Which SSD should I get?
Posted by Sneffy123@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 14 comments
Current specs:
CPU: I5-10400
Graphics card: GTX 1650
Ram: 16GB
SSD: ADATA SU630
Power supply: 550V
Motherboard: PRIME B460M-K (LGA1200)
Currently I have the "patriot p400 lite", "Patriot Viper VP4300 Lite", and "Western Digital WD Blue SN5000" on my mind but I really don't know. I'd like something that would last a long time.
P.S: Not looking for anything too fancy. I've just been feeling my pc being quite slow recently (mostly due to the SSD after some tests) and wanted to slightly upgrade it. Don't know too much about specs so if you see some other spec (gpu, cpu, etc) could use an upgrade I'd appreciate it if you could let me know!
Gaz8t33@reddit
Any of them should be fine for a replacement boot drive. They’ll be running at Gen3 NVMe speeds due to your CPU and Motherboard support, but you won’t really notice the difference compared to what Gen4 speeds would have been in gaming / general windows usage.
In surprised your SU630 lasted this long, they had a pretty high failure rate.
You can also use programs to just clone your boot drive from your current SSD to your new drive without a full OS reinstall, if you choose to do so.
Sneffy123@reddit (OP)
Are you saying that I should get a Gen 3 NVMe one instead? I'm worried that my new SSD would still be falling behind the rest of my build...
Gaz8t33@reddit
They don’t really produce many Gen3 drives nowadays, since we’ve moved onto Gen4 and Gen5 and a Gen3 drive may end up retailing near enough the same price as a Gen4 anyway, so you’re probably just better off getting a Gen4 drive tbh.
Sneffy123@reddit (OP)
Interesting. Do you have any recommendations? The site that I use doesn't show the NVMe version of most SSD's on there...
Gaz8t33@reddit
I’m pretty sure the ones you mentioned in your post are all Gen4, if they are the same price then out of the 3 I’d probably go with the Patriot Viper VP4300 Lite
Sneffy123@reddit (OP)
Also, I'm seeing a lot of other SSD's that are apparently better for what looks like about the same price and I'm VERY confused. Do you know how much something like the VP4300 lite 2tb should cost? Just afraid of getting scammed.
Sneffy123@reddit (OP)
Okay, tysm!
Cer_Visia@reddit
The 1 TB and 2 TB sizes of any of these drives will work fine. Get the cheapest one.
jbshell@reddit
Running out of storage and looking to expand? Have an additional m.2 slot, or does the board have any PCIe express slots available (to add another nvme)?
Sneffy123@reddit (OP)
Storage isn't really the problem. My SSD is just slowing everything down and I'm looking for a full replacement (unless keeping it and just adding a new one has it benefits?). Also, those words are gibberish to me lol.
jbshell@reddit
Sorry, didn't understand what exact specs you have. My fault. Do you already have a NVMe ssd on this board?
Sneffy123@reddit (OP)
Just the help is already appreciated. Don't really know what a NVMe ssd is. But I (probably) don't have it.
jbshell@reddit
Thanks for sharing your current motherboard.
It's confusing for me; you posted
"Currently I have the "patriot p400 lite", "Patriot Viper VP4300 Lite", and "Western Digital WD Blue SN5000" on my mind but I really don't know"
Well, you can understand how this is confusing. 😉. What SSD and storage do you actually have?
This board your shared has only 1x m.2 ssd slot.
Sneffy123@reddit (OP)
I see where the confusion comes from. My current SSD is the ADATA SU630, the other SSD's I listed are simply ones I was considering getting as an upgrade over my current one.