wonderings
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I am building a new PC from scratch. I have never done it this way, I have always upgraded a previously built PC. Upgrades I have done are CPU, GPU and PSU. So this is my first crack at everything from the motherboard down to the RAM.
What I currently have:
case - Canada Computers & Electronics
motherboard - Canada Computers & Electronics
cpu - Canada Computers & Electronics
gpu - Canada Computers & Electronics
I will be taking out of my current PC a 750w PSU. I was also planning on taking the SSD's I have, I have 2 small 256 gig drives. Now this is where my question is. I noticed in some youtube videos that there is a new type of SSD, it is a small PCIe drive, reminds me of the proprietary ones Apple uses in their laptops. Anyways, prices are not that bad for them I can get a 1 TB WD PCIe M.2 ssd on Amazon for around $150. This would be way more then enough storage for what I need.
Is this sort of drive meant to be used for storage or is it best to keep a smaller drive to use for the OS and then have a "normal" drive for everything else? I am assuming I could just use this for everything, but not sure of the technology. I love how much cleaner it would make things, no cables, no mounting drives, just attached to the motherboard and thats it. Use is some light gaming really and just the geek in me that likes tinkering around. Any issues or concerns with going with this PCIe drive?
WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB PC SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s M.2 2280 Solid State Drive - WDS100T2B0B: Amazon.ca: Gateway
What I currently have:
case - Canada Computers & Electronics
motherboard - Canada Computers & Electronics
cpu - Canada Computers & Electronics
gpu - Canada Computers & Electronics
I will be taking out of my current PC a 750w PSU. I was also planning on taking the SSD's I have, I have 2 small 256 gig drives. Now this is where my question is. I noticed in some youtube videos that there is a new type of SSD, it is a small PCIe drive, reminds me of the proprietary ones Apple uses in their laptops. Anyways, prices are not that bad for them I can get a 1 TB WD PCIe M.2 ssd on Amazon for around $150. This would be way more then enough storage for what I need.
Is this sort of drive meant to be used for storage or is it best to keep a smaller drive to use for the OS and then have a "normal" drive for everything else? I am assuming I could just use this for everything, but not sure of the technology. I love how much cleaner it would make things, no cables, no mounting drives, just attached to the motherboard and thats it. Use is some light gaming really and just the geek in me that likes tinkering around. Any issues or concerns with going with this PCIe drive?
WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB PC SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s M.2 2280 Solid State Drive - WDS100T2B0B: Amazon.ca: Gateway