Reddit mentions of Samsung 860 EVO SSD 500GB - M.2 SATA Internal Solid State Drive with V-NAND Technology (MZ-N6E500BW)

NVMe is MUCH faster than Sata SSD. Is that what you're asking?

M.2 is the connection but there are two types of drives that use this port.

One is SATA ssd (6gbs) which is the same speed as a typical 2.5 sata ssd.

But the NVMe (32gbs) is many times faster than that. (It uses PCI bandwidth instead of sata which is part of the reason its so fast.)

Its noticeably faster if you're doing content creation like editing and such. And while it is slightly noticeable in game load times and day-to-day PC use, most people don't feel the extra $$ is worth the upgrade to NVMe. (I am not one of those people lol. I like speeeeeed)

Amazon 500GB: https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-860-SATA-Internal-MZ-N6E1T0BW/dp/B078218TWQ?th=1

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BnH is $2 more but you save tax, well for most of us:

500GB: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1382503-REG/samsung_mz_n6e500bw_860_evo_512gb_internal.html

1TB: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1382504-REG/samsung_mz_n6e1t0bw_860_evo_1tb_internal.html


If NewEgg is your thing (thanks GrayOctopus):
500GB: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147677
1TB: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820147678

NE has started charging tax as of late in quite a few states though. So pick your eggs wisely!

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Further addendum. Samsung.com has pretty much the same prices 1TB:
https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/memory-storage/solid-state-drives/ssd-860-evo-m-2-sata-1tb-mz-n6e1t0bw/

I do not have Samsung EPP, but can someone who has EPP account check if they are getting additional discount?

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860 Evo is available in the m.2 form factor

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078218TWQ/ref=twister_B0797N5GWN?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

[There's also a 500 GB Samsung 860 Evo M.2 on Amazon for $120.] (https://www.amazon.ca/Samsung-500GB-Internal-MZ-N6E500BW-Version/dp/B078218TWQ/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1539703080&sr=8-8&keywords=m2+ssd)

From looks of it you probably put wrong type of m.2 ssd in there as your laptop takes 2280.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B078218TWQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_1/130-2632965-7335530?ie=UTF8&qid=1520947742&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=m2+2280+ssd&dpPl=1&dpID=4142XmUCA-L&ref=plSrch

$134.99 on Amazon

Would you take $95?

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B078218TWQ

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Edit: This is the one I bought for my 1st build. If you have the money, go for the 960/970 as it's a lot faster

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What are you doing that necessitates, or even benefits from NVMe vs SATA?

It sounds like you just need SSD storage. Unless you are actually in a use case scenario where you need to pull down a couple GBs a second, then the ideal drive is not an expensive NVMe drive, but rather, a more affordable M.2 SATA drive. I'd look to the M.2 860 EVO, which is currently priced at ~$50 less than the NVMe 970 EVO on the 500GB model.

I'm working on a build for you, but first I'll address some of your questions and concerns for you.

> From what I googled overclocking means to run at speeds higher than what their official speed grade. I don't think I will because I just want to experience gaming the way it was meant or designed to be played and to enjoy the graphics that developers designed. But I would also like to play smoothly or normally?

With PC gaming, "the way it was meant or designed to be played" isn't a thing. You can play it with as good of graphics as you want, as long as your PC can run the game like that. As such I'd recommend overclocking- it's not too tough to do if you look up a tutorial on YouTube, and it doesn't noticeably degrade parts or anything. However, the build I'll put together for you will work fine without it- you just might not get the same "smoothness" (meaning a high framerate) in-game.

> But if that means setting the settings a little down then I am ok with that as long as we can still enjoy the graphics. ex: Kind of like when I tried playing blade and soul on my laptop but it didn't run well so when I turned the graphics down it helped a bit but I could no longer enjoy the look of the game because it looked completely different then intended.

