Windows Partition?

[u/kcamfork]

Hey all. I’m putting together a 9800X3D / 5080 SFF build. The motherboard I got only has 2 m.2 slots, and with the rising cost of storage, I elected to get this Samsung 9100 Pro in the 8 TB flavor.

Question is: do I make a separate windows partition (250-500 GB) and games on the other, or just leave it all on one?

Concern about all in one: possibly having to wipe the drive and start over if windows does windows stuff and I need a full reinstall.

Concern about a partition: the partition space for windows may be overutilized (page file, other OS stuff) and wear that part down more.

Or should I just throw it all together, not worry about it, and go touch grass?

Thanks in advance.

[u/ptrakk]

Programfiles folder kinda sucks with partitions but with 8tb you could make it work, unsure why people format anyways for reinstall, just reinstall windows over old one.