M.2 drive upgrade

funkyuser

( I would turn off rich text editing if I knew how )

looking for ideas for getting more space on C:

I can spend 200 euro

PC is used for DCS and Apex, occasional MSFS2020

Running out of space on the 512GB M.2 boot drive, with only DCS and Apex Legends installed

Want a bigger boot drive, considering cloning windows to a new bigger M.2, but might just be better to do a clean install

MSFS2020 is currently installed on 1TB SSD, would be nice but not that important to have a boot drive that accommodates MSFS2020 also

considering purchasing

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT1000P5SSD8-Internal-Drive-up-2280SS/dp/B0892TWDP1/ref%3Dpsdc_430505031_t2_B07MBQPQ62?th=1

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-MZ-V7S1T0BW-Solid-State-Drive/dp/B07MBQPQ62/ref%3Dsr_1_3?crid=1W6ESNT8ZMX5L&keywords=nvme%2Bssd&qid=1639910833&s=computers&sprefix=nvme%2Bssd%2Ccomputers%2C55&sr=1-3&th=1

https://www.amazon.co.uk/WD-Green-SN350-Internal-Solid/dp/B09DVRBNWV/ref%3Dpsdc_430505031_t1_B08GVDNTGJ

current PC config below

• CAS: Cooler Master E500L Black Mid-Tower Case
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
• FAN: Corsair Hydro Series H45 High Performance Liquid Cooling system
• M2SSD: 512GB (1x512GB) Intel 760p M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD - 3230MB/s Read & 1625MB/s Write
• WD Blue 3D NAND Internal SSD 2.5 Inch SATA - 1 TB, Blue - High Performance
• WD 4 TB Elements Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0, Black
• MEMORY: 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4/3000mhz
• MOTHERBOARD: MSI B450M PRO-VDH PLUS: M-ATX
• POWERSUPPLY: Cooler Master MWE V2 650W 80+ Gaming Power Supply
• VIDEO: MSI GeForce(R) GTX 1660Ti 6GB

Aodhan5000

Crucial and western digital have been caught out changing components on some of their SSDs so beware when buying from them. Don't think Samsung have been affected to the same degree.

smuggler.ie

Cant comment on other two, but Evo Plus goes hot, like up to 50°C on casual usage hot.

Had two of them RMA to Samsung and they returned as "all good" with note: "firmware upgraded". Dont know what to make of it, but apart that they working fine.

3.5 rust same time are under 30°C. At the time i used 2.5Evo temps were low/normal as well. Image PC uptime 30 min

funkyuser

probably gonna go for WD Blue SN570, sustained write performance not so good, but read performance and 1TB is pretty good bang for buck

88 euro from amazon uk

WD Blue SN570 1TB High-Performance M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD, with up to 3,500MB/s read speed

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09HKDQ1RN/ref%3Dox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&th=1

review here, top comment has full info on WD scandal changing components etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=odIwvji0HhE

funkyuser

ordered a samsung 980 1tb for only 6 euro more, all prices have changed since