AdviceOne H.D. or two?
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Hi! First time posting here. Can someone tell me....is it fine to just use the one HP EX950 M.2 1TB SSD for everything? My OS, games etc.....

Or is there a better way to configure the computer with more than one storage drive?

Here is my build....

Mobo - MSI Arsenal Gaming AMD Ryzen 1st and 2nd Gen AM4 M.2 USB 3 DDR4 DVI HDMI Crossfire ATX Motherboard (B450 Tomahawk)
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CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core, 12-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Spire Cooler
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GPU - MSI Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 192-bit HDMI/DP 6GB GDRR6 HDCP Support DirectX 12 Dual Fan VR Ready OC Graphics Card (GTX 1660 TI Gaming X 6G)
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RAM - Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3000MHz C15
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PSU - Corsair TXM Series, TX750M, 750 Watt, 80+ Gold Certified, Semi Modular Power Supply
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Storage - HP EX950 M.2 1TB PCIe 3.1 x4 NVMe 3D TLC NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
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It's fine to just use 1
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One is fine but a common setup is an SSD or M.2 with the OS on it while everything else is on a HDD or another drive
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It's personal preference but I'd suggest just using one
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Yes it is perfectly fine to run everything off SSD especially with gaming for quick load times, if your doing a lot of work in ms office or easy stuff like that then a hdd will do you fine. SSD is basically for speed
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Using that CPU with that GPU is bound to bottleneck I'd think, I'd go with a 2600x instead, still get good performance, and push that extra cash into a more equal GPU, also the x470-f I got gives you two m.2 slots, one with a heatsink and one without, so I put my 970 EVO plus in the first one with the heatsink, it's my main drive for boot and personal files, and I used a 1tb Toshiba m.2 in the second one, for games only, as it's something easily replaceable if that m.2 were to fail.

It's a good option also in terms of cable management, less wires makes for a more tidy build, and the fac that they're faster than a traditional SSD in most cases is also a big deciding factor. That's my personal preference, but hit me up if you want links.
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