In article
l-september.org, Peter
Kozlov wrote:

And nvme drives are damn expensive.

no they aren't.

I don¹t think they are that expensive either. You can get the Samsung Pro
970 NVMe for $249 / 512 GB. The 1 TB drive is $499. The non-pro EVOs tend to
be at least a $100 less than that. The Samsung T5 USB-C 500 GB drives are
$149. This is getting into thumb drive prices for good quality and reliable
performance.

512 gig western digital black nvme, $149:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820250085