> I have a question about motherboard and video cards. There's so many different brands like gigabyte, asrock, msi, etc. Is there any difference and does it matter what brand we decide with?

Honestly it doesn't matter too much, as long as you buy graphics cards with 2+ fans on them and you get the right chipset on your motherboard. However, I have heard that for Ryzen AsRock and MSI are bad motherboard choices to go with so keep that in mind.

> Here is something my friend helped me with but he doesn't visit often so I was only able to talk to him briefly and didn't get a chance to learn or ask a lot about the parts. He mentioned something about having 2 fans for your case and 1 fan for your cpu. I wasn't sure what he meant and I don't know if I am supposed to purchase a set of fans for the case or is each fan sold individually?

Case fans help a bit with keeping your parts cooled. You can buy them separately or together. Honestly, with a good case you probably don't need additional case fans (and you can always choose if you want them or not later).

The Build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type|Item|Price

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CPU | AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor | $324.98 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard | Gigabyte - X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard | $140.98 @ Newegg
Memory | G.Skill - Trident Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory | $190.98 @ Newegg
Storage | Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive | $116.89 @ OutletPC
Storage | Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive | $43.90 @ OutletPC
Video Card | MSI - Radeon RX 580 8GB ARMOR OC Video Card | $329.98 @ Newegg
Case | NZXT - S340 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case | $69.99 @ SuperBiiz
Power Supply | Corsair - CX (2017) 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply | $59.89 @ OutletPC
Monitor | ViewSonic - VA2719-2K-SMHD 27.0" 2560x1440 60Hz Monitor | $239.99 @ Amazon
Keyboard | Corsair - K66 Wired Gaming Keyboard | $54.99 @ Amazon
Mouse | Corsair - Harpoon RGB Wired Optical Mouse | $28.89 @ OutletPC
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $1621.46
| Mail-in rebates | -$20.00
| Total | $1601.46
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-14 10:31 EDT-0400 |

This build doesn't include an operating system, but it makes the absolute best it can out of your budget.

The CPU is a Ryzen 7 2700X. It might be a bit pricey and you'll need to compromise a little on the GPU for this, but it can perform very well without overclocking so it's my first pick for you here. It has 8 cores and 16 threads total, so you can game and edit photos at the same time if you alt+tab between programs (keep in mind you'll want to play games in windowed fullscreen for this to work best) while games are loading. Not that it'll take long for most games to load- your build has a 960 Evo inside, which is a really fast SSD. You'll be booting things in no time with that thing. With streaming also in the question, you'll be able to allocate a couple of cores to hardware video encoding without a big drop in framerate in your games- so TL:DR, this is a good CPU for your needs even if it costs a lot in the end.

The build has 16gb of RAM as well, so you'll be able to run games and programs with no problem. It's 3200MHz CL16, so your CPU will benefit from its speed.

I included a RX 580 8gb for your GPU. While it's definitely weaker than what some other people are suggesting, at 1440p 60Hz you won't struggle to run games at your native resolution and at 60Hz, and it's about all you could really want for hardware acceleration in Photoshop or Paint Tool SAI (if that supports it).

As for the PSU and case, they're both solid choices. The PSU has more than enough power for your needs, and for the case I decided to pick out an S340 Elite (Which compared to the S340 has a glass panel, so it won't scratch up easily) and can showcase all your parts with style.

For your monitor I picked out a nice 1440p IPS monitor with slim bezels. If you choose to you can upgrade to a much better dual monitor configuration later down the road (which I'd recommend because it helps a lot for multitasking with gaming and media creation- I do that a lot), but this one alone is good for both gaming and photo editing.

And then of course, the mouse and keyboard. Both peripherals are Corsair ones, and neither is really flashy (after you disable the Harpoon's RGB inside Corsair's software engine anyways, which is pretty easy from my experience). The keyboard is mechanical as well, which you liked- you can buy this with red, brown, or blue switches AFAIK, which lets you pick the ones you like the best.

