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SSDs - we need to have a rule of thumb for suggestions
I've been thinking about it. And I've realized something, Much like I always used to suggest 2GB of RAM per CPU core back in the day (and still do, since I haven't updated my signature), I think we need to have a recommendation for SSD's. Used to be that I would suggest a 120-128GB SSD for people looking to dip their toes into the waters of high-performance storage. Nowadays though, with newer versions of Windows requiring 20-30GB (not including the new compressed files in Windows 10), and your average application being anywhere from a few hundred megs to ~60GB+ (GTA V on PC), I've decided that we need revise this suggestion.
I'm not even sure I'm comfortable suggesting 256GB SSD's anymore, despite that being the side in my laptop.
I think my new minimum will be 500GB SSD's, especially considering that with sales you can get them well below $0.50/GB these days. (Actually if you are paying more than $0.40/GB these days you are buying either a "high end" professional grade SSD, or a used SAS/PCIe drive.)
Thoughts? Suggestions?
I think my current goto will be the 500GB 850 Evo. It's a good baseline drive, and the 3D-NAND means it won't die quite as easily (since using V-NAND/3D-NAND reset the lithography to 40nm). Other suggestions? Recommendations?
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New Rule: 2GB per core, minimum.
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Or....
we could just insist everyone has one of these:
http://gizmodo.com/wow-samsungs-new-...est-1723884725
Crusader for the 64-bit Era.
New Rule: 2GB per core, minimum.
Intel i7-9700K | Asrock Z390 Phantom Gaming ITX | Samsung 970 Evo 2TB SSD
64GB DDR4-2666 Samsung | EVGA RTX 2070 Black edition
Fractal Arc Midi |Seasonic X650 PSU | Klipsch ProMedia 5.1 Ultra | Windows 10 Pro x64
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the first units will probably sell in the range of $5,000 to $7,000
Count me.... I'll order one for everybody.
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Invisible Modfish
Bah. I'll wait till they start making really big hard drives. 16TB.. pfft.
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So that spinning disk you have now... how big is it?
Crusader for the 64-bit Era.
New Rule: 2GB per core, minimum.
Intel i7-9700K | Asrock Z390 Phantom Gaming ITX | Samsung 970 Evo 2TB SSD
64GB DDR4-2666 Samsung | EVGA RTX 2070 Black edition
Fractal Arc Midi |Seasonic X650 PSU | Klipsch ProMedia 5.1 Ultra | Windows 10 Pro x64
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Invisible Modfish
I would have responded sooner... but I just finished soldering together a dozen 2TB drives.
Take that.
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At this point in time, I recommend a specific setup for anyone building a new PC:
Primary HDD - 250GB SSD for operating system and productivity/utility apps/programs. Nothing else at all.
Secondary HDD - 250-500GB SSD (only for video games)
Then you can use TB HDD's to save your documents, installation file (usually on one HDD for me) then others for videos/music/etc.
I would add all the HDD's I have on my sig (but it won't fit).
I have my setup like so ^ with one disc drive partitioned to hold installation files/patches/updates and another partition for documents/reference files. Next 2 HDD's hold all of my media. After I lost 4 years of research when my first computer (pent 4 Dell) took a giant crap on me, I've used multiple drives as backup precautions.
Last edited by kujoe2002; 09-02-2015 at 04:46 PM.
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