The Best Storage: SSD, HDD, NAS & More

[Darth Shiv]

Storage is the last bottleneck, so after CPU, RAM, and GPU are as quick as needed, storage is the next thing to upgrade. I "only" have a single Intel 750 400GB, so I can only dream of the speeds you're getting. My next personal build will be X299 with 2 960 Pros in RAID (or whatever faster drive Samsung or Intel releases this year). I'm spoiled now and can't be bothered with waiting on my drives anymore...

I don't know if RAID support is great on NVMe yet driver-wise. Intel has been particularly poor on RAID support for SSDs in general so I wouldn't hold my breath.

 

[hqxt1964]

The new WD Black and SanDisk Extreme PRO are unquestionably high-end NVMe SSDs that match the Samsung 960 EVO and sometimes even beat the 960 PRO.

 

[Julio Franco]

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