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A HDD is the "traditional" way of storing your pc's data. It is made up of storage discs called platters and has an arm inside which "scans" across those platters. Advantages are that they are good value (storage for the money), and big capacities are available (you can get some drives that are more than 8TB!) The disadvantages are that they can be slow to access data, and some people don't like the clicking (accessing) noise and humming noise that you get with them.

An SSD essentially is a "replacement" for an HDD, it has no moving parts and data is stored on "memory chips", think of it as like a large memory card for your computer (instead of a camera or phone for example). Data transfer is MUCH faster than with a HDD, so they are...
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Hi, looks like a sweet build! All looks good to me, I might make a slight suggestion and say that it might be worth getting a 7200RPM Hard drive (unless its only going to be used for photos/music/data etc). Aside from that, happy building and gaming! As for an optical drive, that case doesn't have any internal optical drive bays on the front so just get any USB external optical drive if you still need one. Games have gone digital nowadays so the only reason to have one would be to play DVD's and burn CD's and DVD's.
 
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What else do people use a hard drive for? :O I honestly dont really know the difference between an SSD and HDD so yeah... People just told me to get both and that I shouldn't get an SSD with less than 500GB ..

 
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A HDD is the "traditional" way of storing your pc's data. It is made up of storage discs called platters and has an arm inside which "scans" across those platters. Advantages are that they are good value (storage for the money), and big capacities are available (you can get some drives that are more than 8TB!) The disadvantages are that they can be slow to access data, and some people don't like the clicking (accessing) noise and humming noise that you get with them.

An SSD essentially is a "replacement" for an HDD, it has no moving parts and data is stored on "memory chips", think of it as like a large memory card for your computer (instead of a camera or phone for example). Data transfer is MUCH faster than with a HDD, so they are great for loading your pc's operating system in a matter of a few seconds as opposed to a minute or two. The downsides are that although value for money they are improving you still don't get as much storage per $ as you do a HDD and that some lower end ones may be less reliable. Although imo you can't go wrong with a Samsung one, as they are regarded as making the best SSD's.

A 7200 RPM hard drive would be faster (than a 5400rpm HDD at loading games for example, although not as fast as an SSD). Once a game has loaded there would be very little difference as then it'd come down to your RAM, processor and graphics card. Also, WD Blacks are 7200 rpm and they come with a longer warranty period (itself is worth the extra cash in my opinion).

As for storage space, the minimum space i'd recommend nowadays is 2TB. That'll fill up rather quickly especially if you have loads of games installed at once. Considering a lot of the latest games now take up anywhere up to around 100GB each. But a 500GB SSD alongside will be handy to install Windows onto (or your operating system of choice), and any apps or programs that you'd use a lot like Photo/video editors, office programs etc.
 
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You can do much better for less money actually.

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/NjWqgw
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/NjWqgw/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($409.89 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($84.43 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z390 Phantom Gaming 6 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($185.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($131.90 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 2 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($61.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB Black Video Card ($499.99 @ B&H)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox TD500 ATX Mid Tower Case ($82.98 @ Newegg Business)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1642.05
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-09 19:13 EST-0500


Also you dont need to buy the overpriced OS, you can buy a license key legaly for less than 25$
 
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