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  Slogan on 04/09/2021 - 10:00

  +1

  If I was spending this amount on this capacity, I'd go with NVMe:
  https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/HDDKIN20500/Kingston-NV1-50…
  It's 4x the read speed and 3x the write speed.
  (Different form factor of course; your device might not have an M2 slot.)

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    Huntakillaz on 04/09/2021 - 10:01

    Exactly some old pc's don't have nvme so this is good for those

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    Foodie on 04/09/2021 - 10:03

    Would cost me an extra $800+ :(
    Mobo, cpu, ram

    For general use do you notice a real difference in day to day use?

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      Slogan on 04/09/2021 - 10:05

      +2

      For games (esp. when loading), copying files, and working with big files like video. Apart from that it's hard for me to tell on my PC.

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        Foodie on 04/09/2021 - 10:08

        Thanks. Haven't upgraded in a long time so genuinely interested in real world improvements. Some improvements can be a bit of a gimmik and only apply to really specific use cases.
        I know you might as well go nvme if you can and have spare slots

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      PANiCnz on 04/09/2021 - 10:55

      Depending on the age of your PC you can get adapters for the faster NVMe drive. The gotcha is not all of them will boot from it. It is possible to modify the BIOS on some old PC's to allow them to boot from an NVMe drive.

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        Huntakillaz on 04/09/2021 - 13:36

        +1

        For the avg non techy person this might be more difficult to do.

        Wouldn't recommend bios modding if you don't know what you're doing.

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      Jaxson on 04/09/2021 - 12:18

      If your current PC does not have an SSD (either older or newer NVMe) then I'd suggest going for it.
      Make it your boot drive and you'll probably be hard pressed to get a better bang for buck speed improvement when loading windows/software etc.

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  [Deactivated] on 04/09/2021 - 10:55

  +1

  If anyone is looking for an external SSD I saw this 480GB one at Smiths for $97 on clearance

  https://www.smithscity.co.nz/computers-and-phones/computer-a…

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    Everettpsycho on 04/09/2021 - 17:16

    That's tempting to pick up for use on an Xbox series s/X when I finally get one. Doubling the storage of the S for $97 would be handy and mean it's stays much cheaper than an X.

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      justfrancois on 05/09/2021 - 09:47

      I've got series x and thought I could use external SSD rather than pricey XBox expansion drive. But sadly Microsoft does not allow newer generation games to be played from an external hard drive. They say it's to maintain the Series X as a high speed machine. So if you move the next gen game to an external drive it does not let me play it and I have to move it back before I can play. Backwards compatible older games are ok though so SSD would work for that.

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        Everettpsycho on 05/09/2021 - 14:48

        The main use was more for a series s where 512Gb just won't last long. I'm aware the limitation that they want you using the on board nvme drives for this generation games but having this you can transfer games back and forth in a couple of minutes. Just means less messing about redownloading something like flight simulator if I feel like playing it one night, I don't mind waiting on a smaller game to download as they don't take long, it's the monster ones that eat all your drive space and will take ages to transfer off a mechanical drive that are the issue. Still good enough for Xbox one games too.

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          justfrancois on 16/09/2021 - 09:39

          @Everettpsycho: Yep, you made me think again about SSD. MS Flight Sim is a beast of a package and copying vs downloading is better. Mmmm.. I will keep an eye on good deals for SSD with Labour Day and Black Friday coming up. Thanks.

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  Wakrak on 04/09/2021 - 12:00

  Could get Crucial MX500 at an alright price on Amazon AU.

  Got the 1tb for $130 @ Amazon.com a few months back.

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    Huntakillaz on 04/09/2021 - 13:31

    +2

    500gb is more than enough for boot drive and documents.
    You should be storing movies, tv, music and photos on seperate larger drives or HDD to make most efficient use of a boot ssd. (Unless you're editing said media)
    Also minimising risk of data loss since the boot drive will go through many writes.

    1TB= approx 931GB of usable space
    500GB=approx 465GB of usable space

    Generally rule is you only lose 10% of drive space in formatting.

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      Banto on 04/09/2021 - 13:39

      +1

      There is also this age old ploy by HDD manufactures to call 1000 Bytes as 1 Kilo Bytes instead of 1024 Bytes.

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      ace310 on 04/09/2021 - 14:00

      Sorry, forgot to mentioned that if you are replacing it in a laptop, you will only have 1 bay, unless you plan to connect external drive every time you use it.

      Also, true about storing media on separate drive. What I meant was installing softwares/programs takes space. Agree, you can install most of them on other drive as well but it is not ideal.

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  pdevonporf on 04/09/2021 - 14:10

  +3

  I found an old receipt, crucial 250 GB SSD in 2012 from Noel Leeming $567. Put it in my iMac it was revolutionary at that time compared to the 500 GB Seagate mechanical drive running at 5900 rpm.

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    Foodie on 04/09/2021 - 16:07

    +4

    Reading this while I watch shows on my $4000 TV that is worth $800ish now

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    bilberry on 04/09/2021 - 23:18

    That was expensive, I remember I bought my Samsung 830 256GB SSD back in late 2012 for around $350 at PB Tech