Hi,
I have just bought a customizable PC with the following specs and planing to use for short game development, including VR (likely with Occulus) and AR:
ASUS STRIX Z370F motherboard
NVIDIA GTX 1080TI 11GB GDDR5X
SSD Primary drive: 250GB SAMSUNG 970 Evo M.2 SSD (Read up to 3,400 MB/sec, write up 1,500 MB/sec)
SSD Secondary drive: 1TB Samsung 860 Evo SSD (Read up to 550MB/sec, write up to 520 MB/sec)
Hard drive: TOshiba 2TB 3.5 Inch HDD
The technical staff at the computer shop suggested that I install the operating system on the 250GB M.2 SSD, and use the 1TB Samsung 860 EVO to install UE4 and for storage to use the hard drive.
My questions are these:
- Would you also recommend the same as the technical staff in terms of what should be installed where?
- Since UE4 needs Visual Studio to package the games, which drive would be ideal to install this in? Should it be in the same drive as the UE4 engine or in the drive where the OS is parked (Windows 10)?
- What about Occulus? Should it be installed in the operating system drive or can/should be installed on SSD or HDD?
- Project files? Should be in which SSD or on the HDD?
- My PC is still not assembled and I may be able to change the specs further. Would you recommend I do so especially for the drive that will host the UE4 engine and the project files? I am mindful that the speed of the 1TB Samsung 860 Evo SSD where the technical staff suggested I install UE4 is not as fast as the 250GB SAMSUNG 970 Evo M.2 SSD.
Thank you and I look forward to your comments.