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Skittlepop
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December 27, 2016
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Beginner needs help configuring drives

  • December 27, 2016
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After several months, I have bought parts for a new PC build. It is my first new desktop in years. I have gotten heavily into drones and now need to learn Premiere. Hopefully I didn't screw up too much picking my parts. I am still unsure how to setup my storage for best performance though. I would appreciate any advice about how to setup my drives as well as how to allocate them to Primere's needs for best performance.

Here is the list of parts I have purchased, I will be starting my build next week.

Intel I7 6850K

Asus Strix GTX1080 OC

Fractal Design Define R5

EVGA 850 G2 Gold +

G.Skill Trident Z 32G

Samsung 960 EVO M.2 1 TB

Samsung 960 EVO M.2 500 GB

Samsung 850 Evo 1TB

WD Black 5 TB

Asus X99 Deluxe II

Noctua NH-D15S

Windows 10

Thanks in advance for any advice. I'm sure that after a few months of using Premiere this would seem like a dumb question, but as a noob, it is the only info I am confused about before my build (I think, lol).

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    Correct answer RoninEdits

    bill has done limited testing and shown it to work. if you were working with large enough bitrate media to actually need an isolated m.2 drive, 1tb probably wouldn't be large enough. depending what you plan on doing with the second 1tb 960 evo, you might consider keeping and using the 1tb 850 evo instead, to keep more pcie expansion slots and options open.

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    RoninEdits
    RoninEdits
    Inspiring
    December 27, 2016

    if everything fits, you could use the 960 evo 1tb for everything (os/apps/cache/projects/media) and return the other ssd's. use the 5tb hdd to archive finished projects, other backups, and misc storage. if you need more space, then split up the drives as you wish, just keep media files on one of the m.2 drives.

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    SkittlepopAuthor
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    December 27, 2016

    So you're saying these new m.2 EVO drives are fast enough that there is no need to split off the different Premiere processes? If so, I may just return the 500gb and 850 1tb, and get another 960 EVO 1TB, and combine the two 960 evos into one 2TB C:. Do you see any issues with this logic? I would love for it to be this simple.

    RoninEdits
    RoninEditsCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    December 27, 2016

    bill has done limited testing and shown it to work. if you were working with large enough bitrate media to actually need an isolated m.2 drive, 1tb probably wouldn't be large enough. depending what you plan on doing with the second 1tb 960 evo, you might consider keeping and using the 1tb 850 evo instead, to keep more pcie expansion slots and options open.

    John T Smith
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    John T SmithCommunity Expert
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    December 27, 2016

    I will not claim it the "best" setup, but My computer i7-4930k July 2014 reply #6 for my hardware list in https://forums.adobe.com/message/6536849 works well for me

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