Be sure to ask any more questions, if you have them!

Edit: There's a sale going on right now, the 500gb version of the SSD I linked is just $20 more. I'd get that, it's a good deal. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078218TWQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_QwA-AbVX5T0H8

I think I understand. So the 9xx series are NVMe and the 8xx are SATA. The amazon link you provided though was the 860 EVO is that correct? Or would it be better to go with the PCpartpicker link 960 EVO?

"Edit: There's a sale going on right now, the 500gb version of the SSD I linked is just $20 more. I'd get that, it's a good deal. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078218TWQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_QwA-AbVX5T0H8"

So for the Ryzen cpu it's more for being able to multitask and the i7-8600k is slightly better for performance? From what I read here http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-8700K-vs-AMD-Ryzen-7-2700X/3937vs3958

I have two other questions that came up before picking up more parts. My friend is always telling me about picking up a 144hz monitor but I see you listed a 60hz is there a reason for choosing the 60hz over the 144hz? I tried checking out a video on youtube of 60hz vs 144hz but I couldn't tell the difference between the two but maybe that's because I haven't tried gaming before so it's hard for me to notice the difference.

For video card my buddy also suggested the nvidia I think mainly because he doesn't like the UI of radeon or something like that. Would there be an alternative to the radeon as well?

Thanks again for answering all my questions. This is really all new to me but I plan to read up on it more and watch some video guides on how to put everything together. I'll start picking up parts soon. Just got the kb, mouse, and case for now.

Things are kind of mixed up and I don't blame anyone who mixes them

NVMe is PCIe protocol that can run on x1 fine, although that would be slower than SATA on PCIe 2.0 and 1.0

Generally PCIe 3.0 x1 or 2.0 x2 (~1000MB/s) is where PCIe has better bandwidth than SATA

For PCIe storage to be detected to OS only a link(adapter or M.2) is required but to boot from PCIe storage using any link the motherboard's bios MUST support that features, if it doesn't then you will have to boot from another hard drive and use the NVMe SSD as additional partitions only while not being able to install an OS inside the SSD

About adaptors: since PCIe is only a link any M.2 adaptor would be passive without any chip, essentially just a port that SSD plugs into

With Sandy bridge PCIe booting wasn't supported in that platform so user won't be able to install OS into any drive that uses PCIe link directly

Chips in adaptors are usually external SATA controllers that allow for additional SATA ports, these can be alone or integrated into PCIe M.2 adaptors at a higher cost

Sandy bridge can boot from M.2 SATA even if board doesn't have any M.2 ports , an adaptor here would either be passive that requires power+sata cable just like an HDD require or an active adapter, there is a lot of configurations for these adaptors

An active adaptor isn't advised for if user will install SSD into these unless motherboard's SATA ports are SATA 2 version, because SATA 3 active adaptor is slower than native SATA 3 ports found on motherboards


TL;DR : get this adaptor and connect it to one of motherboard's SATA ports, buy a SATA M.2 SSD (Good units : Crucial MX500,Samsung 860 evo) and plug it into the adaptor's SATA M.2 port, you will be able to install OS and run just fine from it along side almost certainly finding newer motherboard's M.2 port supporting it without needing the adaptor + the adaptor will work as an expansion just fine in newer boards, you will find slower than advertised speeds if your motherboard has only SATA 2 but still you will benefit from SSD faster loading speeds

Of course 2.5" versions of mentioned drives is also a cheaper option, gives same speed as SATA M.2 since both are SATA just that my recommendation are based that you want M.2 port

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250GB 860 EVO $49.49 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07864WMK8

edit: Here's the m.2 one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078218TWQ/ Personally I wouldn't bother unless you're getting at least the 500GB model. For the 250GB, it's like a 40% price increase over the SATA.

