New system (ryzen, 1080ti, SSDs...)

[arvi89]

Hello everyone

My brother is moving to PC, and even though I know PC pretty well, I'm not an expert with video editing, so I come here to ask ig the config I made for him is good or not

This is what I'm thinking for him:

1 x Ryzen 1800X

1 x noctua

1 x asus prime x370 pro

4 x gskill trident 16 Go ddr4 3000 MHz

1 x msi 1080ti armor oc

1 x fractal design S

1 x corsair ax 760

1 x SSD Samsung 256 GB 850 pro (for the system)

1 x Samsung 960 evo nvme 250 GB (for the cache)

1 x crucial mx 300 1TB (media files)

1 x Seagate barracuda 3TB

So, I chose the 1080ti because he does a lot of after effect too, not only premiere, and he also uses davinci.

My big question was for the disk configuration, I did like that because of that link: https://www.scan.co.uk/3xs/info/storage-drives-for-video-editing

Is it overkill, is it the right way to put the cache on the nvme, instead of the system?

(He will have a NAS to move all his finished project, that's why I don't plan on having a raid for the HDD)

Thank you

[RoninEdits]

the samsung 960 nvme pcie ssd may be overkill just for cache, typically sata ssd speeds are fine unless you are working with large frame size uncompressed preview/render cache. there are several ways to setup cache, depending on needs and budget. one alternative would be to use a samsung 960 500gb for both os+cache, but some like keeping the boot/os drive separate for drive imaging software.

[arvi89]

That was my main concern, maybe we don't need that much for the cache, and I was thinking of putting system + cache on the nvme.

[johnb26924339]

Nearly identical to my build that I just finished. The only thing I would change is the SSD size. You only have room for 1 M.2 SSD in that board and you won't have a faster hard drive on your machine so go at least 500GB.

[arvi89]

So only 1 Samsung 960 nvme at 512 GB for system + cache? I was thinking 512 GB for the cache might be a bit too much no?