Does This System Sound Fast, Reliable, Affordable, And Practical?

To affordably achieve very fast bootups and performance, I want to my OS (Win10 Pro) and all my installed apps to reside on a small (250GB?) solid state drive.

I don’t think there needs to be room on this drive to set restore points, as I intend to backup an image of this drive, and then immediately restore that image to another similar drive (or two), which will then just be held in reserve, so that even if the system drive is somehow completely destroyed, I can just quickly swap it out for another identical one.

But to keep this whole scheme affordable, I want all my user data to reside on a much larger ‘regular’ hard drive. I want this drive to be an internal one, because I’m pretty sure that SATA cable is much faster a USB3.0 port.

Does anybody see any problems with such a set-up?

EDIT: Sorry, maybe I should have posted this to the hardware forum.

 

Reference my hardware signature. Don't see a problem with a standard HDD for storage.

 

It's what I do.

 

So is your Samsung Pro 512GB SSD the model 850, or the new 860?

I see they both come in a variety of capacities. And the 256GB capacity version of either model looks really affordable.

But these SSDs all appear to be 2.5". How do you install it into a desktop, which is designed for a 3.5" drive? Is there some kind of mounting bracket included?

I didn’t realize these SSDs could be used not only for storage, but also for memory! That would be AWESOME! Could you use the same device for both? You know, put your OS and apps on it, and use the space left over for memory?

For that matter, could my old Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e 5042 A7U desktop even use an SSD for memory at all?

And what’s up with your Corsair AX860i Digital ATX Power Supply? I never heard of a digitally controlled power supply. What’s the advantage?

Please pardon me inundating you with questions like an excited kid. It’s just that now I realize the possibilities, I AM an excited kid!

 

My SSD is an 850 Pro and I use Magician with RapidMode. You have plenty of RAM, so I don't see using RapidMode being an issue, just make sure if you do choose Samsung that the drive will take advantage of it. Not all of them do. Also yes, there are adapter brackets for the smaller drives. Mine is actually from my first SSD which was an OCZ Vertex 3. That was a VERY durable drive. It's still in a friend's PC to this day, as I upgraded to the Samsung. The advantage to that power supply is that it doesn't generate much heat, so the fan barely runs unless you adjust the speed manually which I do just to keep fresh air in the case. The Behemoth also has a Corsair Hydro H80i V2 liquid cooler for the CPU. I like my rig to be quiet, and perform.

It's built to stand the test of time and software overhead. Bandwidth is good.

 

Here is what i am currently running.

Fastest boot time was 22 seconds.Fully Loaded.

Operating System
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD A10-8700P 105 °F
Carrizo 28nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-11-28)
Motherboard
HP 80B0 (P0) 103 °F
Graphics
Generic PnP Monitor (1600x900@60Hz)
ELEFW2217M (1920x1080@59Hz)
512MB ATI AMD Radeon R6 Graphics (HP) 105 °F
Storage
223GB KINGSTON SUV400S37240G SATA Disk Device (SSD) 90 °F
931GB Western Digital WD My Passport 0827 USB Device (USB (SATA)) 83 °F
Optical Drives
hp DVDRW SU208GB SATA CdRom Device
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio

 

3rd revision was my SR2010NX. Still kept that first case, WTFN. Built like a tank. Any rate, 4th was a BioStar AM3 build in that old Compaq case.

My advice? Keep having fun...

EDIT: the current build took 17 years of periodic, bargain priced upgrades. That includes the case...

P.P.S. LOL https://www.cnet.com/products/hp-pavilion-9795c-1-4-ghz/specs/

 

NICE

My desktop well um it's what u would say kaput.Keeps rebooting randomly.So i guess now is the time to build a new one.

I built mine back in 1996 It was one of the first made MSI 870a-g54 mother boards i think.But don't quote me on that.It ran really well for that long.Now it's time to take a gun out back or an M-80 which is probably more fun.

 

If it's a Fall Creator's update with older hardware, the software and/or drivers are more likely the issue.

EDIT: I'm about to update my ThinkPad to the Fall update. I'll start a thread if it goes south...