August 2, 20178 yr I'm thinking about upgrading to an SSD for P3D. But I'm not sure what size to get. I'm looking at the 500GB and the 1TB. Is the Samsung 850 EVO 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD any good? It seems to be the best seller on Amazon. Do you think 500GB would be enough, I have a lot of add-ons and I want to be able to fit everything and also have some leftover room for peace of mind. The 1TB is $340 and the 500GB is $175. ASUS ROG Maximus Hero XII ▪︎ Intel i9-10900K ▪︎ NVIDIA RTX 3090 FE ▪︎ 64GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro ▪︎ Windows 10 Pro (21H1) ▪︎ Samsung 970 EVO Pro 1TB NVME SSD (OS Drive) ▪︎ Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SATA SSD ▪︎ Seagate 4TB SATA HDD ▪︎ Corsair RMx 850W PSU
August 2, 20178 yr Moderator I have the 1TB Evo and it is perfect. Anything that gets INSTALLED goes on that drive - the actual zip files, etc are on a storage drive. If you have the budget - get the 1TB - you won't regret it. Vic RIG#1 - 7700K 5.0g ROG X270F 3600 15-15-15 - EVGA RTX 3090 1000W PSU 1- 850G EVO SSD, 2-256G OCZ SSD, 1TB,HAF942-H100 Water W1064Pro 40" 4K Monitor 3840x2160
August 2, 20178 yr 1TB is good if you don't plan to install a lot of PR scenery, if you plan to do A LOT of PR scenery then I'd recommend 2TB ... I'd also recommend going with M.2 Samsung 960 PRO NVMe drives or the M.2 Samsung 960 EVO NVMe ... performance wise there isn't much of a difference between the 960 EVO and the 960 PRO. EVO https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147595 PRO https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820147597 If you are looking for old school SATA6 SSD then Samsung 850 EVO or Samsung 850 PRO. In terms of actual performance for P3D ... I haven't noticed any difference at all between any of the above (I do have all the versions and tested all the versions), slightly faster initial loads times with M.2 and slight faster aircraft display (aircraft selection screen if you have large collection of aircraft). M.2's do tend to boot a little faster. If you go the Samsung route, make sure you install the Samsung Magician software as it will allow you to update the firmware to latest and you can enable additional drive features ... in some cases the firmware updates provided considerable performance gains. But as you know (or may not know) SSD/M.2 all have a finite life and their performance starts to deteriorate over time which isn't necessarily the same as their MTBF rating (which is usually around 1Million - 2Million hours) .. but if you have the Magician software installed it should help minimize degradation over time. Cheers, Rob.
August 2, 20178 yr 2 1TB's 850 Pro. One for the OS and one dedicated for the sim. Should never run out of space...
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