Intel PCIE SSD Data center drive question

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i know that intel's 750 series is most likely the best choice for a common home PC consumer buuuuut, what about intel's data center SSDs?, i know the one im looking into is not boot able but i don't require 4TBs of OS storage, but i was thinking about a secondary storage, a means to access a lot of data and fast, the 750 series is 1.2TB that's a lot but in the long run a 2TB or even the 4TB samsung EVO would make more sense right of the top of my head, buut, i would like to know if a data center drive would work as a means to access large files like 4K this and 4K that, but i guess my main thought on this is, can it be a good gaming drive?, would like to maintain a minimum of 1gbs speed in my choice for a gaming drive while having a lot! of storage, which is why im looking at the "Intel® SSD DC P3608 Series", i know, try to ignore the price lol, its just a thought, but it brings up a good question, as this is not meant nor would be used as a boot able drive, im sure this question will not last long and that people will just say "no", which is not very informative as i am trying to learn more about my options.

but anyways, is intel's DC P3608 SSD, in theory a good choice for a gaming drive?.
(this topic is not about cost or budget, just a question for knowledge)
 
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For gaming there is really no point. That drive is very expensive and is designed for enterprise workloads. For gaming you would never have the level of writes or queue depth to push the SSD DC P3608. This drive likes queue depths greater than 32(think running 32 games at the same time). It is also not bootable so it would have to be a secondary drive. For gaming i.e. queue depth 1 you could go with pretty much any consumer SSD and not notice a difference. The only thing you might change is a games load time but say the 4TB Samsung evo vs this SSD DC P3608 you likely wont notice more than 1-2 seconds difference simply because of the size of the data that loads up.

Look here at load times and you will see how little variation on...
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For gaming there is really no point. That drive is very expensive and is designed for enterprise workloads. For gaming you would never have the level of writes or queue depth to push the SSD DC P3608. This drive likes queue depths greater than 32(think running 32 games at the same time). It is also not bootable so it would have to be a secondary drive. For gaming i.e. queue depth 1 you could go with pretty much any consumer SSD and not notice a difference. The only thing you might change is a games load time but say the 4TB Samsung evo vs this SSD DC P3608 you likely wont notice more than 1-2 seconds difference simply because of the size of the data that loads up.

Look here at load times and you will see how little variation on game load times there are between a slower SSD and a faster SSD.

http://techreport.com/review/29221/samsung-950-pro-512gb-ssd-reviewed/4
 
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yeah your right, thank you for the informative information, although i am wondering about having 2 750 PCIE SSDs in a rig, because i searched and did not find anything, google just does not know lol, 1 for OS and other for what ever, just wondering if its possible or if its not for some reason, i know maingear only allows the OS drive to have it, its not an option for drives 2 through 6 for some reason.
 
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There is no issue using multiple PCIE SSD's other than using up all your PCIE lanes of bandwidth. I would lean more to an m.2. SSD like a SAMSUNG 950 PRO for a gaming machine. If you were getting a tad extreme or needed more space then a SAMSUNG 950 PRO for the boot drive and another for games as there are plenty of motherboards with 2x m.2 slots. Also coming up soon is Intel's Optane SSD drives if you wanted extreme performance but the price is expected to be high at first.

 
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yeah im an intel/Nvidia kinda guy, so 2 way sli max i guess lol, ill probably just go with 1 750 for OS and rest samsung unless intel's optane is any better when it comes out, i figured that each PCIe slot had its only bandwidth lane, but anyways, thanks for the info.
 
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