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    Worth switching operating system to new SSD?

    Discussion in 'Gigabyte and Aorus' started by Cariblo, Jun 26, 2017.

  1. Cariblo

    Cariblo Notebook Consultant

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    My Aorus x7 v6 has a 256GB M.2 PCIe SSD
    I recently bought and installed a 500GB Samsung 960 Pro NVMe for gaming purposes. After reading a lot of reviews I realised that this is one of the best SSD's out at the moment. Is it worth (and keep in mind I would have to spend a lot of time researching on how to do this as I've never done it) transferring my operating system over to my new SSD? Will it be a lot faster? My boot time is already very quick but will this make it a lot quicker?
     
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  2. SkidrowSKT

    SkidrowSKT Notebook Deity

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    The answer is almost certainly not. The OEM NVME SSDs have excellent read speeds and average write speeds. Windows boot time mostly relies on sequential read, so switching over to a better NVME SSD will hardly improve load times. Windows is extremely snappy in both SSDs.

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  3. Cariblo

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    Thank you :) I will use it just for gaming purposes then!
     
    Cariblo, Jun 26, 2017
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