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[@michaeloneill1360]

Hey Jason what do you know about, or would you even recommend the 'King Spec' brand of nvme m.2 drives? They have a TB Drive for an Insane: $88.99 Cdn. !!

[@mybrotherjames8579]

I have a Kingston kc3000 1tb for the primary drive. Think I paid $80 for it when the nv2 was 50ish. Solid drive.

[@CaptBirdBrain]

I recently got the TeamGroup MP44L 2 TB for $125 on New Egg. That's the 4th Gen of the MP34 you mentioned. I thought I got a decent deal although I'm wishing I went with 4TB now.

[@Rabidpenquin1071]

I bought a Kingspec 7000 gen 4 1 tb for $56 back before the spike hit.I am super pleased and came with Dram cache.I believe that same one is now on sale at Newegg for $76 and you get a $10 gift card for your next purchase

[@paulp939]

Hey jason, i havent build a pc in over 20years, building a gaming rig now.. all your vidoes that i have watched have been very helpful, i appreciate your channel , subscribed, god bless your knowledge and heart

[@Rabidpenquin1071]

Was at my local Walmart about a week ago, and I always stroll by the clearance isle when I'm there.Imagine my shock when I saw WD Black SM770 gen 4 500 gb nvme for $18,I thought no way,but yep,I bought everyone they had,read and write speeds up to 5000

[@Ryuga117]

dude no fcking way, im actually checking the tech goods aisles at my supermarkets, i bet nobody touches them becuz of online shopping so the managers think just throw em on clearance for cheap to clear the stock paperwork😭

[@Rabidpenquin1071]

@Ryuga117 exactly, I asked the sales guy why it was so cheap, and he said to make room for the new 2024 inventory

[@bobp4036]

I was looking at drives yesterday and held off. Perfect timing for this video to drop and get some more info to digest before hitting that purchase button!

[@PCBuilderChannel]

So glad that worked out!! Happy to help :))

[@microde_8351]

Got a 990 pro "opened never used" 2tb off ebay for $150, about to find out if I got scammed

[@user-xp2gc9dn2g]

Sounds legit to me bro grats good luck .

[@user-xp2gc9dn2g]

back 4 to 5 months ago Drives got cheap . I snagged a 2 tb980 pro brand new for 80 bucks granted it was on sell but I could not pass that up .... I should have bought more than 1 is my only regret .

[@EclipseWarlord]

You're probably good. If they said it was a 1090 PRO then you definitely would have been.

[@SpoonHurler]

Probably stolen so you're probably good 😂

[@JBrinx18]

Make sure the text font looks right. Might be a scam otherwise

[@Adam-Mei]

I am running 12 TB on my gaming rig and have 70-80% filled I have games from the last 4 decades all saved to my rig. Then I have backups of everything so all said I have roughly 60TB of data most of which I will never use.

[@nastytechniquez9685]

Savagery

[@SpoonHurler]

Rookie numbers... gotta get them up 😂

[@Tomomoto9000]

I have a 10tb hd thats 60% but most of my games from Steam are not even downloaded. I had to uninstall what i don't want to play yet just to save space. I found a Seagate 24tb hd but its still a little expensive.

[@kdcustoms1272]

​@@Tomomoto9000bro don't use HDD's for game's. I'd say for videos or pictures sure. SSD's will improve loading times by x10, they really do for the games I play anyway. It was so annoying in eft waiting 2 minutes just for people's PC to load the game😡

[@Tomomoto9000]

@@kdcustoms1272 unfortunately the highest capacity ssd ive ever seen is 8tb. I need to atleast double that so i can download all my games.

[@unknownposter2075]

"Stop buying bad SSDs!" -proceeds to buy a 5400 RPM hard drive-

[@azytrx]

HDDs are great for documents, videos, etc, super cheap for huge sizes

[@nexusvideo]

I have a 3 tb dinosaur drive. great for storing video and music.

