T710

You could return it and get an even faster 2TB NVMe for less: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/7m2j4D/crucial-t710-2-tb-m2-2280-pcie-50-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-ct2000t710ssd8 But no, you won't really notice a difference between then SN770 and 990 Pro, you'd only notice if you constantly moved a lo

Well crucial T710’s are gen 5 with really high speed if you want that. WD black sn850x is a good gen 4 drive if you want that

I would update the SSD to a Gen5 NVMe, Samsung 9100 Pro, Crucial T710, or WD_Black. Take advantage of those Gen5 speeds.

If you don't want to make the trek to MicroCenter, here's my recommendation. For the CPU, I picked the 7800X3D. It's a great gaming cpu. It stays cool with a 360mm RGB AIO cooler. The motherboard has wifi and extra M.2 & DIMM slots for future upgrades. The build has 32GB of RGB RAM and a super-fast

Dont think you need 10K for that, half is going to get you a monster machine already. No real meaningful upgrades after that. The microcenter bundle deals for the 9950x3d are very good, but come with 32GB ram. But you can probably strike a good deal with them for a set with 128GB CPU: AMD 9950x3dGPU

There's very little context here. For a gaming PC I'd typically recommend putting it towards the GPU. If you have an old GPU, I'd consider selling it and slapping $250 on the proceeds. 16GB RAM suggests it's not particularly high end. An additional $250 is excessive for either RAM or SSD. Thus if no

CPU: For your use cases, you want a multi-core CPU with a high clock speed. Also, from what I’ve read, it’s best to avoid CPUs with both performance and efficiency cores (i.e. Intel CPUs) for audio processing, because sometimes Windows will incorrectly assign a high priority task to one of the lower

For about $200, MicroCenter will assemble your pc for you, but I recommend you buy the parts now and then assemble the pc with your husband as a couples project for his birthday. I think you’ll both have fun and it will make you both much more comfortable working on the pc later on. I chose this Mic

PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF 3.9 GHz 20-Core Processor $239.98 @ Amazon CPU Cooler Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler $35.90 @ Amazon Motherboard ASRock B860 Lightning WiFi ATX LGA1851 Motherboard $149.99 @ Amazon Memory Silicon Power XPOWE

For $2k, you can get a B60. For the CPU, I picked the 270K Plus. It is a great all-around new cpu, with lower new pricing from Intel. It stays cool with a 360mm AIO cooler. The motherboard has 5GbE, wifi7 and extra M.2 & DIMM slots for future upgrades. The build has 32GB of RAM and a super-fast 2TB