Path: ...!news-out.netnews.com!postmaster.netnews.com!us1.netnews.com!not-for-mail X-Trace: DXC=_j;gIFBcGHhgbAWgI2o77`HWonT5<]0TmdjI?Uho:Xek=aHS]UU?AToV12^Tk6jnUdXd__@?B9NZi1ENF=0lf5Be>N\0^UTKRWf[oldWL\>djj5;T>0j>i^lg X-Complaints-To: support@blocknews.net Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2025 11:50:32 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Buying a second SSD Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy References: Content-Language: en-US From: "Joel W. Crump" In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 27 Message-ID: <67c33a8f$12$2781$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 X-Trace: 1740847759 reader.netnews.com 2781 127.0.0.1:60287 Bytes: 1827 On 3/1/25 11:40 AM, -hh wrote: > 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: > > > > 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. There is no point in it being even 1 TB. Just that I can install some apps on it and test it. -- JWC