Guidance on making Nvme SSD boot drive (Clevo N850hp6)

Hello, I just purchased a 1tb Intel 660p Nvme SSD to expand the storage on my laptop, which currently has a 256GB 2.5" SATA SSD.

I'm currently debating whether it's worth the effort of making my new drive the C: drive. I know this should provide some extra speed, but wondering how big a difference it will really make in terms of boot times, general computer operations etc? If the difference is not too big, I may just go with the simplest option of leaving the Nvme drive as the secondary drive, and just using it for games and photo editing.

If I do decide to make the Nvme the boot drive, I think I'll probably go the cloning with 3rd party software route. However if someone thinks cloning is a bad idea please do let me know. I'd also appreciate any recommendations for the best freeware cloning software.

I presume once cloning is complete I will have to try change the boot priority to the Nvme drive in the BIOS? Would I have to remove the 256gb drive the first time I boot up after cloning, or can I leave both in for this step and simply set boot priority in the BIOS? I ask because I'd rather minimize the number of times I'm having to open up the back cover of the laptop.

Thanks for any help.

 

Clone your existing disk using Macrium and restore the same image using Different Hardware Restore using this guide here https://knowledgebase.macrium.com/d...indows+to+new+hardware+using+Macrium+ReDeploy
After that, install NVMe drivers and you're good.