Noodleface
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jeydax
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I'm doing my normal prebuild prep/relearning the latest components for my Skylake build once it comes out. The CPU and GPU seem like an easy choice with a Intel Skylake Core i7-6700K and 2 x nVidia 980 Ti. Is the Samsung 850 Pro 1TB that fastest/best choice SSD right now? I saw they just came out with a 2 TB version or are about to but I'm not sure I need that much space.
gogusrl
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Why not go NVME ?
edit : great price for those hdds
Electronics, housewares, beauty, fashions, jewelry, tech and more - NeweggFlash.com
edit : great price for those hdds
Electronics, housewares, beauty, fashions, jewelry, tech and more - NeweggFlash.com
^^What's wrong with the not-interface-handicapped SM951 nvme? Performance wise it handily beats the 850 Pro.
Joeboo
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Well, they're about double the price of the Evo line, 50-60% more than Pro, for equivalent storage. 1TB Evo is about $350, and so is 500GB PCI-e interface drive
Also, a lot of not so great reviews(mostly compatibility issues, it seems)
SAMSUNG SM951 MZHPV512HDGL-00000 M.2 512GB PCI-Express 3.0 Internal Solid State Drive - Internal SSDs - Newegg.com
Noodleface
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I wouldn't use M.2 drives in a desktop for awhile, that technology is fairly new and even in the enterprise world we have issues with all different brands. Best to wait on that stuff.
Guys we are talking about a skylake build. The skylake chipsets are going to have nvme built in. Yes the SM951 costs more, but if money is no object, that's a sane purchase.
Big Phoenix
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Lost Virtue
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They said Ivy Bridge would clock to 5.0ghz+ with only passive cooling. Take that overclock with a grain of salt or it is a very handpicked engineering sample (with soldered IHS that won't be on the standard retail units).
Big Phoenix
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Interesting, logged into futuremark to do some benchmarking on my new 980 ti and found it has results from some of my ancient builds;
Athlon XP 2200 + Geforce 4 ti 4200
Athlon XP 2600 + FX5900
Athlon 64 3200 + 6800 GT
Opteron 165 + 8800GT
i7 920 + GTX295/GTX680
13 years of computers. Remember spending hours trying to tweak and OC things properly squeezing every last bit of fps out of those machines.
Athlon XP 2200 + Geforce 4 ti 4200
Athlon XP 2600 + FX5900
Athlon 64 3200 + 6800 GT
Opteron 165 + 8800GT
i7 920 + GTX295/GTX680
13 years of computers. Remember spending hours trying to tweak and OC things properly squeezing every last bit of fps out of those machines.
jeydax
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Eh, I'm not THAT rich. I think the Pro 1TB is what I'm going to settle on for now. I'll probably change that 50 times between now and when Skylake is out, though.
Here's my preliminary build:PCPartPicker
Other:Intel Core i7-6700K 'Skylake'
CPU Cooler:NZXT Kraken X61
Motherboard:Gigabyte / ASROCK / ASUS - Z170
Memory:G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133
SSD:Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5"
HDD:Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 7200RPM WD2002FAEXx 2
Video Card:Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB(2-Way SLI)
Power Supply:SeaSonic 1050W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular
Case:Corsair Air 540
Case Fan:Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 140mm Fanx 4
Total:~$3,250
jeydax
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Huh? No, those drives are just additional storage. I already have two of those as it is.
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Big Phoenix
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Tell your buddy to buy this. Only thing you would need to change on that is the cooler if hes wanting to OC and the case to whatever he personally think looks better.
Joeboo
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And downgrade that 980Ti to a 970 in order to end up near the $2000 price point
I'm thinking of buying a ~500gb SSD. My computer takes an absolute eternity to boot up on its 1TB HDD. How much of a to-do is it to move my windows installation and a few games over to the SSD?