Super cheap! I remember when I paid close to $200 for my 500gb 850 EVO and thought THAT was a good deal!

1TB 860 EVO going for under $130 on Amazon

I think that'd be overkill for what the Surface can play. You'd be better off going for a SATA 3 SSD with higher capacity like this one.

Samsung has the most reliable SSDs, and their EVO and QVO lines are really good price/performance.

I use one with this enclosure, and it it works great and looks like it belongs with a Surface.

Thank you so much for your response.

I'll just play it safe and have it imported from their website.

As for SSD's, will this work?

I'll go ahead and buy the AR then. But I notice there's two different ones on eBay with different artworks on the cartridge sticker. See: here and here

Does it matter which AR I get? Are they different brands/fakes? Or is the sticker artwork just a revision that I'm overthinking? I tend to not trust a lot of stuff on eBay since China has all their fingers and toes in the reproduction scene.

YES I would love a magnet link please. and lastly,

Of those hardmods you listed, what is absolutely necessary? I'm unfamiliar with what FRAM, reCaps even means. Even without region free bios, I should be able to play thinks from different regions off the T:Mode, no?

Thanks so much dude, really.

Yes, the external one would be connected by USB, limiting the speed.

You would get sweet Samsung Evo 1TB :)

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Inch-Internal-MZ-76E1T0B-AM/dp/B078DPCY3T/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=samsung+870+evo+1tb&qid=1592593400&sr=8-1

Could get M.2 version for a little bit more, but you need M.2 slot on your motherboard.

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-970-EVO-1TB-MZ-V7E1T0BW/dp/B07BN217QG/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=samsung+870+evo+plus+1tb&qid=1592593421&sr=8-4

ADATA drives also got nice quality/price ratio :)

Obviously don't know everyone's budgets here, but I would more highly recommend getting Samsung's internal + enclosure if you're willing to spend a little more.

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It's $127 and 1TB of space, making it more future proofed. 256GB will barely get you anywhere these days with the size of games as they are. There's also a 500GB for $72.

Samsung EVO 1TB

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I just think that 256GB size is too small even with the low cost. You're not going to want 2+ of these when you realize how great they are, but how few games it can fit.

I figured the drivers on the official website are more up to date, and if not I still need to know the right driver # for future updates.

Say, upgrading my ram from 16 to 32 should make the games run a little bit better?

Also for storage, which do you recommend between these 2 in terms of performance?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078DPCY3T/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

or

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-970-EVO-Plus-MZ-V7S1T0B/dp/B07MFZY2F2/ref=psdc_1292116011_t2_B078DPCY3T

That's rapidly changing, though. The cost of SSDs has dropped dramatically over just a few years. Here's a 1TB Crucial SSD for $118.99. Samsung 1TB for $147. Just a few years ago, 1TB SSDs were easily $300+ even from the cheapest brand.

I've been using a hybrid HDD/SSD drive ever since I upgraded to a pro. There was a small yet still noticeable difference in performance, but now for Anthem I've finally decided to go full SSD. Did a lot of research before deciding on this one:

Samsung 860 EVO 1TB

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Haven't installed yet... I'll be doing that this weekend. If you want, I can be back for an update after I test it out a bit, although obviously it will have to be on other games.

This one easily

Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-76E1T0B/AM) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078DPCY3T/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_AkEkFb4QGYJCK