Plenty years back, Samsung evo plus series Ssd failure rate is consider quite high percentage...

Like you said, plenty of years ago. Never heard anything for Pro series. I have one 990 Pro running for 2 years already. I also abused 960 Pro 512GB and still running strong.

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Phison controller you run the risk of bricking the drive with a bad firmware update.

Nope but just for gaming and normal usage your not gonna see much difference (if any) from a topline Gen4. Futureproofing is a valid reason as long as your happy with it

At that prices WD 850X is much much better.

Hi Sifus,

Planning to get a new PC. Will use it for gaming, watch movies, but of coding.

So far I have these (price from czone):

Any bottlenecks here? Any parts I should swap out? Thanks!

Swap the Lexar & consider these few..

I would replace mobo with MSI B650M/B850M Gaming PLUS Wifi (must have PLUS!) for the better VRMS and no potential backdoor bios. iirc its under RM 700.
Also replace that DRAMless SSD with WD SN850X 1TB - 439

Case is subjective coz bear in mind its all mesh so the side is not as visual as glass panel. But airflow is tops.

Thanks updated the list.
czone don't seem to have WD SN850X 1TB, so opted for SAMSUNG 990 PRO 1TB for 499. They also don't have B650 PLUS WIFI, only have the B850 one which is more expensive. Don't mind the visual of the casing much, more about the budget and performance.

Comparing czone prices with viewnet, some parts are not available so I've substituted them.

czone:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7500F 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor - RM 599
Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X 120 R SE - RM 79
Motherboard: MSI B850M GAMING PLUS WIFI - RM 849
RAM: Acer Predator Pallas II 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 6000MHz - RM 729
SSD: Samsung 990 PRO 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe - RM 499
GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB Shadow 2X OC - RM 1,999
PSU: Cooler Master MWE Gold V3 750W 80+ Gold - RM 289
Case: Tecware Fusion Air M2 Mesh - RM 135
Total Est: RM 5,178

viewnet:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7500F 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor - RM 569
Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X 120 R SE - RM 79
Motherboard: MSI B650M GAMING PLUS WIFI - RM 699
RAM: ADATA XPG Lancer Blade 32GB (2x16GB) 6400MHz - RM 549
SSD: WD Black SN850X 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe - RM 439
GPU: GALAX GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB 1-Click OC - RM 1,999
PSU: Deepcool PK750D 750W 80+ Bronze - RM 259
Case: Cooler Master TD300 Mesh - RM 199
Total Est: RM 4,792

Anything else you would change? Which one would you choose? Viewnet prices are more competitive.

Both equally as capable, so Viewnet the more value option but I would replace the C tier PK-D PSU with B Tier MWE V3 or similar quality (ie FSP Hydro PTM Pro, Vita GM)

final end up go with
32gb 5600mhz cl46 single 500
kingston nv3 1 tb 350

total rm6440

Seems like your new mobo equip with additional 2 m.2 slot..

can further add on in future..

yup now RAM and SSD so expensive, some part will add it on future
but the RAM they recommend seems old, cant easily find cheap (Crucial DDR5 5600mhz CL46 UDIMM)
if I want to add another 32GB in future, it is i need to find back the same brand, same CL, same speed?
or different brand with same CL, same speed?

Not old but its JEDEC spec valueRAM
https://www.crucial.com/memory/ddr5/ct16g56...ywPpXd_I7J-4jgf

These will be around for sometime as its basically office PC RAMs so dont worry. But having only 1 stick will hold it back a bit due to not dual channel.

Also for that mobo, most MATX boards comes at 2x NVME M2 slots so be mindful the last M2 slot occupied isnt stealing lanes from other functions (SATA, or the PCIE slot below, or USB4). As always, make sure to read the manual carefully.

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Not only RAM and SSD. Motherboard prices these days are insane as well. RM1k+ for high end chipset (and still not high end board). I missed the days where you can get overclockable high end chipset at RM379. Hello? Asus P8Z77-M!

guess im wrong buy at this time 😔😔
gpu price drop but other parts keep increase