BoringMadman

I am working on a new build, I am up to the point of decide what I want for storage. I am hoping for some suggestions as the option around storage seems endless. I am building a gaming / Entertainment rig. So Gaming performance is top of the list. I also stream movies and YouTube a lot. After 20 years of saving stuff like music, excel workbooks etc. I have about one terabyte of data not including the OS and program installs. So I am not overly concerned with the amount of Storage. I am how ever very interested in how fast the rig will boot and load programs. I have selected (ATM) the Gigabyte Z390 AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE EATX LGA1151 Motherboard Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor the Motherboard has two M.2 slots plus a third for Octane memory (That I beleave will not do me any good). it also has 6 sata port but you lose 3 of them if you use both of the M.2 slots. I plan to only use SSD hardware but I guess the real question is how to best lay these drive out. Would I benefit from some kind of raid? I do want at least two "Drives" one for OS and applications and one for data storage. but maybe three would be better OS/ Application and file storage. IDK and thoughts or advice would be appreciated.

1. Budget & Location Budget < 5k USA 2. Aim .Gaming <> Skyrim, Dragon age Inquisition, Cities Skyline. VR Gaming such as Skyrim Not into FPS games. 3. Monitors 4K Sony TV 55" 4. Peripherals NA. 5. Why are you upgrading? I have been using a Dell Alienware Laptop for at least 3 years last week the fans went out. it still runs windows and web browsing but it crashes as soon as you launch a game, or at least a minute or two after. I could fix the laptop and extend it for a while but I am looking forward to diving into some nice VR games and being able to crank up teh graphic setting a bit. The only thing I am sure I want is the case. = Thermaltake Tower 900 ATX Full Tower Case I would like to spend far less then 5k while leaving room to upgrade when I have extra cash. And trying to decipher what is the best bang for the buck is mind numbing. EDIT: this was my third attemt at selecting a build PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $479.00 @ Amazon Motherboard Gigabyte Z390 AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE EATX LGA1151 Motherboard $899.99 @ Newegg Business Memory Corsair Vengeance RGB 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory $319.99 @ Amazon Storage Samsung 960 EVO 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $149.99 @ Newegg Storage Samsung 960 EVO 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $149.99 @ Newegg Storage Samsung 960 EVO 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $149.99 @ Newegg Video Card Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE Video Card $1349.99 @ Amazon Case Thermaltake Tower 900 ATX Full Tower Case $249.99 @ Amazon Power Supply Thermaltake 1200 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $196.88 @ Amazon Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit $139.89 @ OutletPC Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total (before mail-in rebates) $4095.70 Mail-in rebates -$10.00 Total $4085.70 Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-11 18:54 EDT-0400 Thank you in advance for any feedback.