990 EVO Plus

This prompted me to check which of my SSDs actual have DRAM. I have an Intel 660p 1tb, Samsung 970 evo 2tb, Samsung 870 4tb and a Samsung 990 evo plus 2tb. All ranging across different technology and generations, and yet the only one to not have DRAM is the 990, which is also the newest and the most

I can’t find any brand new pcie 3.0 drives, the one other drive that I’ve found are pcie 4.0: p310 (£140) and 990 evo plus(£125). But these options don’t come with dram, which even with limited speeds, may provide better performance when running vms. So I’m still leaning more towards the t500.

Great start. Some things to note: you don't have a cooler listed. The 5700X doesn't emit much heat so a single tower air cooler is probably fine. However, I would try to find a well-priced dual tower air cooler like the Thermalright PA120 or PS120. Mobo good, RAM good. Just get the cheapest 32 GB ki