I'm looking to expand the storage on my Dell XPS 9360 (i5 7200u, 8GB RAM) with an M.2 SSD. To be honest the M.2 slot is a pain to wrap my head around, and I wanted to check with you guys if I understood correctly. I have a few questions:

1. SATA vs NVME (I've read that the 9360 is capped at around 1.8Gb/s), would it be worth it to go for the NVME drive?
   
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2. I'm currently looking at the 970 Evo, but it has an "M key" slot, while in this teardown, the SSD installed seems to be a "B & M key" slot. Would something like the 970 Evo fit?
   
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   3)From my (very) limited understanding it seems like the 860 Evo would be a good option, as it has the same connectors and has double storage for the money of the NVME drives. I'm also considering the marginally cheaper WD Blue 3D SSD as this is the one used by the poster of the teardown and it may help minimize any unforeseen issues I may have.
   
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   I really hope to get some of you guys's input on this as I really want to make sure I'm making the right buy. Thanks!

and if you want to not spend more money but keep what you have and improve the GPU, go with this: https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-860-SATA-Internal-MZ-N6E1T0BW/dp/B078218TWQ?th=1

Samsung 860 EVO 500gb M.2-2280 for $97

It'll fit, but this is a better drive for less money.

An NVME drive is pointless unless you're going to be transferring huge files. Since you're only buying a 500GB drive, it doesn't seem likely that you'll be working with huge video files or something like that. As a boot drive and general program drive, the increased theoretical speed of NVME doesn't gain you anything because you're dealing with lots of small files and NVME only shines with individual huge files. An NVME drive will boot windows less than 1 second faster than a SATA drive.

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No, it won't "expand" the space of your existing SSHD. It still gives you the ability to add additional storage to your laptop though. Here is a reasonably priced 500gb M.2 SSD.
If you were to add this to your laptop, I'd recommend converting it to your boot drive and then using your existing SSHD for extra file storage on top of that. Basically the m.2 drive is the same thing as a SSD/HDD, just in a different form factor. Instead of using SATA as the connector, it uses m.2.

Hi! The option you mentioned will NOT work...

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All Retina Mid-2012 - Early 2013 will need an adapter like this: https://www.amazon.com/QNINE-Adapter-MacBook-Replacement-Converter/dp/B01LXLU3A9

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You can also only use M.2 SATA drives, like the M.2 860 Evo: https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-500GB-SATA-Internal-MZ-N6E500BW/dp/B078218TWQ

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Good luck!

Time for bedtime but I have been doing a lot of Googling. And many thanks for the efforts of those contributors to this posting. It looks like a good compromise is " Samsung SSD 860 EVO 500GB M.2 SATA Internal SSD (MZ-N6E500BW)" at $94.99 via Amazon. It may not be the fastest but after all the Gen 3 dates to 2015. If anyone says that's a bad choice, please let me know. Thanks again.

It's close!

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> Hi, I have the 2017 Gigabyte Aero 14 with the i7-7700 and GTX 1060.
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> The hard drive is a SATA Crucial MX300 525GB M.2 (2280), which claims reads/writes up to 530 / 510 MB/s.
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> Gigabytes web site says the following: Blazing-fast M.2 PCIe Gen3 X4 SSD: Reach 2000 MB/s (optional)
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> I am considering swapping to a Samsung 970 PRO ($240 USD) NVMe Series 512GB M.2 PCI-Express 3.0 x4, which claims it can reach read speeds up to 3500 MB/s and writes up to 2700 MB/s.
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> Will I see the full potential of this drive in this laptop, or will I be limited to the 2000 MB/s mentioned by Gigabyte? I suspect that number (2000 MB/s) might just be if you buy it with the upgraded drive right from Gigabyte, instead of swapping yourself.
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> Other options would be the Samsung 970 EVO ($168 USD - Read 3500 MB/s, Write 2500 MB/s), the Samsung 960 PRO ($200 USD - Read 3500 MB/s, Write 2100 MB/s), or the Samsung 960 EVO ($155 USD - Read 3200 MB/s, Write 1900 MB/s)
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> Will I notice any difference at all with the 970 PRO vs EVO? I do some gaming, video editing, and photo editing with my laptop.
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> I'm trying to stay around the $200 USD mark... Are there any other considerations I should take into account?

