
All of the parts have become pretty standardized. Intel Core 9th Generation i7-9700 Processor (8 Core, Up to 4.70GHz, 12MB Cache, 65W)Ģ56GB PCIe M.2 NVMe Class 40 Solid State Driveīuilding a PC has never been easier. Initially I was going to load just windows on the SSD and all the other programs on a 1TB SATA drive. This is probably what I am going for though it sounds interesting to build my own but I really don't know exactly which parts work well together. I spent about the same amount of money on a second 1TB NVME SSD I use for some games, lightroom catalogs, and other things.

I could have easily had a 1TB drive for the same price then but I wanted a particular type/tier of drive for my OS and paid for it by having less space. My new computer, which I built about a year ago, has a 512GB NVME system SSD and with Windows and all the programs I have installed to it I still have 160GB free. Having your apps on an SSD is beneficial as well as they'll load faster too. Doubly so if you can swing nVME without any issue (they've come down in price a ton). You can find great deals on 1TB SSDs these days though, if you can find one in your budget I'd say go for it.

I had no problem having all my programs installed on that, however if you do any gaming keep in mind they can gobble space (big mainstream games are easy 50GB or larger, with many pushing over 100GB these days) and your system drive could fill quickly if you install games to it. In late 2012 I built a system with a 256GB system SSD and upgraded it through multiple OS changes, eventually to Windows 10. You can certainly run Windows and a reasonable number of programs on even a 128GB SSD.
