Installing Windows 10 (P03-640)

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  • GotBanned
    GotBanned Member Posts: 654 Seasoned Specialist WiFi Icon
    edited May 2022
    I'd get 3060 Ti. It will serve you longer and if you upgrade to 1440p monitor later, vanilla 3060 would have hard time pushing pixels fast enough.

    These little boxes vary from country to country and store to store. Most likely your PO3-640 will come with one M.2 nvme SSD (256/512Gb) and 1Tb 3,5" HDD. When I got my PO3-620 last year it had only 256Gb M.2 drive.

    If your unit comes only with M.2 drive and you need more space for your stuff, you can add 3,5" SATA HDDs or preferably 2,5" SATA SSD drive (eg. Samsung 860 Pro 2,5" SSD) later.

    I suppose the M.2 slot(s) are PCIe 4.0 but SATA is still the good old SATA 3.0 (6,0 Gb/s), which is plenty for storage and even games.
  • Doomotron
    Doomotron Member Posts: 21 Troubleshooter
    GotBanned said:
    I'd get 3060 Ti. It will serve you longer and if you upgrade to 1440p monitor later, vanilla 3060 would have hard time pushing pixels fast enough.

    These little boxes vary from country to country and store to store. Most likely your PO3-640 will come with one M.2 nvme SSD (256/512Gb) and 1Tb 3,5" HDD. When I got my PO3-620 last year it had only 256Gb M.2 drive.

    If your unit comes only with M.2 drive and you need more space for your stuff, you can add 3,5" SATA HDDs or preferably 2,5" SATA SSD drive (eg. Samsung 860 Pro 2,5" SSD) later.

    I suppose the M.2 slot(s) are PCIe 4.0 but SATA is still the good old SATA 3.0 (6,0 Gb/s), which is plenty for storage and even games.
    According to the product page my one is coming with a 256GB PCIe SSD and a 1TB SATA HDD (I don't know the size) - I am planning to do a replacement immediately with an SSD; does the size of the new one need to be the same as the old one?
  • GotBanned
    GotBanned Member Posts: 654 Seasoned Specialist WiFi Icon
    The HDD is 3,5" because 1Tb 2,5" HDD would be way more expensive without any real additional benefits.

    The SSD can be of any physical (or storage capacity) size. Most consumer SATA SSDs are 2,5". I have used Samsung's drives for ages now, but Kingston and few others make pretty decent ones as well.

    If your motherboard has two M.2 slots, you can also get another M.2 drive. M.2 SSD will be faster than SATA SSD, but won't make games or game levels load that much faster - few second here and there. Youtube has many comparison videos of this. SATA SSDs tend to be cheaper than M.2 drives of same size.
  • Doomotron
    Doomotron Member Posts: 21 Troubleshooter
    GotBanned said:
    The HDD is 3,5" because 1Tb 2,5" HDD would be way more expensive without any real additional benefits.

    The SSD can be of any physical (or storage capacity) size. Most consumer SATA SSDs are 2,5". I have used Samsung's drives for ages now, but Kingston and few others make pretty decent ones as well.

    If your motherboard has two M.2 slots, you can also get another M.2 drive. M.2 SSD will be faster than SATA SSD, but won't make games or game levels load that much faster - few second here and there. Youtube has many comparison videos of this. SATA SSDs tend to be cheaper than M.2 drives of same size.
    Is 2.5" or 3.5" the height or the width? I bought a 2.5" SSD, does the size matter or will I need a different one?
  • GotBanned
    GotBanned Member Posts: 654 Seasoned Specialist WiFi Icon
    Usually 3,5" drives are used on desktops, servers, NAS (network attached storage) while 2,5" drives are mainly used in laptops.

    The number indicates width, but 3,5" drive is larger than 2,5" in every dimension.



    Size does not matter. You should be able to install 2,5" drive in your drive tray (or what ever it is called). If not possible, you can use double sided tape to secure it in place. SSDs do not have moving parts like old HDDs do. So even if you leave it hanging lose won't be a problem... until it touches wrong place and causes a short. Please don't! ^^

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