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Storage
Adequate
Adequate for General Purpose
Meets minimum specs for General Purpose but falls short of recommended in some areas.
~Capacity1.0 TB
≥ 2.0 TB ideal
How to read this
✓Meets or exceeds recommended spec
~Meets minimum but not ideal
✗Below recommended for this use case
Kingston
Kingston NV3 1TB NVMe M.2 (Budget)
1TBPCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe6000 MB/s read3W TDP
$204
Storage
Excellent
Excellent for General Purpose
Meets or exceeds all recommended specs for General Purpose.
✓Capacity2.0 TB
≥ 2.0 TB
How to read this
✓Meets or exceeds recommended spec
~Meets minimum but not ideal
✗Below recommended for this use case
Western Digital
WD Black SN850X 2TB NVMe M.2
2TBPCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe7300 MB/s read6W TDP
$396
Storage
Excellent
Excellent for General Purpose
Meets or exceeds all recommended specs for General Purpose.
✓Capacity8.0 TB
≥ 2.0 TB
How to read this
✓Meets or exceeds recommended spec
~Meets minimum but not ideal
✗Below recommended for this use case
Seagate
Seagate IronWolf 8TB SATA NAS HDD
8TBSATA 6Gb/s210 MB/s read7W TDP
$409
Storage
Excellent
Excellent for General Purpose
Meets or exceeds all recommended specs for General Purpose.