990 EVO Plus

I am using the 4tb Samsung 990 Evo plus which I got on sale for $190. Temps around 35-45°C. I also put a thin copper heatsink. It's been almost 9 months since the SSD upgrade and Everything works great.

I got the Samsung 990 EVO Plus last year on sale for $189. Glad I went for the bigger storage then.

I got the 4 TB 990 Evo Plus last summer for $189. I would have bought more if I knew what was in store!

Here's a modified build to get you started. PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor €289.00 @ Amazon Belgium CPU Cooler Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler €41.26 @ Amazon Belgium Motherboard Gigabyte B850 EAGLE WIFI6E ATX AM5 Motherb

I think for you here the Ryzen 9 5950x is the best option with its massive multi-core power.That is assuming you often work with high track count orchestral templates. SSD: Samsung evo is a great drive with good sustained read/write speeds, added a cheaper sata drive for less commonly used templates

I’m hesitant to buy used but drive prices are crazy. I upgraded my pc and transferred my SSD over and now I’m looking for an SSD for my old PC to give to a friend. I shoulda bought the Samsung 990 Evo Plus 1TB when it was $165 instead of $245. Out of the ones you recommended earlier what would you g

looks can be deceiving with those MSI boards. the second slot under the chipset heatsink is actually a standard M.2 2280 size, same as the first one. it just looks shorter because the cover is smaller. you can fit any full-size NVMe drive in there. for a secondary game drive, i'd grab something like