Storage

DRAMless SSDs
There's little to no reason to purchase one of these SSDs. Not only do they perform significantly worse than a comparable SSD with dram, but it's often to the point where you might as well opt for a fast hard drive with a smaller, better SSD for booting from. In even a simple random 4k read, the MX500 (which costs roughly $120 for a terabyte of space) easily outperforms the highlighted SSD, which is the fasted dramless SSD anandtech had tested at the time. It's worth noting you could get similar performance to this MX500 for less, such as from a two-tone Blue/White WD Blue m.2 SSD, or a Sabrent Rocket depending on costs at any given time.