i like it. not enough manufacturers are making small (boot) drives under 1Tb the 256Gb should be $45-60. i have my eyes on it for my next boot in a build.

tunejunky:

i like it. not enough manufacturers are making small (boot) drives under 1Tb the 256Gb should be $45-60. i have my eyes on it for my next boot in a build.

Amazon first 3 pages are like this................. Do not see a lack of cheap NVME 250gb boot drives. I paid $47 for my 256GB NVME in my threadripper in 2020.....

Agonist:

Amazon first 3 pages are like this................. Do not see a lack of cheap NVME 250gb boot drives. I paid $47 for my 256GB NVME in my threadripper in 2020.....

yes, but competition is good - notice the extreme lack of pcie 4.0 small volume drives as they cashed in right away...makes me wonder about pcie 5.0 as well

tunejunky:

yes, but competition is good - notice the extreme lack of pcie 4.0 small volume drives as they cashed in right away...makes me wonder about pcie 5.0 as well

PCI 4.0 isnt really much of a need for a boot drive. I havent noticed much difference from my 960 evo 250gb pci 3.0 vs my Aorus 500GB Pci 4.0 as boot drives. Now direct storage will be a total difference. And I support competition as always. I loved my samsung 960 evo 250gb but when I bought it, it was $125 on sale. That was not cheap.

Agonist:

PCI 4.0 isnt really much of a need for a boot drive. I havent noticed much difference from my 960 evo 250gb pci 3.0 vs my Aorus 500GB Pci 4.0 as boot drives. Now direct storage will be a total difference. And I support competition as always. I loved my samsung 960 evo 250gb but when I bought it, it was $125 on sale. That was not cheap.

yes, i had to talk a couple of people down when advising (co-building) their rig. it's easy to get folks to pay the premium to have the same brand. they all wanted "the latest" and thought i was a squirrelly geek (no comment) when i was steadfast at mix n' match volume sizes and brands

tunejunky:

yes, i had to talk a couple of people down when advising (co-building) their rig. it's easy to get folks to pay the premium to have the same brand. they all wanted "the latest" and thought i was a squirrelly geek (no comment) when i was steadfast at mix n' match volume sizes and brands

I have all kinds of mix matched stuff. I only got a 500GB NVME 4.0 because it was on sale for a steal. $75 last year. I wanted to put my 960 in my threadripper as a cache drive for my 3tb for emulators/steam. It has some $40 NVME 250gb for OS. I always have to tell people that they dont need a 980 pro or w/e for an OS drive if its just a gaming rig. Especially when its a budget build. Any 1GB read or write NVME will blow a Sata SSD away IMHO.