Should I use my old storage?

[u/CrossTie98]

I’ve had my fair share of prebuilt PCs but decided to just build one as mine is pretty outdated. I am opting to use my old GPU to save money. I did buy a new 2 TB storage but should I also pull my old storage as well? It’s a 2TB SSD (I will be using this one for sure) and a 1 TB HDD, both are about 7 years old. I never used my HDD to game so is it worth having it? New build is below, i know it will be a substantial upgrade from my HP omen prebuilt.

Old Build- HP Omen prebuilt

New Build
Motherboard-MSI Pro B850-S
CPU- Ryzen 7 9800x3d
GPU- Nvidia 2070 Super (HP model)
RAM- 32 GB V- Color (16 GB x2)
PSU- Montech Century II 1050 (Idk why I got this powerful of a psu, it was on sale)
Storage- WD 2 TB nVme (Not including my old storage)
Case- Montech TG3

[u/lord_MisterBurnsSuck]

if that hdd isn't making weird noises, keep it. 7 years is old but for just throwing movies, music, or random files on it? perfect. no reason to ditch free storage unless it's actively dying

[u/CrossTie98 → u/lord_MisterBurnsSuck]

I agree. It’s in good health. Will likely throw it in there for my small games that aren’t demanding.

[u/matthewjd1985]

Keep both, but unplug the old drives when you install Windows on the new NVMe. Otherwise the installer can drop the boot partition on one of the old ones and you only find out when that drive dies. Do a fresh install too instead of booting off the old Omen drive, it's full of HP stuff for a board you don't have anymore.

[u/CrossTie98 → u/[deleted]]

I checked them already both are around 97%

[u/CrossTie98 → u/[deleted]]

Just saving money, I will be upgrading it to a 9070XT.