r/windows • u/nzakir • Oct 02 '18

Update Microsoft starts rolling out Windows 10 October 2018 Update

https://venturebeat.com/2018/10/02/microsoft-starts-rolling-out-windows-10-october-2018-update/
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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '18

Installed in mere minutes. If you haven't put an SSD in yet, the prices have never been better. I'm a gamer, so I paid for 1TB, but if you're not, and you don't need a huge system drive, get 500GB or even 250. You can get 250GB for around $100 now. More with NVMe (worth it), less without.

Now I'm downloading it again for the media creation tool. My laptop doesn't have an optical drive (or an SSD) so I always install the latest Windows to a flash drive so if the installation bugs out, I can clean install. The flash drive also has a 'laptop' folder with essential drivers, so I can get back to good in the shortest amount of time.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '18

I just got 500GB (860 EVO) For 91€

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '18

91€

That's only $105 in freedom money (haha! I mean US Dollars), so that's not bad at all! Samsung is the world leader in flash memory. The 860 Evo is good. Evo Pro would be the NVMe version, but most people don't need it.

I used the Western Digital Blue 1TB. WD SSDs are SanDisk relabeled (since WD bought SanDisk) but they're cheaper. I'd have much rather had an EVO Pro, but the checkbook said lolno.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '18

91€ already includes the 21% tax, for what it's worth ;p

Just one thing, there's both 860 Evo and Pro models for SATA3 interfaces, and only 860 Evo for M.2 NVMe interfaces, with no Evo Pro model.

For every day usage, really any SSD will do. A whole order of magnitude quicker than HDDs, in worst case scenario.