SN850X

Get yourself a Thunderbolt 4/USB 4 external SSD enclosure with a fast SSD of your choice (WD_Black SN850x, Samsung 990 pro or 980 pro) and you’ll have a lot more storage, as fast as your internal drive, for less than $200. You can even swap your SSD sticks. That same storage space bought directly on

1 TB will fill up quick and it's a DRAM less drive that will use system RAM for cache, making it slower than a drive with DRAM. Otherwise looks good. I'd swap it for a WD Black SN850X 2TB or Samsung 990 Pro (not 990 EVO)

If I was you I would probably go for an AM5 motherboard like X670E or B650E (E is for Extreme and is for your price range prob. the best). For the processor I would go for a 9600x or 7600x if you want to save some money. And make sure your RAM is AMD EXPO optimized. If possible go for a 2 TB SSD lik

I recently bought the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe SSD 2 TB. On November 18, it was €150, but now it's a little more expensive (€177). The 4 TB version currently costs €300. In recent tests, it was consistently among the top performers, averaging out as one of the best NVMe SSDs. It's even better than the c

My setup that has proven rock solid reliable over the past year: Wd_black sn850x 8tb, OWC 1M2 enclosure I paid $530 for the 8TB sn850 and $99 for the 1M2, but again this was almost a year ago

I have the WD BLACK SN850 2TB in my PS5 & it works great. Been using it since 2022 with no issues at all.

I have the v2 (lian li v100 case) but otherwise the same setup aside from putting in my own sn850 x ssd to store games on. absolutely love it. Running great had it for about 3 weeks now. Great temps, well-tuned. playing Arc Raiders, and outer worlds 2 max settings so far.

Even better if you have a back connect mobo and something like a corsair 4000d frame. Corsair 4000d frame in white gigabyte x870 aorus stealth ice gigabyte 5080 master ice 64gb ddr5 6400 vengeance, need to change or sell to fund some white 6000 cl30 3x qx120 in the front and 1x x120 rear titan 360 i

The 9600x comes with a free cooler right now, so if you're open to doing a white build you can get a much better overall build for about the same price - PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor $179.99 @ Newegg CPU Cooler Cooler Master Elite 84.2 CFM Liq

Good pick up I got the 1tb wd black sn850 so nice having the extra space.