need help with ssd

[pearl vigil]

any1 got any good highspeed 2.5" ssd with dram that work well for gaming with aight budget i bought some that im now in the process of retuyrning the pny cs900 2tbs i bought two of em so im looking for a configuration of drives that result in 4 tb or a 4tb drive to a price around 300-350 dollars ish

[prime venture]

the crucial mx500 is one of the highest performing 2.5" ssds that i know of

[pearl vigil]

do you know its actual performance when read / writing?

[pearl vigil]

yes but thats from them do you yourself have any experience with it

[prime venture]

oh

i have 1 as a boot drive and it works great. boot times do take a small hit but i only boot once a day so i dont really care. i also have one as a vm storage drive in my server that i have had no issues

[verbal robin]

2.5 inch drives are really not a good choice anymore... Is there a reason you specifically want a 2.5 inch ssd?? @pearl vigil

[pearl vigil]

well its more that i need it to have a sata connection and not an m.2 one as there isnt space

[pearl vigil]

for anymore m.2

[pearl vigil]

anything else you might suggest

[verbal robin]

How many m.2 slots are on your motherboard?

[pearl vigil]

one exact

[ruby crest]

Ha

[pearl vigil]

its a motherboard from 2017 ish

[verbal robin]

Oof

[pearl vigil]

msi z390-a pro

[verbal robin]

Ngl may wanna look into upgrading from that before getting a bunch of data drives...

A couple 4tb sata drives would be more than the price of a new motherboard cpu and ram probably lol

[pearl vigil]

well its not the performance of my machine thats the issue its that the hdd that i have are slow and outdated

[pearl vigil]

im looking in total for something aroun 4 tb

not multible 4tb dives

[verbal robin]

You also have pretty limited connectivity due to the age of your pc

[pearl vigil]

fuck my r key fml

[verbal robin]

Theres always the option of swapping out your single m.2 for a larger one

[pearl vigil]

i could get an m.2 adapter for like 40 bucks

[verbal robin]

4tb m.2s have gotten a lot cheaper

[verbal robin]

Not really the same

Gonna be much much slower

[pearl vigil]

thats a nogo peach the m.2 ive got in rn is the brains of the operation and the hassle of fixing eveything like that i cant be asked

still faster than a hdd and when i upgrade my motherboard cpu and gpu i can get a motherboad with more m.2 slots

[verbal robin]

Cant just transfer the stuff you need to keep onto the hard drives and just set up a new main drive?

I'll look at some sata drives still

[pearl vigil]

cant be bothered im just looking for more reliable storage for games that have a good read write with dram

[verbal robin]

All the sata drives at 4tb are over 300 dollars

With dram

[pearl vigil]

really appreciate it mate im from norway so wont garuante that il respond bfo tomorrow some time but thank you

[verbal robin]

Which is pretty necessary to use a sata ssd with any real speed

[pearl vigil]

well price isnt the biggest problem

[verbal robin]

Just saying its kind of a waste yknow

[pearl vigil]

but worstcase i could go for a singularr 2 tb drive

[verbal robin]

As soon as you upgrade your motherboard you are gonna probably regret spending so much on a sata ssd

Just saying

[pearl vigil]

im just looking for better fperformance out of games i store on the new drive and 2 tb should be more than enough

[verbal robin]

Oh lord norway is even worse lol

There is a single option

[pearl vigil]

and the upgrade for the rest of my pc wont be so soon unfortunately rn i have other prios so im looking for a cheap way to resolve the issues im having with games on my hdd being laggy and heavy to load

i have folks who can buy internatinally for me so dw about norway specific but what is the one in norway ?

[verbal robin]

For 420 usd or about 4300 kr

Thats a terrible price

[pearl vigil]

yeah thats norway for ya

looks nice to live here but its all a facade

most likely gonna buy it in sweden or denmark and drive it up here myself

[verbal robin]

For an m.2 it would be the nm790 as the cheapest 4tb unfortunately, still about 3300 kr

I mean dont get me wrong that's a great ssd

Just not as great of a price vs some other countries

[pearl vigil]

the reason im putting of upgrading my pc is cuz of the prices im planning on skipping up to a 14th gen intel i7 im at a 9700 rn

[verbal robin]

Too bad the Netherlands isnt close at all, they have a pretty nice pc market honestly

[verbal robin]

Wouldnt suggest 14th gen ngl

Been having lots of issues

Intel is kinda fucking up atm lol

[pearl vigil]

so 13th is more stable?

all ik is after the things i heard about ryzen and kernel level voulnerabilities im unsure of it

[verbal robin]

No both 13th and 14th are having issues

[verbal robin]

I dont believe there are any issues with amd cpus at the moment, afaik that kernel stuff is old news

[pearl vigil]

but point being im going for a huge skip and jumping up to ddr5 if possible for the longevity of the build

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/processors/millions-of-amd-cpus-found-vulnerable-to-18-year-old-sinkclose-deep-system-flaw-but-its-pretty-difficult-to-exploit/

and n the intel ryzen race afaik is quite close

[verbal robin]

it says that there has already been bios updates to fix it on recent amd cpus, and its also a difficult to exploit thing too