[@jimster1111]

you can buy a manufacturer refurbished 16TB 3" harddrive for less than 200$ sometimes closer to 140$. thats an insane deal idc who you are.

[@snakemaster_lp8417]

I always have 1 Hard drive, its just good for storing all sorts of stuff. i dont need work related stuff on my m.2´s thats space i can use for games `n stuff.

[@4door_papi]

@@snakemaster_lp8417exactly why im adding a HDD back to my pc lol

[@ThomasPaine01]

Great video as always. 500K subscribers let's go!

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Thank you Thomas!! Hope you are having a great week

[@happyswing]

I like this channel, he is like the Saul Goodman but in a world of PC )))

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Better Call PC Builder!

[@Jdebrusk987]

@@PCBuilderChannel Better Caul Jason

[@CallMiKaiyo]

I love how a brand new video comes out and I can already here the intro word for word in my head lmao I love the consistency

[@PCBuilderChannel]

haha yes! Hope you enjoyed

[@casuallyweird4838]

I got 2x 990Pro 2TB NVMEs. I use them for more than just gaming but they are blazing fast. Right now they are in my laptop but this summer I’m making a new build. A lot of it is actually made based on information I learned from your channel. Thanks for all the useful info and videos!

[@victorabregu1718]

Thank you jason, for keeping us updated in the fastest changing indutry. Very apreciated ❤

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Fast is right! You're very welcome :))

[@DKvegasgaming]

I just got a Samsung 990 Pro 4TB for $309 with next day delivery. I knew Jason would be upset with me because "it's not a gaming ssd", but I had to jump on it at that price. I do a bit of video editing as well, so I guess it wasn't a total waste :) Cheers

[@wrathfol]

the T500 2tb not being brought up is wild imo

[@Dubulcle]

Why

[@Gadgetdawg]

SSD prices have gotten so insane. I bought quite a few a year ago and I'm pretty sure like they were half these prices :(

[@furkanozcnar7898]

I love that you cover everything, these videos have so much wisdom in them, thank you!

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Glad you find them useful! So glad to help ;)

[@Majorsethro]

Honestly had no idea about that sticker! Awesome tidbit!!!

[@iHaveTheDocuments]

I got my 990 pro 2tb for about 120. Totally worth

[@numinous4789]

I really appreciate your vids. I'm preparing to build my first gaming PC, and I've watched many of your videos to prepare. Thanks for all of your hard work in making this info available to newbs like myself.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

So glad we can help! Best wishes on your build!

[@kelley09162]

Best of luck with the build. Do you need help picking out the parts or are you all set?

[@numinous4789]

@@kelley09162 All set, at this point. I’ve deep-dived for a few months now. Thanks

[@YasmirGD]

Your monologue/introduction Is amazing Mr Jason jajaja, I always repeat it in My mind "STOP buying bad XXXXX" jajaja thanks for the recommendations

[@PCBuilderChannel]

haha! Happy to help (:

[@sunnycat69]

Doing 1st build thanks fam subbed 👌🏻

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Thanks so much for the sub! And good luck with your first build, very exciting! Check out our How To Build A PC Video for some more tips. ;)

[@J-stee-Z]

Got me a sn850x 2tb for my local Walmart for ~$143 usd out the door the other day. Being in a small town if they have too much stock we will get local only sales, plus it helps when you know the cashier!

[@perspicacity89]

Wow. This is easily the most comprehensive, thorough, and efficient SSD video I've seen on KZbin. Thanks for such a tremendous effort. You just earned a sub.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Glad it was helpful! And thank you for the sub!

[@randolphblack2554]

Jason, thank you for the update on NVME drives since I want to purchase another pair to put on a PCIE expansion card before adding a second Gen 4 NVME drive to the secondary motherboard slot. I had one there before and really enjoyed the 1.9 GB/sec transfer speeds! Keep up the good 👍 work!

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Happy to help!

