NVMe SSDs for deal hunters: when game load should be shortlisted around the job it must do. South African buyers should compare capacity, speed, thermals, and motherboard support, warranty path, and upgrade room before treating any pick as best.
For deal hunters, a faster NVMe is worth chasing only when the price gap is small, because real game load times barely change between mid and top-tier Gen4 drives. A well-priced 1TB Gen4 drive like the WD Black SN770 (around R1,400 to R1,800 at Evetech) gives 95% of the load-time benefit for the best value.
The big load-time leap is hard drive to NVMe, not slow NVMe to fast NVMe. Two Gen4 drives that differ on paper often load the same game within a second of each other. So a deal hunter should buy the cheapest reputable Gen4 drive on special rather than paying up for a few hundred MB/s you will never feel in loading.
Only pay more for a faster drive if it is on a genuine special that closes the price gap, or if you also do large file transfers where sustained speed helps. For pure gaming load times, the value drive is the right call almost every time.
Buy a reputable Gen4 drive on special, confirm DRAM or good HMB, and ignore headline speeds you will not notice in games.
At Evetech the mid-range Gen4 drives from WD, Samsung and Crucial regularly go on special, and any of them loads games within a second of a far pricier flagship. The smart local play is to set a budget for a reputable 1TB or 2TB Gen4 drive and buy whichever is on the best special that week, rather than paying up for sequential speed that gaming never uses.
Barely. Two Gen4 drives load most games within a second of each other, so the cheaper reputable drive on special is the better deal for gaming.
Having DRAM cache or good HMB and a quality controller matters more for consistent real-world loading than the peak sequential number on the box.
For storage, yes. SSD prices move, so a deal hunter who waits for a reputable Gen4 drive on special gets the load-time benefit for the least money.
cheapest reputable Gen4 drive on special; the load-time gap to a pricier drive is too small to feel in real game loading.
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Xodus can handle parts of Xbox authentication, package download and licensing, but major format, service and compatibility work remains before Linux users can rely on it.
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Keychron has shown a refreshed M4 with MagOpt switches and four translucent finishes. The final sensor, firmware, local price and availability are not confirmed.
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