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Tactical Nuke's first computer build! (MINIMIZNG COSTS)
Kyuande:
If you dont want save money and buy unnecessary RAM go ahead
Headcrab Zombie:
RAM is easy enough to slip more in of you need it.
16gb should be enough: my work PC for software Dev runs 16gb and I do just fine. Several (10+) Visual Studio instances open at once, several of which currently running the project with debugger attached. Never really needed more.
I also do a ton of photo editing at home on 16gb and never felt limited either.
You're not really "compromising" because unlike all the other components, you don't have to completely replace what you have, you just pop in another stick or two if you do end up needing more
re the previous discussion on RAIDs:
RAIDs are nice for redundancy, if you lose a drive you still have another driver with the same data. If you're doing a ton of FL studio stuff you'll really appreciate not losing it all if a drive dies
But SSDs are better for performance.
Of course that doesn't mean you can't do both.
Have a small SSD for the OS and few applications, and then a large RAID for data
Tactical Nuke:
I'll look into how much RAM I actually need, but I'm prepping for running a youtube vid or two, drawing on my drawing tablet, playing a graphics-heavy game on shadowplay and running fl studio comfortably with all the plugins open all at the same time. That might not take 32 gigs, but that's what I'm prepping for. If it turns out I don't need 32 gigs even for that, then I'll drop off two sticks.
Tactical Nuke:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/f9Xsd6
I heard from Unbox Therapy that there are apparently WD Blue hard drives with built-in SSDs, making them a hybrid of sorts
is this true and how does it compare to an actual SSD
Kyuande:
hybrid drives have 2 speeds - it is slow as a hard drive when it writes/reads new files, but when it finds the file frequently, it is fast as an ssd - they are slightly more than your regular hard drive but cheaper than your regular solid state drive - honestly i dont know what actual use these would be (id rather just get an ssd)
according to your part it doesnt say anything about being an ssd/hybrid - i guess it's just certain parts if you find the right one
ssds are better if you want every file to be super fast to load
i mentioned m.2 ssd because they're much faster if you get the right one - another question when you get these super fast drives is, do you really need that much storage? you gotta really think of these questions when you build your computer, if you want to expand later that's good but having too much to start (especially when on a budget) is a little concerning even though you'll never run out of room for a longer time
I am getting this for my operating system and a few programs on it (120GB): https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820236156
honestly that's just enough for high priority programs for me - it is faster than your normal SATA which is why it's more expensive (3GB/s versus 3 Gigabit/s) - your system would boot in a few seconds using this drive rather than taking another 5 seconds - i mean this does sound stupid but when you're trying to convert GIANT files this is definitely the way to go
but i like to have my system run super fast all the time so m.2 is pretty good
more suggestions will come if we can know what exactly are your plans on this new computer