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  • Re: Buying a second SSD

    From chrisv@21:1/5 to Joel on Sat Mar 1 06:05:34 2025
    Joel wrote:

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07ZGJYLNL

    "Silicon Power 512GB NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen3x4 2280 SSD (SP512GBP34A60M28)"


    The sole purpose of this is to put Win11 Pro unactivated on it. I
    want to see how it performs on my computer now that it has 32 GB RAM.
    I did that upgrade after the switch to Linux.

    Good and cheap, that's for sure. I assume your mobo has a second slot
    and you'll then use the boot manager choose which SSD to boot-from?

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  • From -hh@21:1/5 to Joel on Sat Mar 1 11:40:05 2025
    On 2/28/25 21:41, Joel wrote:
    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07ZGJYLNL

    "Silicon Power 512GB NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen3x4 2280 SSD (SP512GBP34A60M28)"


    The sole purpose of this is to put Win11 Pro unactivated on it. I
    want to see how it performs on my computer now that it has 32 GB RAM.
    I did that upgrade after the switch to Linux.


    Cheap, but it is just a 0.5TB ... I'd be more inclined to suggest the
    $90 for 2TB version on that same page.

    FWIW, one that I'm looking at is a 4TB NVMe w/heatsink for $290:

    <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0D9WTKV1B/>

    Its to replace a pair of old 2TB SATA SSDs that are getting close to end-of-life. Fast as a RAID0 in its day, but NVMe today is better.


    -hh

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