RobUSMC Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 I have a new designer in the office that needs an upgraded PC. So she will be getting my current Dell Alienware of 4 years old and today I will be ordering myself a new Dell Alienware with what I feel is the latest technology / components available thru a Dell build with the three main components. Processor: 9th Gen Intel i9 9900 (8-Core, 16MB Cache, up to 5GHz with Intel Turbo Boost Technology) Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB GDDR6 (OC Ready) Ram: 32GB Dual Channel HyperX FURY DDR4 XMP at 2933MHz Only having them install a single 2 TB SSD drive because my local PC tech will install three additional 2 TB SSD for storage as my PC is our pseudo storage server for my office of five other PC work stations. He can do this at a fraction of the cost. Attached is a copy of the build sheet. If anyone has any input. However, I know there are other processors, graphics, etc. out on the general market that may be a little better but not available from Dell in their builds. I'm sticking with Dell as I have both personal and business credit lines and my past four PC's have been Dells and as such I'm getting a $475 discount on this build with 1 year free premium on site service and support with accident damage overage. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkwest Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 What is the question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobUSMC Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 I guess the question would be any comments good bad or indifferent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcowscarnival Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Minimal comment here. I would say the 2TB m.2 onboard drive is a big waste of space, especially with a quasi-server for your office. With the m.2 I would highly recommend only installing your OS there, and you only need a fraction of that space. All of your file storage should be saved on the server where hopefully you have some manner of redundancy set up there (ours is 4 ~ 2 TB drives "striped"). Even programs which don't properly run if not on your root drive won't take up a fraction of that space. My root drive is 500GB but I could have easily gone with 250GB. I don't have any other manner of on-board storage in form of SATA SSD. On my home office computer I do have a 2TB USB SSD that I frequently backup my server files with Windows built-in SyncToy. * edited for explanation, reason for only OS on the m.2 is plan for failure and easy replacement/reinstall without losing a bunch of stored files. I don't know what the limit of read/write was on the old HDD but the new SSD do have a defined limit before potential failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcowscarnival Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 FYI Rob, might want to delete that build sheet with ship-to address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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