to know that I am/was on a budget but I didn't want to slim down my upgrading capabilities for later. I already have some parts and ordered some new ones, I'll list them down here:

ALREADY OWN

  • PSU: Corsair RM650i
    SSD: Old 500GB HDD
    GPU: MSI GTX 970

ORDERED

  • CPU: i5 7600k
    CPU-Cooler: Cryorig H5 universal
    MOBO: ASUS ROG STRIX Z270H
    CASE: NZXT S340 elite
    RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4-2400, CL16 - 8GB

Because I am on a budget I thought about reusing my HDD because thats the part I could upgrade later. But now I'm thinking I will need to reïnstall my whole windows and stuff if I decide to upgrade later on (near future) to an SSD. So I decided, I want to buy a 128SSD to store my windows on and some utilities. After looking up for a couple hours which one to buy I had to make a choice between a normal SSD or an M.2. People say M.2 isn't worth it in some scenarios but I can't find out wheter that's the case in my scenario or not ...

TLDR: Should I buy a normal SSD or an M.2 to store my windows on?

I REALLY appreciate your input!
 
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M.2 is just the actual connection type.
It can be either a SATA drive or an NVMe drive.

Given a tight budget, a regular SATA III SSD would be a better choice than a more expensive m.2 NVMe drive.
And you can bump that up to a 250GB instead of a marginally too small 128GB drive.
 
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I think the size is just fine isn't it? I only want Windows on there and some standard programs if deed, nothing more. I just wonder what the speed difference is and if I will notice it on startup speeds an stuff like that.
 
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People say that ALL the time.
"only Windows"

It never ends up that way.
And I say that from having started with a 120GB SSD 5 yrs ago.

And no, you probably won't notice any startup speed over a regular SATA III drive.
Transferring large sequential files to and from a similar drive? Sure.

In a blind test with a general use PC, you would never tell the difference between a good SATA III and this NVMe.

Key words in your initial post:
"Because I am on a budget..."
 
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Well, I partitioned my 500GB drive to 2 drives (100GB + 400GB). On the 100GB one there is only windows and utility programs, all my games are on the other 400GB so really, 128 GB is enough. I'm going to upgrade my hdd in a couple months anyway to store my games on there, I just want my windows on an SSD already so I don't have to reïnstall windows when I upgrade that HDD to an SSD.

According to what I said "I'm on a budget". Yes, that's true, but from now on I only want top notch parts that I won't 'regret' later on. Sorry for confusing you but don't consider the money on the 128GB SSD part. :)
 
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Glad we have got that out of the way then! But do you have the knowledge about advising me one? I heard there are different types of M.2 and some might be more suitable for certain MOBO's. I don't know where to look though, I just know about M.2 so I would appreciate that :)
 
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I compared some NVMe drives (WD's one for example), but the reviews on the 960 EVO were really good! As you said 250GB was the smallest so I just ordered that one, more space, why not right? It's on its way right now! Thank you for your opinion :)
 
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