Reddit reviews Inland Professional 120GB SSD 3D NAND SATA III 6Gb/s 2.5" 7mm Internal Solid State Drive (120GB)

They're available on Amazon for only $2 more.

https://www.amazon.com/Inland-Professional-120GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B076XMH2JT/

SSD's do wonders.. I would at least get a 120 GB one.. there's these on sale atm..

https://www.amazon.com/Inland-Professional-120GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B076XMH2JT/ref=sr_1_2_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1527225561&sr=8-2&keywords=Inland+Professional

For those sad that they missed this, you can still get an Inland Professional 120gb SSD for $25 on Amazon or $22.99 if you live near a Microcenter. https://www.amazon.com/Inland-Professional-120GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B076XMH2JT/

Would you do any better on the SSD's? The 120GB Inland is $25 new on Amazon right now and when cheaper in store with the retailmenot coupon

this one?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076XMH2JT/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A1UVTGP6WV0D1P&psc=1

You can get 240GB SSDs for $29.99 on Amazon from multiple companies.

That's still overkill though, even with a hypervisor you'll have plenty of room (like >80GB free) on a 120GB SSD ($19.99). Get two from different brands and put them in a mirrored configuration. You could get two of the same brand, but there's a good chance they'll come from the same batch and if there's a defect you might have both fail at once.

I've had nothing but good stuff from the 120GB Inland Professional SSDs. They consistently outperform their listed specs.

That sounds super cool and fun, but be careful with this. Questions you need to ask yourself to help decide if this is "worth it"" Will you reliably have 6-10 friends coming over? How much better or useful would it be over having 2 consoles? Other than garry's mod what other games do you intend on playing? What is the longevity/ replay-ability with these games? How much would each license cost if the game isn't free? Will the skill-gap be too great and off-putting to newcomers? Alternatively is there some iconic nostalgia game that you can play forever? How much power will trip your breaker?

I would draw your attention to furniture (it'll definitely add up but I guess you can build or use folding furniture). Depending on space you could set up 10 stations some empty for those that can bring their own gaming laptop or tower.


That being said I will entertain your enthusiasm and tell you how I would do it.

• Windows 10 unactivated and is fully functioning so you don't need to worry about licenses
  
  
• 6-10 Optiplex 790 MT @74$ each
  
  
• 6-10 Inlands 120 gb SSD @ 18$
  
  
• 6-10 GTX 750TI @ 55$
  
  
• 6 x 4 gb module's of RAM
  
  Mix and match to aim for 6gb's per unit (4 ram slots, depending on what you get in each system (4gb assorted) you can figure a way to get 6 or 8 if necessary then supplement depending on what you're running). Should come in at ~155 per unit. I'm sure you could get better prices if you waited and scrounged around, but this should serve as a good baseline. These would be good for modern-ish titles at 1080 with some headroom for ram/gpu/PSU upgrades depending if your goals change.
  
  Games to consider would be emulators with online support (may want to add budget for controller), minecraft, brawlhalla, puzzle games (e.g. tetris variants), TF2, splitgate, CS:GO (free to play+mini games, surf/kz maps). This system should be good enough to run fortnite as well even at 6gb on low settings.

This might get buried but amazon is showing me close to the same price with free prime shipping. Obviously it has no coupons, and it has tax but I think it's still a good deal, especially the 240gb for $40.

https://www.amazon.com/Inland-Professional-120GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B076XMH2JT

Hmm. 120 GG SSDs are pretty cheap. I'd recommend getting the one with the 580 and adding an SSD yourself. https://www.amazon.com/Inland-Professional-120GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B076XMH2JT/

brand new 120GB SSD for $25 from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Inland-Professional-120GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B076XMH2JT/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1538411196&sr=8-2&keywords=inland+120gb

how bout this one then

Or this one

Get one of those cheap inland SSDs, twice the capacity for $5 more or same capacity for $25. In theory you don't need a CPU cooler since the 8400 comes with one and you can't overclock it anyway (undervolt if it throttles with the stock heatsink). No point in Z series motherboard unless you plan on getting an unlocked CPU later. PSU is really good but not strictly necessary, since your build would never even come close to pulling 400w. Use the savings to buy a 144hz monitor, you won't regret it.

