A kilowatt PSU is just stupid. That Black HDD is of awful value. For a gaming build the 950 Pro is a huge waste, same for 32GB of RAM. What is this for? What is your max budget?
-I'm a little concerned about the power consumption on the 2xFTW plus overclocking
-WD Black is supposedly fast, local retailer has it at a reasonable price
-950 pro for boot drive thought it was a good idea
-Found the 32GB of ram at a good price
-Around 3500 euros
You would be lucky to draw more than 550 watts so a 650 or even a 750 wat PSU would be plenty. its fast but not much faster than competition and you would notice no real world difference. The 950 Pro would get similar or even sometimes a slightly worse by a second or two load and boot times compared to a decent SATA based SSD. What country are you in? You are using USD, not euros.
Greece, but i've already made my calculations with euros from local retailers.
I've seen so many people use those M2 ssds for boot drives, that i thought it would be the natural progression to move from the ssd i had in my previous build to an M2.
I've seen so many people use those M2 ssds for boot drives, that i thought it would be the natural progression to move from the ssd i had in my previous build to an M2.
M.2 is just the connection. A drive being M.2 doesn't it mean it will be faster than a SATA based drive.
If you have a decent SSD currently you would see zero benefit.
So the sequential write/read speeds don't really play a factor in loading-booting times?
What's the benefit of an M2 after all besides different connection?
Would a 850W PSU suffice for 2xFTW overclocked plus overclocking the CPU (I've seen some benchmarks and the FTW draws more power than the ASUS Strix OC for example, the FTW has a TDP of 215 Watts)
Wouldn't 32GB of ram be more future proof?
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