[@simonstrike]

Hi Jason! Great video, as always. You've helped me a lot with deciding on various upgrades recently so thank you! 👍

[@PCBuilderChannel]

So glad we could help! Thanks for letting us know

[@bradjarman8721]

Just bought a 1tb and 4tb samsung 990 pro. I thought I knew best that they were top of the line for just about everything, and while they seem to be for everything, except gaming, which is the one thing I do most... 😅

[@radical_dog]

The invisible xylophone playing is very hard to unsee once you spot it

[@trevenc]

Where is the love for Microcenters Inland drives? I have 2 of their Performance Plus drives and they are great.

[@iamdeward]

Your work is invaluable. I've learned so much about building computers over the last few months watching your videos. Just wanna say thanks

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Thanks a lot, glad you've learned so much from the channel! And thank you for tuning in ;)

[@EclipseWarlord]

Your enthusiasm is amazing. You're talking about DRIVES.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

haha thank you! Not the most exciting component its true, but I love helping folks with their builds so its still a good time (;

[@HunTaoLee]

Thanks for the comprehensive ssd video. My new laptop comes with a 4th gen 1TB SSD. Because of overheat + lack of space to add-on heatsink, I replace it with a rather cheap 3rd gen 2TB SSD & the laptop is much cooler now.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Glad I could help!

[@magnusnilsson9792]

4TB more TB/buck interesting :) Those silicon power are starting to pop up here in Europe now, so that's nice.

[@lear7741]

Thank you Jason.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Thank you for watching!

[@Trifler500]

I play a lot of games from a lot of genres. SSD all the way for FPS games, but I find that a good 7200 RPM hard drive is totally fine for 4X and Strategy games. I keep a lot of games installed, so,I still use both SSD and HDD in my computer. I have a 3 TB WD Black and I just replaced a 2 TB HDD with a new 4 TB Firecuda HDD. I have a 1 TB Samsung M.2 boot drive and my old 2.5" SATA SSD. I plan on picking up a 2 TB M.2 SSD before long. I mainly play single player games. I have a lot of games I've tried on both HDD and SDD and I didn't notice a difference while playing the game. Now, I've heard it matters more when playing multiplayer.

[@kirby0louise]

DRAM cache is really awesome. My (external!) harddrive has some and the only time it feels like a harddrive is when the cache is being flushed/written to the metal

[@laowai2000]

Have already upgraded NVME a few times now. Current system has 3.75tb spread over 4 x NVME. Just 1TB now on Mechanical Drive. Had so many hard drives fail over the years have no hesitation going all NVME in the future.

[@Selloutsatirist]

When WD Black 4Tb hit ~$250 a little while ago, I picked one up. I don't think I'll need more internal storage for quite some time.

[@CassiopeiaFBM]

the 990 pro blasts everything compared to my other ssd which is less performant, even in gaming, I do not regret putting the price to it honestly :)

[@Trifler500]

"If this had two M.2's on it, I'd want to see a x8 connector, etc" I agree this is ideal, but for people who don't have a larger slot available, this only matters if you're using both drives at the same time. Correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that as long as you only use one drive on the adapter at a time (such as when playing a game), x4 will work without performance loss. I've even seen a card with four M.2's on it.

[@carsythe]

When buying NVME SSDs is it still important to buy from a reputable company? In the era of magnetic drives I tried to stick to better brands. Its such a pain if your storage craps out.

[@nexusvideo]

Do your research if you are considering a pcie adapter for nmve cards. The x4 versions can fit in x16 slots if you dont have x4 slots on your board. x1 slot adapters will run at a limited speed but worth considering for extra storage - not gaming. Many boards do not have full bandwidth available to use all the pcie slots and nvme slots. My MSI board has a graphics card and 2 nvme cards installed. I can not use my second x16 slot or one of my x1 slots. They get disabled when the other slots are used. The motherboard manual will list your memory storage options.

