990 PRO

Dude, even more recent than that; similar to u/Excolo_Veritas, I bought my 2TB Samsung 990 PRO SSD 2TB NVMe M.2 for my Kubuntu setup back on Dec 2, 2025 for $190… the exact same listing is $430 now and they have the motherfucking gall to cross out a $640 price tag… FFS.

The ChatGPT recommendation about the Samsung 990 Pro 4TB over the Gen 5 SSD makes sense, the real world speed difference is barely noticeable and you get double the storage. Also that CPU choice is... interesting for 3D work, a lot of people would say go Ryzen 9 instead.

Pretty sure it is more than triple for some brands. 😵‍💫 Crazy. I got 4TB of Samsung 990 Pro NVMe in 2024 for $260 and the same brand right now is almost $1100 (4x).

First of all, I gave up on ZFS for this very reason. First of all, ZFS itself does not cause write amplification. Wrong pool geometry (RAIDZ instead of mirror), changing volblocksize does. Maybe CoW a little bit (ZIL). But that is all negligible in a home setup. Home use here, so it is what it is. I

i assure you its not. Inflated WD prices is because Sandisk retired the WD name and discontinued all WD monikers like WD black. You can get other competing SSDs for significantly cheaper. Although Samsung 990 pro prices have gone wild too in the last 2 months.

The Asus TUF or MSI Gaming X Trio would be solid picks for your needs - both have excellent cooling and run pretty quiet while not breaking the bank with unnecessary premium features. For the SSD, skip the FireCuda 530 and grab a Samsung 990 Pro or WD SN850X instead, they're usually cheaper in Germa

That Samsung drive is really fast, but unless you're using it for work it's a bit pointless. Look into real world gaming performances of gen 4 vs gen 5 ssd's. Spoiler alert there's close to 0 difference. That being said you could still make an upgrade to the ssd. There are 2 nand types in ssd's, QLC

Seeing your use case, this build isnt for the use case and neither is this optimized For your use case get: Processor: Intel core ultra 250k plus (max 28-29k) or 270k plus ( max 42k) If you dont get these take Intel Core Ultra 265k since the before mentioned are in short supply right now Motherboard

for m.2 nvme, samsung 990 pro 2tb is solid under 300 nr. wd black for 2.5 ssd. seagate ironwolf nas hdd for 3.5, lasts forever. lowkey unbeatable.

Apple has historically and still does egregiously upcharge for storage increases, yes. but at the same time, 2 ish years ago I bought 5 4tb 990 pro ssds for like $300 each whereas right now they seem to be going for $950+ some even over $1,000, meanwhile apple has not increased their storage upgrade