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the best storage and ram for my build.

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June 11, 2014 5:03:03 PM

Hi im in the middle of ordering stuff for my build and im wondering which storage i should get. All im going to store on my pc will be 3-4games, music, movies and photos. Im also not sure what would be the best ssd for my needs. I want to have windows on it and maybe 1 or two games plus some applications. Is 60gb enough? Hdd i was thinking about 1tb wd caviar blue but is there anything better around the same price?

Ram- is there a difference between 1600mhz and 2133mhz ? I can get both for around the same price but am i going to notice a difference in gaming and editing?

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June 11, 2014 7:32:11 PM

When you use the SSD, the bigger size is better, 60GB is not enough for the game PC if you install games too, because like win7 will use 20-23GB already, and plus the windows update, other stuff and games the space will not be enough for long run, also you need about 5-10% space for SSD to do the TRIM, so 120GB will be perfect size.

For games only, you will not notice the difference performance between 1600mhz and 2133mmhz in some games, you will see in the benchmark, but for the editing you will see the difference, high speed is better. The review is for intel system, but is true for AMD too. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/memory/display/haswell...
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June 11, 2014 7:35:58 PM

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($87.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $252.96
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-11 22:35 EDT-0400)
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