i have a seagate firecuda 1tb hdd and everything on it and i have no issues with it at all im ok with how fast it uploads  and how fast i load into games and my mobo has 1 m.2 slot so im looking into getting an ssd so im not sure which way to go as i have never had an ssd and was thinking a 2tb and run everything off it and use hdd for storage or just use it for gaming only. thanks for any opinions.

I'm a big fan of my Sabrent Rocket pcie 4.0 m.2 drive. It's a beast

baggins_face
I'm a big fan of my Sabrent Rocket pcie 4.0 m.2 drive. It's a beast

If buying a Sabrent Rocket, make sure to NOT get the Q4 model. That one is QLC.   The TLC one is model SB-ROCKET-2TB

my mob is m key also so i want to make sure it fits.

SSD performance has lagged PCIe speeds for quite some time now.
 

thanks for info and would it be better to go 2tb and install everything on it and use existing hybrid drive for storage or just go 1 tb and use it for my games. i think it would show up as drive d and i can just download my games to it and launch from there without having os on it correct or no. and would i be able to transfer my games to it or would i have to reinstall games on it.

1TB can start to feel small with how big some games are now starting to become. It's good for a couple games but if it's running the OS as well it's kind of cramped as games have really became beasts that are over 100GB and that size seems to be increasing. That said a SATA SSD is a good option for games as it loads way faster then a HDD and a lot of games have been made for games that use HDD and hide loading times behind cut scene videos. Personally I would get as big of an M.2 as you can get right now and then consider a SATA for games you plan to play but are not really the game you are playing as often as the ones you keep on the M.2.

freakdaddy64
oh it comes with cloning software, i like for sure now.
 

Macrium Reflect is free, the base version can do cloning. I use it for backups. 

ive decided to stay with my 1tb firecuda  hybrid and may get another 2tb it works great and no problems.

Sabrent recently came out with a "Rocket 4 Plus" model in 1TB/2TB configurations over PCIe Gen 4. A 4TB version is currently in the works. It uses the new Phision E18 controlled and supports up to 7100 MB sequential read and 6600 MB sequential write. The random 4K read (650K) and write (700K) IOPS aren't quite as good as Samsung and others manufacturers but the sequential read/write speeds are just about the best available right now.

2x Samsung 1TB 860 for me...internal SATA
 
Many people are going the NVME route these days, but there's not any noticeable benefits. Plus the good ole SATA SSD is becoming relatively cheap at $100.00 for 1TB, can't beat it. pick up two or three of those and you're golden. 
 
Sooooo many articles out there on NVME just not providing any benefits in gaming... the only time you'd really see a difference is encoding or other multithread applications where you're constantly writing/reading data. However, if you're running out of drive space in your case, then the NVME might be beneficial; this is one reason I'm considering it.

well i finnally decided to pull the trigger and going with sabrent 2tb
 
Amazon.com: Sabrent 1TB Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 Internal SSD High Performance Solid State Drive (SB-ROCKET-1TB): Computers & Accessories

ill be putting cod mw and cw along with red dead and cyberpunk 2077 and steam of course csgo.

i just got mt sabrent 2 tb rocket delivered im excited, hopefully i can get through the cloning first time ever doing this

freakdaddy64
i just got mt sabrent 2 tb rocket delivered im excited, hopefully i can get through the cloning first time ever doing this

Let us know your opinions on your new drive. Use your old 1TB for storage/OS.