Hard Drives

$ depends on storage capacity

HDDs

• cheaper: used hard drives
• standard: Seagate Ironwolf or EXOS / Toshiba N300

SSDs

M.2 2280

• PCiE 3.0 (cheaper, most people won’t notice the difference): any are fine as long as it’s from a reputable brand
• PCiE 4.0 (a bit better performance for a bit more expensive)
  • Crucial P3 Plus ($47 $44 for 500GB, $61 for 1TB, $139 $129 for 2TB, $265 $259 for 4TB)
  • WD Black SN770 ($39 for 250GB, $49 for 500GB, $74 $69 for 1TB, $119 for 2TB)
  • others are fine as long as they are from a reputable brand
• PCiE 4.0 (higher performance, but overpriced + most don’t need it)
  • Crucial T500 ($79 for 500GB, $99 for 1TB, $168 $154 for 2TB, $340 for 4TB)
  • Samsung 990 Pro ($127 $99 for 1TB, $199 $169 for 2TB, $374 $299 for 4TB)
  • WD Black SN850X ($99 $97 for 1TB, $159 $154 for 2TB, $299 for 4TB, $599 for 8TB)
• PCiE 5.0 (best performance, but VERY overpriced + most don’t need it)
  • Crucial T705 ($162 for 1TB, $290 for 2TB, $599 for 4TB)
  • Samsung 9100 Pro ($199 for 1TB, $299 for 2TB, $549 for 4TB)

The Sabrent Rocket 4 ($99 for 1TB, $199 for 2TB, $399 for 4TB), Rocket 4 Plus ($64 for 500GB, $299 $119 for 1TB, $499 $219 for 2TB, $499 for 4TB, $1499 $1199 for 8TB), and Rocket 5 ($269 $189 for 1TB, $439 $339 for 2TB, $899 $729 for 4TB) are all decent options, but they cost more than similar drives and aren’t as reliable or have as good of a warranty as brands such as Samsung and WD.

Other

• M.2 2230: any is fine as long as it is from a reputable brand
• SATA: Crucial MX500 / Samsung 870 Evo