Storage questions + more

[MerlinNox]

Context

I'm building a PC for a friend of mine who will regularly travel with his tower (1000km trips from one house to another).

He will be using the PC mainly for his work (AI, ML &co) and gaming.

 

For storage I was planning:

• Main drive: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
• Secondary drive: Crucial BX500 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive
• Tertiary drive: Western Digital Blue 4 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive

The main drive will contain the OS, games he plays regularly and other frequently accessed files. The secondary will contain stuff he accesses regularly but less often and the third will be a sort of "cold storage".

 

Build details

Here is the build on Pcpartpicker

Mobo: Gigabyte B650 GAMING X AX So.AM5 DDR5 ATX

Case: Sliger Cereberus X ATX

 

My questions:

1. Should I include a HDD in his build considering the fact that the PC will travel or should I avoid it all together ? His ride is pretty smooth and he won't have to carry the PC around much but it'llstill move more than a fixed setup.
2. I'd like to add RAID1 in his setup to mitigate the potential damage of a drive failure. I'm hesitating between RAID1'ing his first drive or the second one. Raiding the secondary drive wouldn't impact the speed of his system while still providing redundancy for important files.
3. Any comments on the build ? I picked the mobo semi randomly (m.2 slots + wifi + ram speed + not costing 400€)

 

[BiotechBen]

12 minutes ago, MerlinNox said:

Context

I'm building a PC for a friend of mine who will regularly travel with his tower (1000km trips from one house to another).

He will be using the PC mainly for his work (AI, ML &co) and gaming.

 

For storage I was planning:

• Main drive: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
• Secondary drive: Crucial BX500 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive
• Tertiary drive: Western Digital Blue 4 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive

The main drive will contain the OS, games he plays regularly and other frequently accessed files. The secondary will contain stuff he accesses regularly but less often and the third will be a sort of "cold storage".

 

Build details

Here is the build on Pcpartpicker

Mobo: Gigabyte B650 GAMING X AX So.AM5 DDR5 ATX

Case: Sliger Cereberus X ATX

 

My questions:

1. Should I include a HDD in his build considering the fact that the PC will travel or should I avoid it all together ? His ride is pretty smooth and he won't have to carry the PC around much but it'llstill move more than a fixed setup.
2. I'd like to add RAID1 in his setup to mitigate the potential damage of a drive failure. I'm hesitating between RAID1'ing his first drive or the second one. Raiding the secondary drive wouldn't impact the speed of his system while still providing redundancy for important files.
3. Any comments on the build ? I picked the mobo semi randomly (m.2 slots + wifi + ram speed + not costing 400€)

 

I have the 2tb version of that WD Blue in my system and have traveled a lot, great reliability, and when not in operation (actively reading/writing) it goes to sleep and locks the head against the side and the platters in place, have done some bumpiness in cars and being carried around, it has yet to have any issues. (Going on 3 years of operation)

[NF-A12x25]

4 hours ago, MerlinNox said:

Main drive: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive

Don’t buy that drive. It’s gen3 and very expensive, so much slower than a gen4 drive. Get the WD Black SN770 instead, it should be cheaper and will be much faster.