[@mrivera3996]

I have a few MX500s in my system, and they serve me well. I do plenty of reading, writing, and deleting large batches of photos, and they do perform better than cheaper ones I’ve used. I also use a single 4TB Crucial P3 NVME SSD for my travel gaming PC, and it’s plenty snappy, and runs smooth as eggs. I see no real need for anything faster.

[@romariomarcogoncalvesdias6446]

so happy this video came out, as i'm in the market for storage

[@uther10]

Is it worth waiting for the Prime day sales in July? Thank you again for all of your information and videos!

[@PCBuilderChannel]

For SSDs I wouldn't personally, prices are going up. But of course you never know.

[@thatrealba]

WD Black SN850X 4tb main drive lets goooo! Got an RX 7900XTX, 9 7900X, 64G of 6000 C30 RAM, 1000watt Seasonic, a 32" 4k 160Hz, a 32" 2k 165 Hz, Logitech G915 and G614, and a Klipsch THX sound system for the bumps when the wamens isn't home. So I think I'm good for a banger NVME. Light games, like Planet Crafters load in what seems like less than two seconds. Love the channel!

[@Barksyyy]

I managed to score myself a Crucial MX500 1TB back in October 2023 for just £45 off of Amazon so I'm feeling pretty smug about that right now especially considering current prices are near on double that atm. Well, technically I got it for free since someone was kind enough to send me a gift card to get it cos my HDD was driving me crazy, grinding to a halt and bottlenecking my entire system to the point that it would often freeze up and take a good 5-10mins to do a full shutdown/restart so this thing was an absolute godsend and breath of fresh air for an old system like mine, giving it a brand new lease of life. Even after all of these months I still can't get over how fast this thing is to boot up from sleep and restarts in the blink of an eye not to mention the fact it runs pretty cool and silent unlike my old HDD which was beginning to sound about as excrutiating as nails on a chalkboard lol

[@tahnalos3677]

Still using a Kingston 256 GB SATA SSD on one of my desktops even after I upgraded my Mobo and CPU. Still going strong, no reason to by a M2 NVME for that desktop yet.

[@ThanhNguyen-sn5xf]

Hmm I got myself a crucial t500 2tb nvme for 146 euro

[@MrSimSim.]

this video was very needed, way less explenations exist about ssds and storage than other pc parts

[@dystopia-usa]

I've been using Intel/Solidigm enterprise class & professional class SSD's (2.5 SATA & M.2 NVMe) since my first one over a decade ago. They have never let me down & even the oldest one is still running today at 100% health, after many years as a primary/boot drive & later a secondary drive on newer builds. I don't mind paying a bit more for extreme reliability & durability/longevity, because dealing with failed drives is a huge headache.

[@Venlorz]

rewatching this and still appreciates Jason still includes console platforms for this content even tho the channel is literally says "PC Builder" xD

[@SteveJ619]

I'm that guy that will come and go on building PCs as prices lower ... 2016 .. I stopped cause they had 980 ti then a 1080 titan to .. think it was $1200 maybe more. But I was really skeptical about paying that much money for a video card... And when I do jump into the hobby, I like to buy the best of each piece. I want each piece to be the best they don't necessarily have to match. They just need to be the best of each piece. That's just the way I like to build ... I build my cars the same way ... But with PCs... They are starting to advance quickly... That I'm worried about starting a build getting the motherboard and CPU first . And by the time I get everything else I feel like my motherboard and CPU will be something I won't be happy with anymore because something better might have came out. So I keep not building because I can't get to a point where I could relax and go. This is the year to build it... It's moving to fast .. and motherboards are just really expensive... And I didn't want to settle with a gigabyte master ... When there's a higher tier .. Just like how I settled for the gigabyte 970 Xtreme gaming GPU in 2016 ish.. I felt like then I didn't have a good enough graphics card so I've been waiting and in the Bitcoin hit right after that. Aunt, nobody was going to be building the computer then that they liked for gaming without breaking the bank .. Memory and RAM are low prices right now .. But GPUs are still being made with hardly any video memory.. I would like to see dual channel memory on a video card just like how we have on a motherboard. I would also like to see 32 gigs of video memory on a video card... It's kind of where it should be anyways to be able to Future proof that thing for at least 3 years. They should be at least future proof for them for 3 years, but I noticed they're starting to release them almost every year now to every two years...

