1TB SATA SSD

powercolor has 9070XT for 72 and other brands consistantly under 80k .it has more VRAM and better performant.i also suggest haveing a lower capacity drive just for OS and another for frequent read writes and less frequent read writes example 256gb nvme ssd for boot , 1tb nvme ssd for games and stuff

i had a prodesk for office work and adding that second stick of ram made a bigger difference than i expected. prices on ddr4 are pretty low right now actually. teamgroup has a 16gb stick for around $30. for storage a crucial bx500 1tb is like $45. no need to wait much longer honestly.

The Crucial BX500 is a reliable SATA SSD, I use one as a game drive, shouldn't be too bad on price

that error code usually means the ssd or ram is dying. factory reset won't fix hardware. first grab a usb flash drive and run memtest86 overnight to check your ram. if that passes, the ssd is probably toast. a crucial mx500 ssd is cheap and easy to swap - there's videos on youtube for your model. ba

ran into this last month with an old laptop. for Linux native games that'll run on that hardware, try classics like FTL, Stardew Valley, or Hollow Knight - they're all lightweight and have native builds. also check out Battle for Wesnoth or OpenTTD if you want free options. if you ever decide to boo

HDD vs SSD. This would normally be a slam dunk, get an SSD. HDDs are great for storage, things you're not going to be accessing often or don't benefit from the 10x speed difference between it and an SSD. The equation has changed though because of the AI storage sucking up everything and making SSDs