X870 TAICHI CREATOR NVMe recommendations

Hi!


I've been on a RAID-0 setup for a few years (3x Samsung 970 Pro 1TB).

Recently, I've bought an Intel Optane P5800X 400GB SSD, as my boot drive.
I've deleted the RAID-0 array and I'm using my "regular" Samsung SSDs as separate partitions.
My PC is more snappy now.


My recommendation is:
To buy a small, but very high end drive, as your boot drive (Intel Optane, or an SLC NAND based drive, like the Solidigm D7-P5810).
Then, to buy an 8TB drive, like the Samsung 9100 Pro / MZ-VAP8T0CW).
If you can afford such a setup, of course.



Edited by NDRE28 - 14 Nov 2025 at 2:19pm

When it comes to RAID-5 setups you always want to keep your drives identical. This
has been the general rule since the early days, AFAIK you can get away with some
mixing and matching but why take the risk. Always go with the lowest common denominator,
in this case NVMe Gen4. When you are mirroring drives you don't want there to be
a bandwidth disparity, the system will default to the lower speed anyway.

TLDR, there will be no benefit that will justify the risk and added cost of mixing
in NVMe gen 5 drives.