u/KfcvsPopeyes

Hey guys! I posted earlier regarding my PC build and one thing that I was told would probably be worth changing was the SSD (1TB Kingston NV3 NVME). I only got that one because it was the cheapest I could find. I live in Canada so as you might imagine the prices are…especially unfortunate.

I’m looking for a different one now to be my main drive, but I was just wondering what SSD would y’all recommend? What would be considered a reasonable price to spend on an SSD?

I was considering the Crucial P310, but I think that may not be too different from the Kingston NV3 (I think)

Thanks!

Hey everyone, I'm about to start building my first PC (Upgrading from a 3060 6GB VRAM Laptop to a desktop setup). I did as much research as I could, but I was hoping to get some input on the build.

GPU: PNY GeForce RTX 5070 Ti OC Triple Fan 16GB GDDR7 Video Card

CPU: Ryzen 7 7700X

Motherboard: MSI MAG B850 TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard

RAM: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (I used the RAM + CPU combo on Newegg and got them for around $750 CAD. Individually, the RAM was $699, and the CPU was $319 at the time.)

SSD: Kingston NV3 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive

PSU: ASRock Phantom Gaming PG-850G 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

Case: Lian Li Vector V100R ATX Mid Tower Case

Monitor: Asus ROG Strix XG27ACG 27.0" 2560 x 1440 180 Hz Monitor

Cooler: Still trying to figure out what to get.

Now, for context, I panic-bought the GPU back in January when I heard that there was about to be a GPU shortage (I now realize that may not have been the wisest move), so that's the only part I can't do much to swap. Everything else is still within the return window or has yet to be purchased.

I was wondering, what kind of CPU Cooler I should get? I hear the 7700X runs pretty hot, so I am not sure if an air cooler would be enough. However, on the other hand, AIOs are a decent bit more expensive. Any recommendations on Air cooler/AIOs?

Any advice would be appreciated, thanks!