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Posted: 30 Apr 2020 at 3:40am

It depends how much you value $300. For Level 4, you get an RTX 2070 (better 1440P gaming performance); and you get double the SSD storage but in a faster M.2 NVME form factor.

Value is a personal preference. Use the configurator to compare.

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Posted: 30 Apr 2020 at 11:16am

Doesn’t seem like much a difference going from a 2060 to a 2070 and I can just buy a evo 500 and put in myself couldn’t I so yeah I don’t think it’s a big difference question is will I be able to use both ssd simultaneously in the system for extra ssd space?

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Posted: 30 Apr 2020 at 1:31pm

Only if the drives are connected as a RAID 0. Note that RAID 0 is only offered on the custom configured Lynx models.

Here is a link on what RAID is:
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2849289/supercharge-your-pcs-storage-with-a-raid-setup-everything-you-need-to-know.html

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Posted: 30 Apr 2020 at 2:24pm

Originally posted by Menacely

Doesn’t seem like much a difference going from a 2060 to a 2070 and I can just buy a evo 500 and put in myself couldn’t I so yeah I don’t think it’s a big difference question is will I be able to use both ssd simultaneously in the system for extra ssd space?

Yes, you can add more storage to your system.

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Posted: 01 May 2020 at 4:06am

If you are going to add SSD storage soon after getting a Lynx 3, I'd recommend you look into an M.2 NVMe drive for 5 times the performance of SATA. Your board will have at least one M.2 slot.

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Posted: 01 May 2020 at 4:12am

So I take it the 500gb Samsung evo 970 m.2 is good

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Posted: 01 May 2020 at 4:31am

Yup.

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-970-EVO-Plus-MZ-V7S500B/dp/B07M7Q21N7/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2L9J8ZSSCUH7A&dchild=1&keywords=samsung+m.2+500gb&qid=1588332220&s=home-garden&sprefix=Samsung+M.2+500%2Cgarden%2C161&sr=1-2-catcorr

Paste and Go...I can't make links work here for some reason.

It's $119.99 on Amazon and worth every penny. I have seen before that the boards they use with the Lynx 3 has an M.2 slot, and the 240 SATA drive doesn't use it, but you might want to confirm that with DS.

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