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Had the same thought. The difference between a SATA SSD and a Samsung 980 Pro in a hunt train in FF14 is stark. But I think MMOs are a bit of an outlier with how hard they hammer the disk.

Verify RAM pricing first, possibly actually buy modules to lock in whatever cost you're considering as "acceptable". DDR5 5600 SO-DIMMs, when I've looked, are far from being "discounted" when you don't already own them. In that situation - Not already owning RAM/being able to get it (actually) cheap

Yeah, as stated, Samsung OEM drives unfortunately dont work fully with Magician. This is a Lenovo drive, LEN(ovo) Part Number SSS0L25196, you can search for it. There's a few different part numbers on there. The actual drive is a PM9A1, pretty good one, here: https://www.techpowerup.com/ssd-specs/sa

External with a Gen4 SSD is the golden ticket. Gen5 and you lose the speed gains due to TB5 anyway. Best bet is something like a 980 pro from Samsung and an Acasis TB5 enclosure. You'll maximise the TB5 throughput this way without wasting money on a newer gen5 9100 pro ssd where you wouldn't realise

I got the 2TB memory card for $90 at the end of 2023 on a clearance deal at Target. And a 2TB Samsung 980 Pro nvme ssd for $70 from Amazon the same week. Considering how much prices have exploded, I consider these some of the best purchases I've ever made.

Certain games will definitely load faster via the SSD such as the Arcade cores and NEO GEO roms. Just popped in a Samsung 980 1TB NVMe that I was using for random file storage and it runs beautifully on the SS1. Originally tried using a Western Digital 2230 512GB but couldn’t get it to work with the

Unless you're trying to run your company's database from your lapto;.... Don't worry about it. A PCIe 4.0 or even 3.0 drive is more than fast enough for most people and most use cases. Do be sure to opt for a drive which does NOT have a heatsink - Those will not fit into virtually any laptop (Framew

Quand je pense que j'ai eu un Samsung 980 Pro à 120€ il y a 2ans... Et que je le trouvais cher 😅

That's not normal. I've had a sata Samsung 970 Evo for 6 years and I've been working it to death, constantly writing data on it because I compile stuff a lot and it's still working well and a sata Patriot ssd I don't remember the exact model of that's seen lighter usage, but still works fine after 3

Ok if you want a high end samsung drive I would recommend the 980 pro or 990 pro you can get cheaper that will still work for you the 9100 pro is a gen 5 drive and the motherboard is gen 4 so it would work but you would be wasting money and gen 5 drives get very hot while gen 4 drives are cooler