I have a 250 GB M.2 SSD in which Windows is installed and a 1 TB M.2 to store my games and stuff. Now the 1 TB is out of space and I’m buying another 2 TB drive, but I don’t know if I should clone the 250 GB to the 1 TB and move the contents in the 1 TB to the new 2 TB stick, or just buy a SATA SDD for the same price.

I can have faster write/read speed with the 1st option but with I only get 1 more TB of storage, while the second option gives 2 TB at the cost of speed.

Which way should I go? Both the M.2 and SATA I’m planning on buying have the same price and I mainly use the PC to play games. I play FO4 and I have a lot of mods installed (like over 500) so I need space but I don’t know if the speed trade-off is worth it.

Edit: I forgot to mention, the 250GB has the fastest write/read speed.

  • XeroOPEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    I forgot to mention, the 250GB one has the fastest speed out of the 3

    • nfntordrEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      Understood but generally I think the speed differences will be negligible. (without actually knowing the models to compare) Unless the 256Gb is nvme and the 1TB is SATA?

      • XeroOPEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        both are nvme

        • nfntordrEnglish
          1•1 year ago

          I doubt you’ll see a tangible speed difference.