New build with only M.2 NVMe drive?

[Croupier]

Im currently in the process of building my first ever gaming pc.
I was originally planning to pick up a lower capacity M.2 NVMe drive for Windows and a larger capacity SSD for games/files etc. After researching a little I decided to go with just a larger capacity M.2 NVMe drive for both booting and file storage (for now at least).
Is there any drawbacks to this approach?

[banana999]

Hey there, no there aren't any drawbacks, NVMe drives are much faster than SATA drives and should last you a long time.

I do have to mention that NVMe drives don't make a huge difference for Windows or games, maybe 1-2 seconds vs SATA SSDs, you can have a look on YouTube for "NVMe vs SSD" comparisons.

For the same price as a the NVMe you could get double the storage as SATA. That said, if you have the budget and don't need like 2TB then definitely go for the NVMe.

[fredwck]

Although Windows can reinstall without wiping drives nowadays but if there ever needs a reformat then it'll be more troublesome with 1 drive. That's about it really.

[Jonj1611]

I think after a year they probably got their answer!

[Teece]

Although Windows can reinstall without wiping drives nowadays but if there ever needs a reformat then it'll be more troublesome with 1 drive. That's about it really.

That's what partitions are for. Have a 200GB partition for the OS, leaving the rest for everything else. That way you can reinstall without affecting whatever else is on the drive.

[saosin]

I did exactly this after getting a deal on the 1TB P1 drive and no complaints so far :-)

[P1lk0]

Much tidier looking build this way. Got a 1tb mp600 and a 2tb hoping it'll be plenty of space for a games set up for a while