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jammerinsky
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August 15, 2018
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new pc build - drive allocations..

  • August 15, 2018
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hi guys, im building a pc and i was just after some tips as to how many hard drives to get and how to utilise the different speeds of the drives for project files, startup disk etc..

without much thought im thinking.

a 250gb ssd for the startup drive

Samsung 970 EVO 250GB M.2 - ae disk cache

Kingston SA1000 NVMe SSD - 960GB - main project files drive

2tb 7200rpm drive - archive of all of my projects

2tb 7200rpm drive - mirror backup of the above drive

the motherboard is a ASUS ROG Strix z370-f

it has:

1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M key, type 2242/2260/2280 storage devices support (SATA & PCIE 3.0 x 4 mode)*2

1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M key, type 2242/2260/2280 storage devices support (PCIE 3.0 x 4 mode)*3

6 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s)

Support Raid 0, 1, 5, 10

Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready *4

would love to hear your thoughts

thanks

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    jammerinskyAuthor
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    September 1, 2018

    why would i need more than 250gb for a startup disk?

    its just windows and adobe apps.?

    then a secondary drive for the main working projects..

    then a third fast drive for the disk cache..

    idoes anyone else have any thoughts on this setup?

    Peru Bob
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    Peru BobCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 1, 2018

    jamskof74  wrote

    why would i need more than 250gb for a startup disk?

    its just windows and adobe apps.?

    It also has system files such as System Restore Points and Windows Updates, which can take a significant amount of space in Windows 10.

      Peru Bob
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      Peru BobCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      August 18, 2018

      jamskof74  wrote

      a 250gb ssd for the startup drive

      Get a 500 GB instead.

        P.M.B
        P.M.B
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        August 18, 2018

        https://forums.adobe.com/people/Peru+Bob  wrote

        Get a 500 GB (start-up drive) instead.

        That's good advice.  I have a 250gig primary and I'm constantly having to manage it to make sure there's enough free space for it to fly.

        ~Gutterfish
        P.M.B
        P.M.B
        Legend
        August 15, 2018

        I would use the M.2 as my boot drive

        ~Gutterfish
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          jammerinskyAuthor
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          August 15, 2018

          that was my initial thought.. but once im booted up, theres no more benefit right?

          P.M.B
          P.M.B
          Legend
          August 15, 2018

          jamskof74  wrote

          once im booted up, theres no more benefit right?

          Incorrect.  It's where your operating system lives which is the foundation of everything you do with your computer.

          Unless of course there's some advanced setup I don't know of where you boot from one drive and have your OS on another...I know there's alot i don't know

          ~Gutterfish
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