SSD: https://www.amazon.com/Inland-Professional-120GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B076XMH2JT/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1527477621&sr=8-1&keywords=inland+ssd

heres a ssd thats really good for a boot ssd

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076XMH2JT/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Side note, look into grabbing a 120Gb Ssd and using it as a boot drive and you'll be so much happier with the whole thing and there are really good deals today! I'll link one that is a steal!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B076XMH2JT/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1527392741&sr=8-1&keywords=inland+ssd

I have a 128gb for $30 shipped. Brand New. https://www.amazon.com/Inland-Professional-120GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B076XMH2JT

From r/buildapcsales:
https://www.amazon.com/Inland-Professional-120GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B076XMH2JT/ref=sr_1_2_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1527225561&sr=8-2&keywords=Inland+Professional

https://www.amazon.com/Inland-Professional-120GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B076XMH2JT/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1527270941&sr=8-1&keywords=inland+ssd

In case you havent gotten one yet, this is that same SSD from microcenter for a dollar more, also the 240gb is $45

For less then $20, Sale ends in 3 days though.
https://www.newegg.com/team-group-gx1-120gb/p/N82E16820331317

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Also less then $20
https://www.amazon.com/Inland-Professional-120GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B076XMH2JT/ref=sr_1_5?fst=as%3Aoff&qid=1572696229&refinements=p_n_feature_three_browse-bin%3A14027457011&rnid=6797515011&s=pc&sr=1-5


For less then $30
https://www.amazon.com/Silicon-Power-Performance-Internal-SP256GBSS3A55S25/dp/B075RJS55D/keywords=ssd&qid=1572248688&sr=8-12


I've personally used the Silicon Power and the Inland drives before. They're nothing special. The 256gb Silicon power is in my plex server/Nas as a cache drive.


Then 120gb ...I think I gave it to a friend..

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076XMH2JT/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_OHiLBbFFNZSMA

Or Amazon too.

Unfortunately, all of the Inland drive SKUs have had some changes. For example, the TweakTown review from July has all of them using the S11 with 64L 3D TLD NAND. Even the 120GB one on Amazon now states TLC, as does MC's page. These used to have MLC instead. In either case, 9.4TB of writes per year is nothing to worry about - these drives are rated for a minimum of 75TB TBW (~8 yrs at your rate) and would probably survive more than that.

Nevertheless, the 480GB SKU would survive at least 4 times that (it's rated for 340TB TBW), although you might do more writes on a larger drive.

I’d say get an ssd. I tried using it without an ssd and it was unusable, so I added this inland SSD (which is literally $25) and it works so much faster. I have 2 of these SSDs so far and they work great!

My suggestion would be to get a cheap SSD to put proxmox OS on (I like the inland 120gb ssd's). That way if one of the drives goes down it doesnt take your host and vm's down in one shot. Then use the 2tb drive for VM os. You can just use one partition for the whole disk since the VM drives are just files. Create your plex vm on the 2tb drive, then format the 4tb disk as one partition, add it to proxmox, then create another disk for the plex server on the 4tb disk that takes up most of the space.

I'm guessing your drives arent being seen by proxmox because they arent mounted. You'll have to ssh into the box and edit your fstab file to automatically mount the drives at boot. I suggest doing this by UUID instead of /dev path as I've had those dev paths change on me before.

Also, make sure you partition the 4tb disk with GPT, otherwise you'll be limited to 2tb.

I've used a couple of these on a budget and seem to work pretty well. https://www.amazon.com/Inland-Professional-120GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B076XMH2JT/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1543285691&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=inland+professional+120gb&dpPl=1&dpID=51k0sbAJKAL&ref=plSrch

Then get a NUC like i suggested, 4GB of ram for it, a 128 SSD to store your OS, and whatever external storage you want to add via external hard drives. I highly recommend DietPi if you're a linux noobie and just want it to work and if you want the best performance out of it.

No idea where you can get them outside of the US. This is the one most people get. Micro Center carries them now too. I got a 120GB PNY for about the same price a couple months ago, now it's hovering around $30.

My recommendation is below and it assumes that you need everything including windows 10, but if you don't need a copy of windows 10, then you could drop it from the build and add a Ryzen 5 1600 instead and still be under budget.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
CPU | AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor | $149.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard | MSI - B350M PRO-VDH Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard | $74.63 @ OutletPC
Memory | G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory | $164.99 @ Newegg
Storage | Inland - Professional 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive | $29.99 @ Amazon
Storage | Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive | $44.47 @ OutletPC
Video Card | MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card | $218.90 @ OutletPC
Case | DIYPC - MA08-BK MicroATX Mini Tower Case | $27.68 @ Newegg Business
Power Supply | Corsair - Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply | $44.89 @ OutletPC
Operating System | Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit | $92.99 @ Amazon
Wireless Network Adapter | TP-Link - TL-WN881ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter | $18.98 @ Amazon
Monitor | Asus - VP228H 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor | $99.99 @ Amazon
Keyboard | Redragon - S101 Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse | $29.99 @ Amazon
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total | $997.39
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-03-13 14:30 EDT-0400 |

https://www.amazon.com/Inland-Professional-120GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B076XMH2JT

$25 SSD.

Inland Professional 120GB SSD 3D NAND SATA III 6Gb/s 2.5" 7mm Internal Solid State Drive (120GB) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076XMH2JT/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_cthCCbZD5AS6J