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Best premium storage solution that is worth the $$$

danthemandra
By danthemandra
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Hi there,

I am a first time builder putting my PC part list together and I am having trouble with a solid storage solution that won't break the bank.

I am trying to get something that will perform as good as an Intel 750 ssd without costing as much.

I am actually willing to pay the price for a new 1.2Tb Intel 750 ssd however I just want to do my homework a little before I blow $1,000. Now I have done a great deal of homework already and have found that the 750 will blow any ssd out of the water (except for m.2 form factor ssds) will be up to 8x as fast and will beat an 730 or 850 evo by 4x. So I am just curious, in real world situations, which drive solution would I benefit from the most. Now I am going to be mainly gaming video editing and streaming very heavily from the set up. However I like fancy new things as much as the guy so if guys would please help with multiple solutions that fall into this criteria.

Also here is my build so far please add any comments to that as well

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/CvwzD3

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/CvwzD3/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($350.00 @ Amazon)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GTX 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($139.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($219.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($99.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Hitachi 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($50.89 @ Amazon)

Storage: Hitachi 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($50.89 @ Amazon)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB HYBRID Video Card ($719.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: NZXT Phantom 820 (Grey) ATX Full Tower Case ($216.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($91.99 @ Newegg)

Optical Drive: Asus BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($93.75 @ OutletPC)

Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AC68 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($89.88 @ OutletPC)

Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor ($625.61 @ Amazon)

Total: $2789.95

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-05 14:15 EDT-0400

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Is the intention to use the SSD as scratch disks and/or storage for the videos you are editing?

 

Also if total storage is a concern, you could probably do better GB/$ wise with larger HDD - 1 TB isn't really the sweet spot

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Get a bunch of HDD's (specifically WD blacks) video editing software/recordings cost a lot of storage so get a few terrabytes of thoes

Yes, and (I assume just based on instinct) that you plan to run those HDD in RAID0.  If you are doing any video work, reliability and up to the moment backups would be a consideration.  Consider more drives and going RAID 5 or RAID 6

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Maybe get a small SSD to make windows 10 boot faster, it does really make life easier. I really like the 1TB HDD Disks by WD as an other user has already mentioned. 

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Thanks for the comments

And I am well aware of my lack of storage. So here is the revised parts list

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XrH2yc

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XrH2yc/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($350.00 @ Amazon)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H110i GTX 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($139.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($219.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($129.02 @ Amazon)

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB HYBRID Video Card ($719.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: NZXT Phantom 820 (Grey) ATX Full Tower Case ($216.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($91.99 @ Newegg)

Optical Drive: Asus BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($39.99 @ Newegg)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($93.75 @ OutletPC)

Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AC68 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($89.88 @ OutletPC)

Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor ($625.61 @ Amazon)

Total: $3167.15

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-05 14:48 EDT-0400

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As far as the ssd goes I am a proud owner of a Sandusky extreme pro right now and I am very happy however I want to use the pcie ssd for os, over 500gb of games, video editing software and I also want input on a good recording card

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Make the jump to x99 with a 5820k the extra cores are worth it.

Processor-Intel - Core i9-7900X 3.3GHz , Motherboard- Gigabyte - X299 AORUS Gaming 7, RAM- G.Skill - TridentZ RGB 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-4000 Memory, GPU-Zotac - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB AMP Extreme,  Case- Phanteks - Enthoo Evolv ATX Glass, Storage- Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280, Samsung 850 Evo 250GB SSD, Samsung 850 EVO 1TB SSD, Toshiba 4TB (PH3400U) , PSU- SeaSonic 1200W Platinum, Cooling- NZXT - Kraken X62 Rev 2, Sound-Sennheiser - HD 598SE, SURE - SM7B, OS- Windows 10 Pro.

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Hey there danthemandra,
 
The build looks very powerful indeed. I would check with the specific software programs that you will use if they can benefit that much from a NVMe drive or a simple SATA SSD would be enough. 
Regarding the massive storage, since you are going for a RAID array, I would strongly suggest that you use NAS/RAID-class drives for this as they have additional features that enable them to work smoother and much safer with lower chances of dropping out of the array (TLER for example). WD Red and WD Red Pro are such drives: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=UlmOjv
 
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