[@zonemanbobo]

I saw a booger on the finger😮. Anyway I use 3 nvme 2T each, and I was running low on storage so I added a 8T spinner via usb-c. Works well.

[@slumped_rayray7880]

got a p44 pro 2tb on newegg for a $100 during black friday... cant beat that

[@mikegregg7286]

Jason, can you please help me understand how a PCIe add in card (for an additional NVMe slot) affects the total PCI lanes/bandwidth on the PC? For example, I have a Ryzen 5700g, which has 20 PCIe 3.0 lanes. I have two NVMe drives and a full size graphics card (16 lanes). How does the PC divide up the lanes? If I insert an add-in card with a 3rd NVMe, will I reduce my bandwidth and slow down my drive or (worse) my graphics card? Thanks for any help you can provide. I have tried to research this and still don't understand....

[@michaelthompson9798]

Another great video by Mr Bear 🐻…… sorry Jason 😉😅😂🤣. Terrific and well explained video Jason and didn’t realise Xbox S/X used a proprietary connector …… I always wondered why the Xbox storage was soooo pricey! I’m not really a console gamer tbh and aren’t fully up to date on their specs etc.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Thank you so much Michael, he and I both thank you! :D We appreciate the support!

[@joshhardin666]

there's also u.2/u.3 drives as well as pcie drives. these drives are a bit larger (in the case of u.2/u.3 they are typically about the size of a typical 2.5" laptop hard drive), but the difference is that there's way more room for nvme nand chips so you can typically find drives with significantly more storage. Also they tend to last waaay longer. if you write very often to your drives (say, you're a video editor working on 4k video and constantly loading and unloading video, or high quality music (like you're a pro recording mixer), or you change out your games frequently, enterprise drive last way longer, and more than that, they typically have WAY more performance in terms of once you get past the cache. you only ever get so much cache on an ssd, on some consumer ssd's once you run out of (even dram) cache, the speeds of the drives drop to similar speeds (or even lower) of a spinning hard drive (like 200mb/s in some cases). enterprise drives like u.2/u.3 and pcie slot drives often have sustained write speeds (that's AFTER your run out of cache) measured in gigabytes which is pretty fantastic. u.2/u.3 ssd's can be used in an m.2 slot or a pcie slot with inexpensive adapters, pcie ssd's obviously plug directly into a pcie slot (which is a bit limiting because of how crappy modern consumer cpus are for pcie lanes (and you don't want to take lanes away from your gpu if you want to game, so usually m.2 or m.2 adapters for u.2/u.3 are going to be the way to go. they also have REALLY LOW access times, even compared to standard m.2 drives. I'm personally looking at picking up 3x samsung 15.36 tb u.2 ssd's with m.2 adapters when I rebuild my workstation. going that big IS a really expensive option, but it's a TON of storage (I'm currently running 3x 4tb m.2 drives and am constantly running out of space), and it's fast as heck.

[@CloudyMcCloud00]

I found the Cardea "A440 PRO" 1TB for £122 and a 2TB "A440" (i.e. non-PRO) for £152. My guess is that the PRO version has DRAM and the non-PRO version does not (based on the price difference -- neither being marked down). You know what Amazon description accuracy is like! 😀

[@csl9495]

Very informative. Im looking for more storage to store games and you advising that the faster speeds or m.2 vs sata doesnt have a great margin when it comes to gaming performance is going to save me a lot of money haha

[@Hoigwai]

Bought a 2nd drive last year. SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus SSD 2TB - M.2 NVMe for $129. My 1TB NVMe was running out of space lol. 44C being actively used in a 70F room. Seems good.

