Buying NVMe only for boot drive and frequently opened apps

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Hey guys, I think you'll understand what I'm going to ask here by looking on the title itself. Sometimes I feel like mechanical hard drive is a bit too slow for boot drive and for my frequently opened apps. I'm talking apps like discord, Spotify, steam (not the games only the app) sometimes my HDD just hit it's 100% usage for like a few sec then continue back to it's normal state and it's just fine.


My question is, is it really worth it to upgrade to NVMe just for the sake of faster load times across the desktop with faster boot time, and perhaps less time that it would take to open spotify and discord ( i feel there's like a 2-3 second delay here, dunno what caused it RAM is not a problem ofc )
 
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You can do whatever you want, it is your money. All we're telling you is that you aren't going to get much additional value from paying extra for NVMe over SATA for typical everyday use. For most people, NVMe isn't worth paying 30-60% more per GB.
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1. What motherboard and OS is this?

2. HDD->SSD is a huge increase. An NVMe is only a little more of a huge increase, for that usage.
 
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Going from HDD to SATA SSD is a significant improvement for loading times if you reboot on a relatively frequent basis. I reboot only once every 2-3 months, so throwing an SSD in my PC hasn't really changed anything for me.

From SATA to NVMe, it makes little to no difference, so you don't need to spend extra for NVMe unless you really want to. It may shave another 1-3s on boot time.
 
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"m.2" is merely the form factor. How it plugs in.

The 2 'standards' are SATA and NVMe.
m.2 drives can be had in either. And teh motherboad and OS has implications on which one you can use.
 
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I use ASRock AB350M HDV and Windows 10
If it's really better to get SATA SSD ones would you recommend 850 EVO 500GB or should I just go with 960 EVO NVMe 250GB both of them has almost the same price in my country so it's quite confusing for me on what to do.
 
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tbh I never really regret any upgrades that I have made to my pc, i'm just asking which one's the best for me to do
even if I end up buying NVMe drives because I really want it instead of need it I won't regret it either lol
 
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What are your space needs?
For you stated use, the difference between SATA III (850 EVO) and NVMe (960), is probably not worth half the drive size.
 
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I made 205GB partition for my C drive as it's strictly for light apps only no games at all and it has 180GB of free space until now, I keep all my game data and others at the F partition which only occupies 284GB, this PC is strictly gaming only so no vids or projects.
 
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I see your point, thanks for all the explanations. But if I end up buying one for my boot drive only because I really want it it's fine isn't it?
 
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You can do whatever you want, it is your money. All we're telling you is that you aren't going to get much additional value from paying extra for NVMe over SATA for typical everyday use. For most people, NVMe isn't worth paying 30-60% more per GB.
 
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my main C drive 250Gb NVME 950 Pro uses 170GB with all known software, and about 20B of game saves (you can't change where games save their data).
Get the 500 GB, then it won't matter if you put games on C drive.
I wouldn't buy a NVME Pro anymore - just standard is as good. I didn't see any difference when I changed from Sata SSD to M2 NVME - but at the time I had money to burn.

According to Hard Disk Sentinel (which I cant stress how great this program is) it says my Pro is 540 days old and 57.4TB data has been written since it was installed.
Samsung State -
Warranty
5 Year Limited Warranty or 200TBW Limited Warranty
 
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