P310

I have frequently put kingston NVME's in my computers when upgrading my or my family's laptops, etc. To hit vaguely the same price-point as previously, I have had to shift to Chinese brand drives. That being said I was still able to find drives with SLC cache For reference here are the costs of 1Tb

https://www.msi.com/Laptop/GE72-2QD-Apache-Pro/Specification says: DDR3L,up to 1600 MHz, slot *2, max 16GB The outer two M.2 slots support only SATA, the middle one supports both SATA and NVMe. Some good, cheap drives would be the Patriot P310 240 GB, Patriot P310 480 GB, or Lexar NM620 1 TB.

Good list, just slightly unbalanced for the money. The CPU/GPU combo is strong, and the cooler is enough for a 7800X3D. The only parts that stand out are the RAM and SSD. 6000 CL30 EXPO would be safer for AM5 than 6400, and the Patriot P310 is too basic for a $2000 build. A better 2TB Gen4 SSD would

The lower speed of external drives might be measurable, but is probably not noticeable in games. An NVMe drive is much faster than SATA at a better price. Consider the Patriot P310, WD Blue SN580, or Lexar NM620 (all 1 TB, on Amazon).