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I was wondering if I could have some advice on finalizing my storage solutions on my soon to be built PC. 

 

I'm running a 250g Samsung 970 pro m.2. I will be using my PC primarily for gaming, photo/video editing, and streaming. I'm having trouble deciding what kind of drives I should be running. This is what I'm thinking so far: 970 pro is going to be used to store my OS, frequently used programs, and maybe a game or two ill play often. As for my photography, I don't know if should just buy a 1T 2.5" ssd or pick up 6t HDD. I would like to have 3 drives to separate my programs, photography stuff, and gaming/misc items. Any advice would be great. Also, I'm running Asus z390 mb if that matters and I'm looking for performance. 

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How about a 512GB SATA SSD and an HDD for the rest? The SSD could be used for working-on stuff and the HDD for backing up and storage. I'd also recommend having a second drive outside the PC for backups.

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7 hours ago, 191x7 said:

How about a 512GB SATA SSD and an HDD for the rest? The SSD could be used for working-on stuff and the HDD for backing up and storage. I'd also recommend having a second drive outside the PC for backups.

So I would use the HDD for games and other stuff and the ssd for my photography? I have a 4T external from Seagate that I can use as redundancy.

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22 minutes ago, ReasonLatency said:

So I would use the HDD for games and other stuff and the ssd for my photography? I have a 4T external from Seagate that I can use as redundancy.

Use the SSD for applications, and the HDD for media files. This would see the most benefit given the strengths/weaknesses of the two storage types.

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Personally, I have my OS, some applications and photos on my SSD whilst my games and large applications are on my HDD's. This means there is no slowdown for the initial edits, however, I would recommend keeping an ingest folder on your SSD for your RAW's when editing, then once edited, you can hand these over to HDD for longer term storage. All edits I keep are on my SSD however. 

 

I say this as I often deal with large amounts of images in which I have taken and need to edit. 

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2 hours ago, Brennan_Price said:

Personally, I have my OS, some applications and photos on my SSD whilst my games and large applications are on my HDD's. This means there is no slowdown for the initial edits, however, I would recommend keeping an ingest folder on your SSD for your RAW's when editing, then once edited, you can hand these over to HDD for longer term storage. All edits I keep are on my SSD however. 

 

I say this as I often deal with large amounts of images in which I have taken and need to edit. 

I have a similar situation. I was thinking of having 3-4 drives. I actually mistakenly thought I had a 256 ssd but it's actually 500gb. 1. 500gb SSD: OS, Adobe programs, some games and other misc programs I frequently use. 2. 6T HDD: Large games, media, long term photo storage. 3. ?? SSD: Final edited photos. What do you think of that? Or should I separate the second HDD and store long term photos like raws, etc on another 6T drive? Also, for drive no2, how much storage do you think I should have on it?

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How many drives would you recommend?

As few as possible. In my case I have three: one dedicated to the OS and apps that I keep around more or less permanently, one for apps (mostly games) that I rotate around, and one for my data.

 

It's really up to you how you want to divvy up your storage space.

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1 hour ago, Mira Yurizaki said:

As few as possible. In my case I have three: one dedicated to the OS and apps that I keep around more or less permanently, one for apps (mostly games) that I rotate around, and one for my data.

 

It's really up to you how you want to divvy up your storage space.

3 drives was what I was thinking. Thank you for the help!

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Just now, ReasonLatency said:

3 drives was what I was thinking. Thank you for the help!

 

1 hour ago, Mira Yurizaki said:

As few as possible. In my case I have three: one dedicated to the OS and apps that I keep around more or less permanently, one for apps (mostly games) that I rotate around, and one for my data.

 

It's really up to you how you want to divvy up your storage space.

Any recommendations for hdds or 2.5 ssds?

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