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Do you really need one, though?

Here’s the thing about PC building.

Crucial T700 PCIe 5.0 1TB SSD was $179.99now $146.99 at Amazon

There isalwayssomething bigger, faster, stronger to put inside your machine.

If you work with large files, especially, it’s a real benefit.

The trade-off, however, for all this performance, is heat.

Crucial T500 1TB SSD with heatsink on a mechanical gaming keyboard.

With read/write speeds of up to 11,700/9500MB/s on this Crucial T700, it’s going to get warm.

Some motherboards will already have them over the SSD slot, too.

But you do have to pay more attention than in previous years to cooling your SSD.

A Crucial P310 m.2 2230 SSD for Steam Deck and ROG Ally in its retail box.

Ensure you have good airflow going across the top of it.

Essentially, it’s a “why not” situation, though.

Take advantage of discounts when you might!

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AMD Ryzen 5 5500

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