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> Anyone have any ideas outside of overclocking to get more frames out of your system without reducing settings. And without buying a 2000 series card, or a second 1080ti.

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> I'm looking to expand the storage on my Dell XPS 9360 (i5 7200u, 8GB RAM) with an M.2 SSD. To be honest the M.2 slot is a pain to wrap my head around, and I wanted to check with you guys if I understood correctly. I have a few questions:
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> 1) SATA vs NVME (I've read that the 9360 is capped at around 1.8Gb/s), would it be worth it to go for the NVME drive?
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> 2) I'm currently looking at the 970 Evo, but it has an "M key" slot, while in this teardown, the SSD installed seems to be a "B & M key" slot. Would something like the 970 Evo fit?
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> 3)From my (very) limited understanding it seems like the 860 Evo would be a good option, as it has the same connectors and has double storage for the money of the NVME drives. I'm also considering the marginally cheaper WD Blue 3D SSD as this is the one used by the poster of the teardown and it may help minimize any unforeseen issues I may have.
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> I really hope to get some of you guys's input on this as I really want to make sure I'm making the right buy. Thanks!

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> My laptop just died, which gives me an excuse to finally get a desktop. I was wondering about whether I should build my own mid-sized tower through /r/HarswareSwapUK or to just buy a Lenovo ThinkCentre M710q (Tiny) that, as the name implies, is extremely small. As I'm in uni, portability is a factor, but only whilst travelling back home. I reckon the price difference is around £100/$140. I'm looking at using cloud-based gaming services at the moment (have access to GeForce NOW) so the lack of a discrete GPU won't affect me right now, but that might change in the future. Also, I'll be running some fairly intensive code. Should I build the tower or just buy the Tiny PC? Sorry for being so long-winded about this.
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> TL;DR - Can't choose between tiny and large PC.
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> Edit: Typo.

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> I need to move apartment and going to sell the PC and make a new one. Thinking of going ultrawide. What is your personal (not hearsay) opinion on ultrawide monitos for non-shooter games (RPG/MMO/RTS)? I never play the usual suspects like Fortnite/CSGO/DOTA, but instead play Tycoons, RTS, FFXIV, ESO, Witcher, etc

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> My brothers pc is constantly crashing, the error message lead us to think it was a problem with a program or windows, so we tried to reinstall Windows from a usb. However, we are unable to format the drive, remove partitions, and install or repair windows. It is possible to boot into the current install of windows. Is this due to a faulty hard drive? What can we do to fix this?

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> Has anyone here put a Corsair Commander Pro in a hard drive cage? Is there enough room to comfortably connect cables on both ends?

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> Front: Intake
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> I noticed that the lian-li case doesn't have a rear fan set up so I was thinking something like:
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>1) SATA vs NVME (I've read that the 9360 is capped at around 1.8Gb/s), would it be worth it to go for the NVME drive?

Quick little correction, it tops out at around 1.8 GB/s (with a big B). This is a big difference (1 byte (B) =8 bits (b))

As for if it's worth it, that's still about a 3x improvement over most SATA SSDs, but from personal experience, I can say that the switch from a SATA SSD to an NVMe one (even one running at full speed, usually ~3000MB/s (3GB/s) range for reads) is minor when it comes to overall system responsiveness, and even for game load times. When working with big files, the difference is much more noticeable however.


>2) I'm currently looking at the 970 Evo, but it has an "M key" slot, while in this teardown, the SSD installed seems to be a "B & M key" slot. Would something like the 970 Evo fit?

