M2 NVme or SSD

Good to know and i'll take your advice thx !!!

------He's lied. I have both Sumsung 860evo and 970evo, there is no obious difference on loading time, maybe 970evo is 1~2seconds faster. The obious advantage for a M2 NVME is its tight size and installment without extra cable in your case.

There should be no noticable difference between 1 or 2 drives. Don't overthink it. You want fast storage for both system and DCS. 2 drives give you more options to move data around. Since it's mostly for DCS why 2TB? Seems excessive.

If you're only gonna be using this for DCS then a single TB M2 is fine...I put in a second 500gb M.2 because I had the slot available AND it was on sale. Another thing to think about though is room to grow. With more maps coming...it will get filled up eventually.

In my laptop I went with a 4tb ssd an 2 2tb m2nvme drives for xp11 and dcs and 2 1tb or less m2 drives for the os and other apps the 4tb is for storing library files like photos and movies/music and d/ls

If you're only gonna be using this for DCS then a single TB M2 is fine...I put in a second 500gb M.2 because I had the slot available AND it was on sale. Another thing to think about though is room to grow. With more maps coming...it will get filled up eventually.

Thx for the advice. I may go this route which is why I'll get the 1 TB ssd to switch out the 1 TD sata hard drive. And also ask a few question about how many NMVe slots it can support. I just want to get a machine and start practicing ect. but, I want to build for the future too. This is hard for me because Im clueless.... but I learning.

thx

Thx for the advice. I may go this route which is why I'll get the 1 TB ssd to switch out the 1 TD sata hard drive. And also ask a few question about how many NMVe slots it can support. I just want to get a machine and start practicing ect. but, I want to build for the future too. This is hard for me because Im clueless.... but I learning.

 

thx

It may makes sense to have more than 1 drive, depending on what you do with your PC, if there are files you need no matter what and last but not least, how much you know about Computers ( Windows in this case ).

Say you only have 1 x 1TB NVMe and also format the whole thing as "C" drive.

Once you run into issues with your OS install and need to reinstall ( for whatever reason )

you will need to format the drive and thus loose all your data, if not backed up and saved on another drive.

If you find yourself with a non-booting Win10 that refuses to repair itself you have two options:

1: directly reinstall 10 and loose your data

2: boot a bootable USB stick with Linux and save your files before you the upper case.

If you have not prepared such a bootable stick before disaster happens you will need another PC/friend to help you out and make one.

If you have 2 or more drives and keep your OS clean from personal files ( store them on D: or E: etc.. ) you can format C right away and install a fresh 10 right away.

There are a few things you can learn from this outlined above:

- Always have a Backup of your needed files

- Have a plan what to do if Windows won't boot

- Have a stick ready with at least Win10 installer, better Win10 and a bootable Live Linux

I am a fan of a sleek OS drive, in my case 250GB tho today I would buy a 500GB drive for that sinnce prices have come down. Have a 2nd drive for Apps like DCS. Have a 3rd drive, internal or USB on which you do Backups. The 3rd drive may very well be a HDD with lots of TB, say no less than 2TB, better 4 or 6TB if your App drive is large and/or if you also have other drives with files like Music, Movies, Documents etc..

I would buy a 500GB NVMe for my OS and small apps like WinRAR, Discord, Office, etc..

Those can be reinstalled in a matter of minutes.

Have a 2nd drive SSD (NVMe if Motherboard allows ) for Apps that can be run without reinstalling, like DCS. You can run DCS right after reinstalling Win10, no need to reinstall it if it was placed on a 2nd drive. That may safe you a LONG download depending on your DL speed and volume cap.

Apps that need to be installed on the current OS to work ( registry things most likely ) may be installed on either disk but must be reinstalled on any newly installed OS, no matter if you have the files still on D or E drive.

I just installed a machine with 1.5TB Steam and Origin Apps on 2nd and 3rd drive. We put in his new NVMe, installed 10, installed Steam and Origin and told those 2 to use the folders already present on D and E drive. It took Steam and Origin maybe an hour to check the games

for consistency only, a lot faster than redownloading tons of games. If he had not had those "old" drives things would have taken forever to reinstall them all.

Just my 2 cents on hopw to splitt the capacity.

Yeah Sierra99 I gotcha thx. I was just thinking if this machine will be solely for DCS that I can just run it with the NVMe primarily. So I’m getting that DCS should run only by itself on a separate drive. Man I’m so new to this it sucks. Thx:thumbup:

In an ideal world. But one drive will work just fine. I keep OS and DCS on the NVMe. One extra SSD for all Steam/Blizzard/Pubg stuff.

In an ideal world. But one drive will work just fine. I keep OS and DCS on the NVMe. One extra SSD for all Steam/Blizzard/Pubg stuff.

Ok cool thanks for your advice. :thumbup::thumbup:

Once you run into issues with your OS install and need to reinstall ( for whatever reason ) you will need to format the drive and thus loose all your data, if not backed up and saved on another drive.

If you find yourself with a non-booting Win10 that refuses to repair itself you have two options:

1: directly reinstall 10 and loose your data

You don't lose your data by reinstalling Windows unless you choose to format partition.

You don't lose your data by reinstalling Windows unless you choose to format partition.

yes and no.

It will only let you repair-install from within windows10. So if you cannot boot into 10 you can only do the other.

But to be fair, I have not tried a full reinstall either with not formatting the drive. It may keep your personal folders, maybe not, maybe it will format for you if you dont do it yourself before you click NEXT.

I should try that in VMware, absolutely worth knowing.

I play it safe with Backups and if I have to rescue data from a broken Windows I use a bootable Linux distro or mount that drive via USB on another machine.

That way I actually never had to hope it wont delete my or others data using those options.

One could also splitt the drive into two partitions and do it that way. many options top avoid having C hold all your data.

Just some old school habits I have :)

Believe me, I make money from it. Always back up your data - that's true and best advice but Windows does not format partition by itself. Even if it says you'll lose data just by reinstalling on top of earlier installation it won't delete data. Have it ever gone wrong? Sure - but it's veeery rare.

Partitioning SSD is basically the same as making new folder. Both have pros and cons in theory but practice tells me there's always a trouble with space later after dividing it :)

It may makes sense to have more than 1 drive, depending on what you do with your PC, if there are files you need no matter what and last but not least, how much you know about Computers ( Windows in this case ).

 

Just my 2 cents on how to splitt the capacity.

Thats more than .02 cents my friend... Wow! very clear and thx for your input. :thumbup:

Believe me, I make money from it. Always back up your data - that's true and best advice but Windows does not format partition by itself. Even if it says you'll lose data just by reinstalling on top of earlier installation it won't delete data. Have it ever gone wrong? Sure - but it's veeery rare.

Partitioning SSD is basically the same as making new folder. Both have pros and cons in theory but practice tells me there's always a trouble with space later after dividing it :)

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I just bought a Samsung EVO 970 1TB drive.  It has not arrived yet, but my hope is that it will help with "ticks" and quick freezes that I get in DCS.  When that happens, the activity light on my SSD drive lights up like it is having to "go to the well" too often.  I recently rebuilt my whole system with Gigabyte Aorus Z390 Pro mobo, I9-9900K CPU, 32GB low latency RAM, AMD 6800 XT GPU, my drives are a PNY 480GB SSD (current boot drive) and a 1 TB Western Digital FireCuda (DCS location).

Again, I hope to jump in speed will help my issues.  So far, the SSDs and other hardware have not affected my problem.