[@desertgecko4549]

12:53 That's a good option, using an add-on card for another SSD. But before going there, we should check our motherboard. All Standard-ATX mobos, most micro-ATX, and maybe an oddball ITX, have more than one m.2 slot. My ATX mobos have three each. And, of course, this isn't needed if you go with a SATA SSD. Great video, Jason. I was surprised to learn that 4TB has finally taken over the sweet spot from 2TB (but has it, really?), and I'd never seen an RGB heat sink. I always learn _something_ from your videos.

[@trumplander420]

Mine has 1 😢

[@tanuki3756]

Was needing a cheap SSD for a build I'm completing for a friend. Ordered one through you links. Thank you kindly.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

So glad we could help!

[@3dchick]

If you ever start messing around with Unreal Engine or other 3D stuff, you'll be shocked at how fast you can fill up a drive. I have 2 2tb ssds, plus 8tb hdd on board (came with the rig), and 16tb worth of nvmes external in enclosures (so I can use them with my laptop too). Yes, I should get a NAS setup but that's way beyond my skillset and budget, currently.

[@dennisdavidov782]

Amazon recently had the "SABRENT Rocket Q 2TB" for 79.99$ which looks like a crazy deal, it seems to be bought out but might be back at stock later so who knows.

[@pikkuraami]

I've found that gen3 nvme drives mostly aren't even available anymore. When I find one of those it is more expensive than gen4 nvme. Also, anything smaller than 4TB seems to be a waste of m.2 socket. Those are best price/GB where I live. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Bigger drives usually have better endurance (TBW, terabytes written) ratings aswell. If you are doing write heavy workloads like video editing or transcoding, endurance starts to matter.

[@bretthake7713]

I got one of the 2tb 990 Pro for $160 from newegg when they made that big Newegg+ launch sale. Was not sure if it was a good price but seeing the 1tb 980 pro at $113 makes me feel wayyy better. Still, these prices are awful, can't wait to hear about the record profits these companies are making 💀

[@khaizeralejo]

just replaced my old laptop drive from hdd to ssd. Performance change is very significant. Old but better. still have 4gb ram though

[@Riyozsu]

The most misleading thing about m.2 ssds is it's size. They look so big in the pictures, but they are barely bigger than your finger.

[@geoffreystraw5268]

I call them gum stick drives.

[@AwesomeDomi1]

I’m thinking of buying a 2TB Crucial P3 plus, on paper it’s the best value one I’ve seen, would you recommend it?

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Tends to be overpriced for its budget level performance. But if you find a good deal go for it. Similar to the other budget NVME drives.

[@Greenalex89]

For gaming alone most SSDs are totally fine since you just move small bits of data from all sorts of places, but for production purposes where you move large chunks of data a lot you might need specific SSDs which dont drop their performance after a few GB's moved like most SSDs. Im happy with my Kingston Fury 2TB Gen 4 SSD I got for 106€ (mega value) on prime deal a year ago. But honestly, any SSD (SATA, Gen 3-4) does the job for pure gaming.

[@alien4422]

I went with a WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 for my new build. £139.98 or $177.37.

[@LoiteringReaper]

Nvme vs 3.5” SSD load speeds depends on the game’s architecture

[@totowolff3229]

At the end of last summer i was able to pick up a 2tb 990 pro for 220 CAD (160 usd). Havent seen a better sale on it since.

[@zittire7909]

Your guides are usually legit Jason but you didn't mention the write speeds at all on this one. Also would love if you could talk about how different manufacturer matter for cards. I've decided on a 7900 GRE but I don't know if it really matter what brand I get. I understand warranty and cooling is important but in term of clock speeds, I can manually overclock even a OC fighter to red the Red DEvil speeds right?

[@PCBuilderChannel]

For GPU info including what to look for in different models hop over to our Best GPU 2024 video!

[@SkyYukiGuy]

Bruh silicon power here (not US) already bumped up the gen3x4 price to the same price as gen 4x4

[@DragunnitumGaming]

So informative :O

[@PCBuilderChannel]

So glad it was helpful!

