Newb buying SSD for the first time, need help.

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Dear community,

I use my pc mainly for media production with adobe photoshop, adobe after effects, steinberg cubase.

My current set up is,
i5 3.0ghz
16gb Ram
1TB HDD (1TB, 2TB Ext HDD)
Geforce GTX650 Ti Boost

I believe the best upgrade that I can do to my pc right now is getting an SSD...
What SSD and what size do you suggest?

Thank you!
 
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So essentially you will be installing an SSD. In order to maximize the performance increase you will be reinstalling your Operating System and installing the software you most commonly use onto the SSD(Adobe, AE, Cubase). Once this is done we'll need to know if you're going to be using all these applications at once and do you commonly open a bunch of files at once or just...
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DO you have a budget in mind? Do you want to have all your files on the SSD or is it just to speed up your OS boot times and loading up applications, so essentially not speeding up the loading of the files within the application?
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($95.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $95.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-19 14:26 EST-0500
 
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I'd like to upgrade the speed in general.
I am not sure how it applies to my type of usage (photoshop, after effects, cubase)
 
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is there any reason why you suggest 250 over any other storage size?
 
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So essentially you will be installing an SSD. In order to maximize the performance increase you will be reinstalling your Operating System and installing the software you most commonly use onto the SSD(Adobe, AE, Cubase). Once this is done we'll need to know if you're going to be using all these applications at once and do you commonly open a bunch of files at once or just the ones you're working on currently? If you use tons of files at once I would recommend getting an SSD large enough for you to work with everything you need off of it. If you only work with current files then the SSD recommending by Blackbird would work. You would just save all your files to your current 1TB HD and turn it into a data drive.
 
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