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Myee-Ha-Rye 29 Jun @ 7:28pm
advice about getting new storage and ram
ive been thinking to get some small upgrades for my pc. could someone give me suggestions and which better brands should i choose?

the brands ive been considering are probably either samsung or kingston.

the storage ive expected probably around 1 tb (my pc supports M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD)

the ram ive expected probably around 16 gigs (my device supports DDR5 Ram)

what would you guys suggest?

personally, these storage ive wanted are enough for my current budget i have. i dont really care about getting huge ram and storage because i dont really do much gaming or even game that requires excessive power to run. i'm more into light and casual gaming. so with my current budget and expected storage, i would think that should be enough.

i also need budget friendly suggestions although im aware that samsung brand usually doesnt come in budget friendly. but i still prefer either of those two ive mentioned above.

thanks all.
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Originally posted by MonkehMaster:
kingston and samsung are good brands, either are a good choice.

these are the drives i have and how i have them setup, as well all of the drive have heatsinks on them.

1TB samsung 980 pro nvme m.2 ssd (OS)

250GB samsung 860 evo msata (paging)

1TB samsung 980 pro nvme m.2 ssd (games)

1TB samsung 980 pro nvme m.2 ssd (games)

1TB samsung 850 pro 2.5 ssd (retro games)

western digital 4TB gold (storage)

pc linked below, for the drives i mentioned.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/discussions/forum/11/882959061531393301/?ctp=101#c1753524964985339957

side note: all 3 of the 980 pro's i got on sale (sold my old 970 pro for the OS drive), dont remember the price off hand, but they werent expensive for the sale price.

edit: the 980's were on sale for $109 each ($329 total)

in general...

OS drive connected to mobo nvme slot and only runs the OS and OS related programs

paging file drive uses all 250GB for paging and is installed with a msata to sata enclosure, leaving the OS drive free from having a paging file on it.

the 2 games drives are on a pcie add-in card, which does its own bifurcation, allowing it to run each nvme at x4 (ie... running x8) and has steam and blizzard installed on them instead of the OS drive, along with all their games.

sata drive running retro games (ie... old console games), hdd for storage (various video files, pictures, tools, etc...

to note, i was using a kingston msata as the paging file, but decide to swap to the larger one, as i havent fixed the mobo on the last laptop i bought way back in 2013 (5v is shorted, thus i need to solder on new chips), so the drive was collecting dust, could still use the kingston (120GB) if i needed.

as for ram, i use g-skill (64GB for my desktop pc), but kingston is a good brand for ram, i have used them quite a bit, especially for laptop memory.

edit: looking at prices on newegg, various samsung drives have some decent prices, some on sale currently and kingston has some lower priced, but most are a bit expensive compared to samsung currently.

edit: ram on newegg seems to be extremely cheap currently (for all the brands i seen, though again... kingston seems to be a bit higher priced), along with some on sale.

didnt check other stores, but im sure its close to the same pricing.

good luck on your choice and have a nice day :gk_smile:
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Electric Cupcake 29 Jun @ 7:43pm 
I do not care for Samdung products. I prefer Silicon Power SSDs.

For RAM, I usually go with Corsair.
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gwwak 29 Jun @ 7:45pm 
Originally posted by Myee-Ha-Rye:
ive been thinking to get some small upgrades for my pc. could someone give me suggestions and which better brands should i choose?

the brands ive been considering are probably either samsung or kingston.

the storage ive expected probably around 1 tb (my pc supports M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD)

the ram ive expected probably around 16 gigs (my device supports DDR5 Ram)

what would you guys suggest?

personally, these storage ive wanted are enough for my current budget i have. i dont really care about getting huge ram and storage because i dont really do much gaming or even game that requires excessive power to run. i'm more into light and casual gaming. so with my current budget and expected storage, i would think that should be enough.

i also need budget friendly suggestions although im aware that samsung brand usually doesnt come in budget friendly. but i still prefer either of those two ive mentioned above.

thanks all.

If budget is a concern, manufacturer recertified enterprise grade hard drives can be worth it and they are at a significant discount vs new drives.
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Bad 💀 Motha 29 Jun @ 8:33pm 
If supports PCIE 4.0 NVME then better to get 2x 16GB RAM and at least 2x SDDs. The sweet spot in pricing is 2TB atm
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MonkehMaster 29 Jun @ 9:09pm 
kingston and samsung are good brands, either are a good choice.

these are the drives i have and how i have them setup, as well all of the drive have heatsinks on them.

1TB samsung 980 pro nvme m.2 ssd (OS)

250GB samsung 860 evo msata (paging)

1TB samsung 980 pro nvme m.2 ssd (games)

1TB samsung 980 pro nvme m.2 ssd (games)

1TB samsung 850 pro 2.5 ssd (retro games)

western digital 4TB gold (storage)

pc linked below, for the drives i mentioned.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/discussions/forum/11/882959061531393301/?ctp=101#c1753524964985339957

side note: all 3 of the 980 pro's i got on sale (sold my old 970 pro for the OS drive), dont remember the price off hand, but they werent expensive for the sale price.

edit: the 980's were on sale for $109 each ($329 total)

in general...

OS drive connected to mobo nvme slot and only runs the OS and OS related programs

paging file drive uses all 250GB for paging and is installed with a msata to sata enclosure, leaving the OS drive free from having a paging file on it.

the 2 games drives are on a pcie add-in card, which does its own bifurcation, allowing it to run each nvme at x4 (ie... running x8) and has steam and blizzard installed on them instead of the OS drive, along with all their games.

sata drive running retro games (ie... old console games), hdd for storage (various video files, pictures, tools, etc...

to note, i was using a kingston msata as the paging file, but decide to swap to the larger one, as i havent fixed the mobo on the last laptop i bought way back in 2013 (5v is shorted, thus i need to solder on new chips), so the drive was collecting dust, could still use the kingston (120GB) if i needed.

as for ram, i use g-skill (64GB for my desktop pc), but kingston is a good brand for ram, i have used them quite a bit, especially for laptop memory.

edit: looking at prices on newegg, various samsung drives have some decent prices, some on sale currently and kingston has some lower priced, but most are a bit expensive compared to samsung currently.

edit: ram on newegg seems to be extremely cheap currently (for all the brands i seen, though again... kingston seems to be a bit higher priced), along with some on sale.

didnt check other stores, but im sure its close to the same pricing.

good luck on your choice and have a nice day :gk_smile:
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