[@JakeAndrews-fd4eo]

Love your stuff Jason!! You've been a huge help in choosing the components to build my first gaming PC. I'm just about ready to start ordering all my parts. Very excited. Can anybody answer what may be a stupid question... is the Team Group MP44 just the Gen 4 version of the MP34? Thanks guys.

[@kelley09162]

Not sure but it has good reviews so it is a good choice.

[@DarkMetallic]

Thanks Jason! Quick question if you've got the time to answer: For the PCIe adapter, why do you need an PCIE x4? A x1 adapter would also work fine but at a slower speed, right? (Max 1gb/s but still faster than SATA). Send love to the cats :)

[@talon1706]

I've had a Samsung 850 500gig SSD since 2014 running at 6000mb.s.sec. Speeds from Samsung Magician. It's almost as fast as my 980 Pro NVME.

[@Tcass99]

The Klevv doesn't appear to have DRAM now.

[@macblink]

thanks for the recommendations

[@PCBuilderChannel]

You're very welcome! Happy to help!

[@juanford55]

Well i use a 2TB SATA Samsung evo 870 since 2 years ago, i know is slower than m.2 ones but it does pretty decently for my daily use not gonna lie.

[@shedbuiltcars2999]

my recomendation would be, faster gen4/5 1tb boot drive, gaming gen 3 2tb or bigger i run way more than that, but most wont need it

[@LautaroQ2812]

Zero to SSD hero? Fine... you got me. I'll leave my like haha! I have an HDD where I have RoN, Cyberpunk77, KCD, Cities Skylines... all of them work just fine. I do get some little hiccups with RoN but not sure if it's the drive or my older bottlenecking CPU. If you can get an SSD, don't get an HDD in 2024, obviously. But saying obsolete is a bit much. Depending on the game you're trying to play, an SSD will only differ in LOADING TIMES. This is coming from an mmorpg player. Back in the day, since SSDs were sort of new/expensive you'd get the HDD for your games. And the problem with them now is that textures and stuff to stream are much larger and needs to be quicker, this is where an HDD is not useful anymore. But if you are playing something a bit older (or even newer that doesn't need the loading speeds like the examples I gave above), it can still be used. Things may vary depending on your region and market. If you can get an NVME today, just get that and don't worry. Also you can even get a Gen 3 and not overspend and not notice a difference between PCIE 3, 4 or 5.

[@FlamingTX]

Perfect time, I've saving up my lunch money to buy ssd for my laptop Just need more reaserch for decent cheap ssd with dram-chace that available in my region

[@GRlMME]

So, I was looking at getting the Kingston NV2 2TB nvme and I wanted to get your opinion on it. Right now it’s going for 118 USD on Amazon which I figured was absolutely amazing value.

[@kelley09162]

It's a fine drive but doesn't make sense price wise because the Teamgroup MP44L has faster speeds and is currently $113.

[@Yuary]

I was about to buy a SSD when this video popped on my youtube feed, ty for the info jason

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Great timing! You're welcome, thanks for watching :)

[@userbunny14]

I got a Crucial 2TB Gen4 for my build I did last week, and when I installed it, the sticker just kinda... fell off. Like the back of it was dried up and it was crunchy. So mine has no sticker. So far it hasn't had any heat issues, and all I'm using the little heatsink that came on my Gigabyte mobo. Just sucks that it voids the warranty. Cause I literally didn't take it off myself. It wasn't a choice I made.

[@revilokawon8450]

Nice Video! How about cloning nvme to nvme? Allso Issues can appear or is it less risky?

[@PCBuilderChannel]

That should be no problem! Its when you go between Sata and Nvme that you can have issues

[@revilokawon8450]

@@PCBuilderChannel Thank you very much! Best Channel on YT for Building PC!!!

