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Adamvou
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January 27, 2017
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960 PRO For OS/APPS or Project Files?

  • January 27, 2017
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Hi folks,

I've been a reader a long time and here is my first post

After hours of searching I'm still not sure about this.

First, I am building new pc for editing and only thing I'm missing is harddrives.

I want to purchase samsung 960 pro 512 gb and I also need second SSD for ex. Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 2.5" SSD, or you suggest other type?

960 Pro is fastest and there is different opinions on the internet what should be installed at this disk. OS and programs or media files like project files,cache, previwes,exports?

Can someone explain it to me, please?

Btw if it matters here is the rest of my setup:

  1. I7 6800K
  2. Asus ROG Strix x99 Gaming
  3. RAM Corsair Vengeance DDR4 32GB 2X16
  4. EVGA SuperNova 750W G2
  5. Asus GeForce GTX1080 ROG Strix
  6. NZXT Kraken X62
  7. Phanteks EVOLV tempered

Thank you!

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    Correct answer Bill Gehrke

    With my Premiere Pro BenchMark (PPBM) I have tested that.  The test drives were  a SATA III 840 Pro and a M.2 950 and two M.2 960 Pro.  I tested all combinations with the fastest  M.2 960 Pro always being used for the export drive, including having everything on the 512 GB M.2 960 Pro and could not find any real difference.  So I am going with a 950 Pro for OS/Applications and the 1TB M.2 960 for Projects.  I have many hard disk drives which I will plug-in to an external docking station like this:   StarTech SDOCKU33EF Black External docking station for 2.5in or 3.5in SATA III 6Gbps hard drives - eSATA or USB 3.0 with…

    So if you have a decent SATA III SSD use that for your boot drive as opposed to buying a new SSD

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    Bill Gehrke
    Bill GehrkeCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    January 27, 2017

    With my Premiere Pro BenchMark (PPBM) I have tested that.  The test drives were  a SATA III 840 Pro and a M.2 950 and two M.2 960 Pro.  I tested all combinations with the fastest  M.2 960 Pro always being used for the export drive, including having everything on the 512 GB M.2 960 Pro and could not find any real difference.  So I am going with a 950 Pro for OS/Applications and the 1TB M.2 960 for Projects.  I have many hard disk drives which I will plug-in to an external docking station like this:   StarTech SDOCKU33EF Black External docking station for 2.5in or 3.5in SATA III 6Gbps hard drives - eSATA or USB 3.0 with…

    So if you have a decent SATA III SSD use that for your boot drive as opposed to buying a new SSD

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    AdamvouAuthor
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    January 27, 2017

    Hi Bill, ok I get it, what about 960 EVO instead of pro?

    Bill Gehrke
    Bill Gehrke
    Inspiring
    January 29, 2017

    Thank you so much for all that info Ronin, really appreciate. Yes I was thinking to use one of m.2 to os/apps as I thought it would increase program performance, but how I see it not worth that cost. I'll take sata ssd (samsung 850 pro 500gb should be a good option?) and one 1Tb 960 pro for projects/cache, still not sure about pro and evo, but if it a minimal with speed difference I would buy EVO.


    The speed difference is a minor reason, the major reason is that Samsung offers 3-year warranty on the EVO versus a 5-year warranty on the Pro.  Some dealers wiil offer different terms

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