First Hackintosh m.2 SSD Question

[HackintoshForTheWin]

Hey all. Total noob here when it comes to Hackintosh but not new to tech tinkering. Finally getting my first build going. I bought a gaming PC and decided to turn it into a Hackintosh. I use Final Cut Pro X for a living as a professional videographer so I need all the power and speed I can get. I currently have a ASROCK Z370 Killer SLI?AC MOB, Intel i7 8700K cpu overclocked to 5GHz, GTX 1080ti overclocked, and 16GB DDR4 ram. I have a m.2 drive with windows on it and a HD for storage. My question is....
Should I just go with a standard SSD for my High Sierra install OR pay the extra money for a Samsung 960 PRO m.2 NVMe drive? Will the results and performance be noticeably better and worth the money for use in editing software such as FCPx. Also...If I do need the m.2 drive, do I need enough storage space to hold the files I'm editing as well as OS and apps or if I store my editing files on another SSD am I defeating the purpose of m.2

Hope that all makes sense and someone can give some input. Thanks everyone! Stoked to be joining the community!

 

[trs96]

It makes sense to use an NVME drive, with High Sierra, if you work with 4K or higher resolution video files. You can get one of these WD Black 512 GB drives for $170 at Amazon. A good investment at a reasonable price. Use this as your boot drive and then put the extremely large video files / storage, on a 500 GB or 1 TB SSD. Those should perform well enough as a scratch drive if you buy one that holds up under the stress of writing lots of data daily.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MR4VOBZ/?tag=tonymacx86com-20

I really don't think the $328 price on a 512 GB 960 Pro NVME SSD is justified by the higher read/write speeds. If you have the budget for one though it may be a good idea in terms of length of warranty etc.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LXS4TYB/?tag=tonymacx86com-20

Go with one of these 2.5" 860 Pros as a scratch disk + the WD NVME boot drive and you're all set for under $425 you can always use 3.5" spinner drives or a NAS for long term storage of video files.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07836C6YV/?tag=tonymacx86com-20

 

[HackintoshForTheWin]

It makes sense to use an NVME drive, with High Sierra, if you work with 4K or higher resolution video files. You can get one of these WD Black 512 GB drives for $170 at Amazon. A good investment at a reasonable price. Use this as your boot drive and then put the extremely large video files / storage, on a 500 GB or 1 TB SSD. Those should perform well enough as a scratch drive if you buy one that holds up under the stress of writing lots of data daily.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MR4VOBZ/?tag=tonymacx86com-20

I really don't think the $328 price on a 512 GB 960 Pro NVME SSD is justified by the higher read/write speeds. If you have the budget for one though it may be a good idea in terms of length of warranty etc.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LXS4TYB/?tag=tonymacx86com-20

Go with one of these 2.5" 860 Pros as a scratch disk + the WD NVME boot drive and you're all set for under $425 you can always use 3.5" spinner drives or a NAS for long term storage of video files.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07836C6YV/?tag=tonymacx86com-20

Thanks so much for the advice! I was wondering if the performance to price ratio was justified for that 960 PRO. Sounds like it's not. Do you think there is much to gain in going with a 1TB NVMe drive and have all the files I'm editing on it and then just archive to larger slower disks? Or is using an SSD for a scratch drive efficient enough? I have a 32TB thumberbolt 3 RAID setup for storing long term backups.

 

[trs96]

Thanks so much for the advice! I was wondering if the performance to price ratio was justified for that 960 PRO. Sounds like it's not. Do you think there is much to gain in going with a 1TB NVMe drive and have all the files I'm editing on it and then just archive to larger slower disks? Or is using an SSD for a scratch drive efficient enough? I have a 32TB thumberbolt 3 RAID setup for storing long term backups.

You would need to ask other Pros that edit in 4K. I'm not a video pro just an amateur that works with 1080p, not 4K video.

Trying asking those in the Video forum. https://www.tonymacx86.com/forums/video.23/

 

[HackintoshForTheWin]

You would need to ask other Pros that edit in 4K. I'm not a video pro just an amateur that works with 1080p, not 4K video.

Trying asking those in the Video forum. https://www.tonymacx86.com/forums/video.23/

Thanks again!!