The hard drive
I have chosen two hard drives to go in my computer, one a SSD (solid state drive), the other, a more traditional HDD (hard disk drive). The hard disk drive will hold the majority of my storage, with a mediocre storage capacity of 500gb, which I feel is substantial for the gaming I would be enjoying on the pc. The other hard drive uses more recent technology, and is substantially faster, but comes at a price. The drive is only a puny 60GB, yet costs £20 more than the other drive, which has 8 times the amount of storage!!
This is primarily the reason why chose two drives, because i wanted enough storage, yet a fast drive at the same time. If i was to choose a solid state drive on its own it would cost me in the region of £1000 for a 1TB size.The perfect solution to this was one SSD and one HDD, because normal drive storage comes at a relatively cheap cost. To me, it didn't matter too much about the hard drive itself once I chosen the size I wanted, because the overall speed of the PC would come mainly from the processor and the RAM. I could have spent almost £50 more on a drive with the same storage space, but i thought it was wiser for me to spend it on a faster CPU.
This is primarily the reason why chose two drives, because i wanted enough storage, yet a fast drive at the same time. If i was to choose a solid state drive on its own it would cost me in the region of £1000 for a 1TB size.The perfect solution to this was one SSD and one HDD, because normal drive storage comes at a relatively cheap cost. To me, it didn't matter too much about the hard drive itself once I chosen the size I wanted, because the overall speed of the PC would come mainly from the processor and the RAM. I could have spent almost £50 more on a drive with the same storage space, but i thought it was wiser for me to spend it on a faster CPU.
RAM
The random access memory is also another important component to my machine, it will decide how much can be running smoothly at one time. Unlike the permanent storage of the hard drives, the memory stores things temporarily, meaning when your computer is off, it no longer is there. For example, if you shut your computer down whilst chrome is running, the memory is cleared, so it is no longer open when the computer is off. This is the opposite of something physically saved onto the computer, it will remain on the hard drive unless it is deleted, even if the computer stops working!
I have chosen 2x8GB of RAM, as a pose to 1x16GB because it will run dual channel, meaning it connects to the motherboard in two separate paths. Also, if one stick of memory has a fault, it will be cheaper to replace only one as a pose to the whole thing. 16GB of RAM will definitely provide me with all the space I need to open multiple games at once, most likely allowing me to run the games on maximum settings; hopefully even producing a frame rate in the region of 80+!
I have chosen 2x8GB of RAM, as a pose to 1x16GB because it will run dual channel, meaning it connects to the motherboard in two separate paths. Also, if one stick of memory has a fault, it will be cheaper to replace only one as a pose to the whole thing. 16GB of RAM will definitely provide me with all the space I need to open multiple games at once, most likely allowing me to run the games on maximum settings; hopefully even producing a frame rate in the region of 80+!
