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Cerebralbore101 on 26 August 2018
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Kristof81 said:

Get WD Red instead. The number of issues I've had with Seagate drives is just astounding. It's $20 more, but it's worth it. 

In terms of GPU, I'd wait and see as RTX 20x series will have an impact on GPU prices. I wouldn't be surprised if soon you could get GTX 1080 in $300-$400 price range. Also the rumor has it that AMD might refresh its Polaris series in Q4 2018.

 

Good idea. I remember Seagate being a bit iffy in the past. I thought they fixed all their issues, but I'd rather spend an extra $20 than rage all day.

I'll see what is out there for GPUs later in the year. I'd get a 1080 or something equal to it for $300. But current prices are too steep. 

Zkuq said: 

That SSD is going to be fine but only as long as you don't stick anything extra on it. I had a 120 GB SSD, and it was full all the time. It would probably have been OK but I needed some frustratingly large software that would have taken a substantial portion on C even if I had installed it elsewhere. If you're sure you don't need any big software now or in the future, 120 GB is going to be enough but if not, it's going to become somewhat of a battle. Keep in mind that you you need to upgrade the device your OS (e.g. Windows) is on, you're going to have to install everything again. Depending on the amount of space you need, preferable solutions would be, in my opinion, the following (in no particular order):

  • 240 GB SSD + a big HDD: The SSD is still not enough for many games, but its size is not going to be a problem and you can probably install some games on it.
  • 500+ GB SSD with no HDD: If you don't need too many games installed at once, 500 GB might be enough and games ought to load a bit faster too.
  • External HDD for bulk storage (not games), internal storage accordingly: If you have lots of need for non-software bulk storage, external HDD is probably the way to go. Obviously it's going to change the kind of internal storage that suits you. Having an external will make it easier to upgrade your storage situation in the future.

Again: 120 GB might be enough for your needs, but you should be fairly certain it's going to be enough if you want to go for it.

EDIT: Overall, seems fairly solid.

I'll be using Maya LT, Mudbox, Unity, FL Studio and Photoshop for games development. 

I'm not sure how many seconds of loading time a SSD would take off games, but I might grab this...

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/X3Crxr/mushkin-internal-hard-drive-mknssdre1tb

or this...

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/ft8j4D/crucial-mx500-500gb-25-solid-state-drive-ct500mx500ssd1

I heard, SSD is bad for long term storage though. Keeping all my games installed at once is preferred. Whenever somebody builds a PC as their main gaming system, and then includes a 1TB or 500 GB HD I cringe.