i think you're well and truly missing the point here.£159.95 for a 1TB gen5 m.2 is hardily breaking the bank with a 2.5k budget!, might as well just say that spending 2.5k on a PC is a bumb idea in the first place, just spend 1.5K and get a calculator, a console, a bigger TV, and use a libary computer for free, sell your old kit and buy an extra mcdonald's this month with the proceeds
take 2x 2tb gen 4 drives (eg adata gammix) this is £230 for 2x2tb, saving that extra £240 from that 4tb t700 that you listed
by the time gen 5 becomes relevant, there will be faster drives than the t700 (hopefully not called the t1000 or the t-x that will end humanity) and cost-per-gb will have largely fallen to something similar to the current gen 4 drives
if OP then buys a gen 5 4tb drive for £240...he will be quids in, because he does not pay the early adopter tax like you did, and for the same amount of money...has 1x 4tb gen 5, and 2x 2tb gen 4 drives
he can also sell those gen 4 drives and recoup the cash...making it a much more sensible purchase
(and not to forget, that future t1000/t-x gen 5 drive will also be faster than the current t700)
or, to put it another way, £2.5k will get you a computer with a 4080 super + gen 4 ssd...or a 4070ti super + gen 5 ssd
out of the both of them...i know which one i will pick all day and all night long even in my sleep
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