There is no such thing as an B & M key slot. B&M is found only on the drive side of things, just so SATA/PCIe 2x drives can fit in bot B and M slots. As for the slot in your device, I'm 99% sure it's an M key slot, so the 970 Evo should fit. (B key slots are generally only used for SATA only slots, and for things like Wi-Fi cards)


>3)From my (very) limited understanding it seems like the 860 Evo would be a good option, as it has the same connectors and has double storage for the money of the NVME drives. I'm also considering the marginally cheaper WD Blue 3D SSD as this is the one used by the poster of the teardown and it may help minimize any unforeseen issues I may have.

If you want to play it safe/save a buck, either of these would indeed be good options. As I said before, any real world difference (not counting working with large files) should be very minor, and to be entirely honest, I personally think it would be a waste of money to shell out the money for an NVMe drive, as you won't able to use it to it's full potential. (you'd loose about a third of the theoretical performance)

Would this setup work?

https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-SM2NGFFMBU33-M-2-SATA-Enclosure/dp/B00T8F298Y?th=1&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-500GB-SATA-Internal-MZ-N6E500BW/dp/B078218TWQ/ref=pd_aw_fbt_147_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=0G3YJP29E23PET3SY3K8&th=1

If you're getting an 8700K, you are going to want a Z370 board or else you're just wasting the potential of the CPU. If you don't want to spend that money on a Z370 board, then you either go AMD or get a lower end Intel CPU, a non-K SKU.

I also agree with the other poster talking about how overpriced that M.2 SSD is. I bought the same one back when SSD prices were near their peak...for $18 less. You can get the 860 for damn near close to half the price or get a 1TB for the same price. The HDD is also a bit overpriced, but not by a ton. They're also correct that you don't need that much RAM, and (someone feel free to correct me) I'm pretty sure 4 sticks actually gets lower performance than 2 sticks on Z370 boards. 16GB is more than enough for this build unless you plan doing video editing or rendering or something.

I don't know much about that AIO, but I have an 8700K with an H100i PRO and my temperatures are fine.

is Amazon your only option?

Also it is right here:

https://www.amazon.ca/Samsung-500GB-Internal-MZ-N6E500BW-Version/dp/B078218TWQ

So something like this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078218TWQ/ref=psdc_1292116011_t1_B00TGIVZTW would be a good option then?

I'm not sure about that, but from my experience usually if there's some kind of hardware or software problem with the laptop that needs to be sent to the manufacturer for warranty repair, it needs to have the original devices installed. As in when it came out of the box.

Here's a video of someone changing the drives on the same model of the laptop you're looking at I believe. GL503?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwESaaSf-cU

Edit: It looks like it runs an m.2 NVMe SSD.

Here's one for $160
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-500GB-SATA-Internal-MZ-N6E500BW/dp/B078218TWQ/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1524223647&sr=8-4&keywords=m.2+ssd+evo

I have no idea.

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-500GB-SATA-Internal-MZ-N6E500BW/dp/B078218TWQ?th=1&psc=1

I mean the 860 EVO m.2 is fine. It runs stably on RAID and does what you want. It's just why pay more for a form factor when you can get the exact same performance from the regular 2.5 inch drives?

The 860 EVO M.2

https://smile.amazon.com/Samsung-MZ-N6E500BW-SATA-Internal-MZ-N6E2T0BW/dp/B078218TWQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1519177597&sr=8-1&keywords=860+evo+m.2

The 860 EVO 2.5Inch

https://smile.amazon.com/Samsung-500GB-Internal-MZ-76E500B-AM/dp/B0781Z7Y3S/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1519177647&sr=8-2&keywords=860+evo

Literally the only difference is the shape. If you're sticking with the 860 series, just get the cheaper of the two. These are US links, so keep that in mind when shopping for the Canadian equivalent.

In your usage with UE4 and After Effects, 32 GB isn't necessary, but in my experiences it's darn nice to have. Get 32GB if you can! :)