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henry1006
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I am planning on a build that I have gathered most of the things. I am about to buy the system but I need to first now how to address my operating system storage issue. My motherboard only have 8 sata ports and I plan on using all for WD 1 TB to form a RAID 1, with 4TB of usable storage.

 

The question I am trying to ask is whether I should go with a PCI SSD or some m.2/pci-e to pci adapter and if so, what/which. BUDGET IS LIMITED!!!!!!!

 

Or I can use a SSD on a sata port and then buy a raid card. I don't know which one to go for. least amount of spending If possible.

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I would personally say M.2, since you won't have any extra SATA ports, and they are somewhat inexpensive.

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I'd think about getting fewer drives, but with a higher capacity if i were you. 

Say, 4x2TB drives maybe. Would be cheaper and more reliable, fewer points of failure

 

Also, a RAID card would probably be what you're wanting here, the on-board abilities of motherboards usually aren't that brilliant

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