SN850X 2TB

Swap the SSD for a WD SN850X, faster and usually cheaper.

PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF 3.9 GHz 20-Core Processor $1099.97 CPU Cooler Montech HyperFlow ARGB 360 76.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $64.13 @ Vuugo Motherboard Asus TUF GAMING Z890-PLUS WIFI ATX LGA1851 Motherboard $0.00 Memory TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 32 GB (2 x 1

one thing i noticed with your Crucial BX500 that is, it's a DRAM-less drive and perhaps a QLC drive one which often considered to be an entry level SSD.though it is Fast initially but when or after cache fills eventually makes the overall drive performance being collapsed like KINGDOM COME...take fo

Asus (Tuf) doesn't make SSD's WD (SanDisk) does. Chances are WD or Samsung was making the drive for Asus. But I don't know for sure who made it so I can only assume it was someone decent. But I know WD/SanDisk make good drives. One thing to note is most gaming laptops have two M.2 slots meaning you

Their higher end drives like the SN850x are really good and fast. You will generally never see the difference between Gen 4 vs Gen 5 storage.

That's more than enough space, I've got WD sn850x with over 400gb and it was done in minutes Go into Steam settings then the Storage tab and click on the pulldown menu to see which disk is default, it'll have a yellow star next to it, if it's not the Kingston ssd select it, click the 3 dots then Mak

For storage i highly(and i mean highly) recommend a Samsung 990 pro or WD SN850x any capacity, those have built in ram for faster load times and over 7000mBps transfer speeds

Pretty much min maxed your budget, it's a compact micro atx build. Chose intel as it's far better for productivity whilst 13% worse than r7 7800 x3d and 168% faster at productivity. Amd is great but starts to loose when work gets into the picture. 270k plus is only £40 more than 265k but performs 16