990 EVO Plus

It doesn’t have a DRAM cache, so at some point there will be a huge drop in speed (we’re talking slower-than-7200 RPM HDD slow) which makes it completely useless for me. It’s also terrible for gaming. Instead of installing a game in 8 minutes, it can take up to an hour. Endurance if the SSD is lower

To use x3 SSDs i'm applied as workaround a m.2 pci-e expansion card into slot which goes through chipset pci-e lines to not deduce lines for the GPU (from 16x to 8x). Did that matter for my rx9070xt? Most likely no. I use x870e pro ice, but seems Gigabyte didn't changed plans for other mobo models i

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

Assuming no microcenter around you, buying parts in the us: PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor $419.00 @ Amazon CPU Cooler Cooler Master V4 Alpha 3DHP 63.1 CFM CPU Cooler $27.99 @ Amazon Motherboard Gigabyte X870 GAMING WIFI6 ATX AM5 Motherboard $