500GB SSD

Pros

• Additional add-ons get a 500GB SSD for AAA games and a 1TB mechanical drive for downloads, documents and non AAA game libraries.
• Better to have even a 500GB SSD if you're not desperate for storage.
• my system consists of a 1TB SSD for the OS and other programs/software, a 2TB SSD for all game installation storage and content, and a 500GB SSD for instant replays and active projects (I video edit as a hobby, this smaller SSD is routin...
• No issues with the pc at all I built this around lockdown I think when gpu prices were crazy.
• id try to swing a 500gb if you can, theyre pretty cheap now.

Cons

• At the moment, it has a 500GB SSD, 3TB HDD (which seems defunct with modern games) Other specs currently - GeForce RTX 2070 Super 8192mb GDDR6, Corsair DDR4 16GB, Intel Core i9-9900@ 3.6GHZ processor and gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro Intel DDR...
• 500Gb for $80 is bad value, but also the reality in 2026 and you are not going to find them much cheaper.
• I notice when I open task manager during a spike, any lag that actually interferes with my experience also increases C drive usage to 100% literally until the lag stops. I don't know if this is correlation or causation, but if windows ha...