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I found a WD SN850X on sale on a newegg shell shocker day! Will use it for shortterm storage and photo working files....I plan to get a KingstonKC300 for the OS/boot drive as it has amazing fast random read speeds

GREAT info!! Thanks I search for value not cheap. 7200rpm it is! you're the best! Yeah I've always avoided Seagate - especially after they purchased Maxtor, the maker of the only drive to fail on me. Have always been loyal to WD. But if Seagate are more reliable now I may roll the dice. After...

Right now I have just completed the design of my first new build in 11 years. My last build was a Gen.3 i7 3770K. I'm a photographer, not a pc tech guy so I took a month to learn pc components and I designed a stable fast rig that even to this day is fast enough for my use. But I just retired...

I don't mind spending more for the more reliable ones - I just worried about extra heat, noise ect. Just gathering info because I am ignorant about these things. My new rig will have a spaceheater i7 13700 with air cooling...TBH I can't fing HDDs >16 GB that are NOT NAS drives...I live in...

Even when defragmented? With my usage my data files rarely need defragging.

I am building a new photo editing rig. NO gaming or video processing. As a recent retiree and photo enthusiast (early adopter of digital imaging) I have terabytes of old digital files I want to store on my new rig. Here is my new set up: Drive A) 1 TB Kingston KC3000 for OS and programs...

Thanks. However, I don't plan on a beefy GPU at the moment because photo editing is 2D work, not 3D like some games. As such Lightroom and Photoshop do not utilise the GPU very much....but this will change. As more AI is used by these programs the Adobe coders will start to leverage the power of...

Thanks rcarlos....I will definitely consider it the WD as one of my drives. I am going with two M.2 SSDs. I had forgotten to save the build in pcpartpicker and the link displyed only one. I will use a Gen.4 as the OS/program drive and a slower Gen.3 drive for current photo projects.The study...

Thanks everyone for all of your help...I asked a lot of questions....a few dumb ones in hindsight. But I feel I have arrived at a build. I couldn't stomach the higher ASUS prices though every time I looked at the Strix I felt at home. The bios, the look of the board, their bloatware was like...

Thanks....I've read that Photoshop and Lightroom (the 2 two programs I ise the most) DO like bandwidth and do benefit from faster RAM. Anecdotally I've been told the sweet spot is around 6000 for DDR5...extra speed does benefit but the increase beyond that speed is incremental and not worth the...

great suggestions...I am not poor so I can splurge on DDR5 if there is some benefit to it. Is it not possible that DDR5 could further mature and in 5years there may be sticks with better latency that would blow DDR4 out of the water?

I've decided upon the Gigabyte Z790 Elite - has 4 fast M.2 slots and 6 SATA (although it goes down to 4 SATA if all M.2 drives are filled). It is cheaper than the Strix and Thunderbolt - probably because Gigabyte downgraded the sound chip which is a selling point for me (I don't game or use the...

Thanks....with my current ancient i7 3700K I use the ASUS auto-overclock in the bios. It has been incredibly easy and stable and it is a 11 year old machine...I was hoping to do the same with the new pc.

My first thought was for the ASUS Prime but I am not sure what the differences between the A and P versions are (I DON'T need wifi). I am an expert in pixels, not bits and bytes. The TUF series is the next step up and you are right. They are a good fit.I imagine if am over ananlysizing this and...

Considering a new build for a photo editing only ATX. My 11 year old i7 3700K build was masterful and while overkill at the time it still serves me well. I spent the time to understand the needs of a photo editing rig and the components that were available then but things have changed. I only...