[@pie_stains]

🐈‍⬛👍I was able to get some good value on drives earlier in the year right before prices went up. My best score was probably an 2TB Crucial P5 Plus for $96 to my door. When it showed up it was the ended up being the heatsink version rather than the stock picture used. *right now I am on the lookout for a decent sale on a case to house my 11400f build so I can give it to my sisters family.

[@PCs454]

i had just one 2TB HDD for games and windows. I have got 1TB nvme for my main drive and made the 2TB as my G: games drive. but the loading of some games are slow. im guessing 2TB SSD would help, but im not sure which 2TB SATA/ NVME is best price to performance. anyone in similar situation, what did you do / choose. thanks 🙏🙏

[@AdroSlice]

Here samsungs 980 pro is basically the same price as its competitors at 2tb so im not quite sure the blanket dismissal is warranted

[@Bigdee8802]

Is it worth buying a motherboard with a Pcie5 slot just incase improvements are made to the performance and prices come down for the gen5?

[@PCBuilderChannel]

No. Total waste of money in my opinion

[@Bigdee8802]

@@PCBuilderChannel sounds good, appreciate it!

[@Lone1Wolf8]

My PC is Yeyian Gaming Desktop TANTO Intel Core i5 13th Gen 13400F (2.50GHz) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER- AI Accelerated 16GB DDR5 5600 MHz 1 TB SSD 120mm AIO Liquid 650W PSU Windows 11 Home 64-bit- YPI-TA34F0B-47S1N It comes with one SSD and no HD. What's a good 2-4tb SSD that would work for this. Price range 100-200

[@williammunny9206]

good morning Jason, (sips coffee) crazy good info! build my retirement build! 😝

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for tuning in :) You got this!

[@GKempire1]

Hey I’m just watching this video now but could you also include laptops too in your next video thanks!

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Thanks for watching! Check out our Best Gaming Laptops 2024 video for more!

[@tjadams8]

I'm def kicking myself for not buying 1000 of the 4TB MP's when they were 151.99

[@UsaMizu]

What do u think about this one for PC ? Gen 4 : Adata Xpg Gammix S70 Blade Gen 3 : Adata Xpg SX8600 Pro

[@MyRkAcc]

Im looking at the silicon power xd80 currently, but the 512gb version for my boot drive and a two games I usually play most. Its 56$ at the local store im looking at. The 1Tb version is 150 since they dont have stock on it and need to order it. To be honest, even the sata ones i got (some kingston 500gb one and a samsung 870 pro 1tb as my main) are good for my needs xD

[@g.waits4gainz205]

cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeers!!!!! still have my new gear but never the psace or time or stress to build it but mannnnnnnn I CANT WAIT! i have 2 differetn old 500gb ssds right now nad struggle with my hoard of games over 5 + years BUT IM GONIG TO 2 DIFFERENT 2TB HARDDRIVES AND CONSIDERING USING MY BEST MOBO SLOT FOR A 3RD AND JUST MAKE IT A 4TB GAMING DRIVE LMFAO! putting so much into gen 3 or gen 4 drives i just wish i coudl tell which one would get my OS lmfaoooooo but im just going to do a 2tb OS drive on the cpu on my b650 edge cause thatll work and the gen 5 slot can go to my gen 4 4tb games drive XD I HOPE IT ALL WORKS OUT CAUSE ITS SO CLEAN!!!1 and im using windows 11 frehs install so time will tell idk~ best part tho will be that atleast i can roll the dive on cpu m.2 or chipset m.2 for both of the 2tb drives for my OS to end up on but the BEST slot on my mobo is the 3rd well 1st one nd itll be a 4tb so i will KNOW. ~~~~~ NOTHING LIKE DATA HOARDING AND OVER ABSURDITY OF STORAGE LMFAO............ i... willl... hgave... more money.... in ssds...... even this cheap.... THEN I DID FOR MY GPU I HAVE A PROBLEM.............

[@watersMO]

To make space for a new system drive, I moved my Gen 3 game drive to a Gen 2 M.2 slot and I can't perceive any difference in load times or general gaming performance.