Together with a 4790 i7, 8Gb Kingston HyperX ram Beast and a HDD Plextor PX-M2 G256M6e 256 Gb (reading of about 770Mb / s) ... my PC with starts in fifteen W8.1 seconds and 10 seconds cut. I do not have a graphics card and there is more than enough for home PC that will last long.
SSD with a hard drive or SSD M2, be sure to optimize your OS to a longer life: avoid unnecessary writing.