Reddit mentions of MZ-V7S500BW

No problem. Admittedly I've been out of the second-hand hardware market for some time so I may be somewhat off the mark. Just to explain my prices in more detail:

Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4 3000 MHz is available brand new from Amazon for a touch over £100. Minus 20% for second-hand reaches £80 roughly.

Samsung MZ-V7S500BW 970 EVO Plus 500 GB is available for a similar £105, so minus 20% comes to roughly £80 again. Also worth noting this listing on amazon warehouse is only £93 which as you mention, can equally be RMA'd despite being second hand + comes with Amazon's return policy.

A 4TB HDD from CEX is £55 which admittedly can't be S.M.A.R.T. tested before purchase, and there were no Seagate 4TB drives on CEX to compare against. A Brand new Seagate 4TB HDD on Amazon is roughly £88 so minus 20% comes to £66. Agreed I was way off on this one.

You may or may not agree with the 20% off for second hand which is fine, it's just how I personally assess things. Notably the prices for the brand new RAM and SSD together (£205) almost exactly match what you suggest listing your items for, so you may want to adjust expectations on those.

Good luck with selling!

Thank you for your reply, yes it did only come with an SSD it was a “custom” order iMac. I managed to get this information about my SSD thanks to the help of another comment, does this confirm that it’s a PCIe drive? Would something like the Samsung 970 Evo work? Sorry I’m not great with this stuff

Thanks!

The manuel says that when M.2_1 ( the slot I have the 500GB drive in) is operating in SATA mode, SATA port 2 will be disabled but I'm not sure exactly what that means. This is my first time doing this, sorry! Really looking forward to learning though :)

The motherboard is the Asus ROG Maximus XI Hero WiFi Gaming Motherboard Socket1151 ATX / Intel Z390 / 4x DDR4 Memory / USB 3.0 / M.2 Interface and the drives are both Samsung MZ-V7S500BW SSD 970 EVO Plus. Like I mentioned, one is 500GB and one is a TB. Here is a pic of the motherboard and here is one of the drives.

Update: Just figured out how to get the heat sinks on. Didn't relize that I needed all the screws that I thought I would need. Here's a pic.

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The hardware is pretty strong. The mobo can take an m.2 ssd drive straight onto the mother board so you could stick a fast drive i there as the OS and game install drive for faster booting and response. Something like this https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-MZ-V7S500BW-Solid-State-Drive/dp/B07MFBLN7K/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=m.2+nvme+500gb&qid=1568641387&sr=8-4

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ALso how about a wireless mouse? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-G502-Wireless-Programmable-Next-Generation/dp/B07QKC4WWD/ref=sr_1_10?crid=2EXI9TLP78TCC&keywords=logitech+wireless+mouse&qid=1568641502&sprefix=logitec%2Caps%2C221&sr=8-10

I'm not well up on the best but this is well reviewed and has a good amount of programmable buttons.

If you are set on your budget have you considered looking into VR kit? Best to check it is his thing before you splurge on that. Not sure how Radeon cards manage with VR but i would have thought an 8Gb card coud handle it.

Bro you can get a really good 500GB m.2 ssd instead or add a £15 and get a little slower 1tb if your mobo has m.2 slot

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-MZ-V7S500BW-Solid-State-Drive/dp/B07MFBLN7K/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=m2+nvme&qid=1566640381&s=computers&sr=1-7

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT500P1SSD8-Solid-State-Drive/dp/B07J2WBKXF/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?keywords=m2+nvme&qid=1566640381&s=computers&sr=1-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExVkpIUjhDWjJOR1RIJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNTU3NzkySFUxMlhJR1BLS1EzJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA0MTcxMTYyUUNNVUxHNEpKREI4JndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==