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If you're going to be installing like three or more (modern AAA) games at once then I'd recommend getting a secondary SSD (nvme or otherwise) on top of whatever you get. The install sizes are insane nowadays and unless you want to uninstall and reinstall games all the time then you probably want at least an extra 500GB SSD (which would be lucky to get you five modern AAA games). Most new games will be at least 100GB if not 150 and they're only getting bigger. I haven't noticed that much difference with an NVME drive compared to a regular SSD but NVME is a bit of future proofing if they finally start doing stuff with direct storage. The best part about NVME is the form factor, it just feels so much better to install than a big clunky box with wires.
If your wi-fi connection drops sometimes I'd recommend getting a powerline adapter. It should be about equal to wi-fi if your wiring is good/new but more importantly it will be stable and won't drop connection if you're going to play games online. If your wi-fi is rock solid it doesn't matter though.
Without pre-installed windows make sure you at least have a usb thumb drive available so you can put an installer on it.
For a mechanical keyboard Gateron switches for mechanical keyboards are usually cheaper and better than cherry switches in most people's experience because they're smoother. They usually try to sell you red, brown, or blue switches. Red is light, smooth, almost mushy in comparison to others. Brown gives you feedback but no clacks. Blue gives you feedback and clacks, like a typewriter. I prefer blues the most but they will be annoying if you hate clicky-clacks or share a space with someone who is annoyed by that (or also play games online with people over an open mic). I'm not that much help on this because mechanical keyboard people seem a lot like audiophiles or wine snobs where I feel like most people will not notice things aside from the major descriptors. For example, red switches feel very much like membrane keyboards to me and I know that's sacrilege.
Another bit of sacrilege, I would recommend getting a controller. Not simply because some of them play better with that (classic example being dark souls but anything with analog movement) but because kb&m tends to hurt my hands after extended play whereas controller usually just wears out the tip of my thumb at most, and more important to me is the lean-back experience is so much nicer than lean forward when it comes to playing games and relaxing. Your mileage my vary and I certainly am not saying it's better in any way but comfort but pretty much all first person shooters/third person action games I default to controller. I know if it's pvp you're getting murdered but as someone that doesn't play pvp games that doesn't matter to me. They are quite expensive though and buying a nice one is important. Also, this depends heavily on the type of game you're playing if you aren't into old emulated games/platformers/third person action games it doesn't really matter (i still play any strategy/rpg/sim with a kb&m). I'd recommend an 8bitdo pro 2 but some people really like asymmetrical sticks.
Sorry, I realize I'm talking as if you don't know how to do anything or what anything is and I assume you know most of this stuff but I thought I'd chime in.
Good points!
Leaving aside AAA games, I download an absurd number of mods for games that support it. I think vanilla Rimworld is less than a gig, I have a dozen times that just in mods. Arma 3 is like 30 gb, and I had 500 more in mods.
I'll just go with the option that has a decent sized primary SSD and buy plenty more as needed. They're quite cheap these days.
I haven't heard of this before, I'll have to take a look into how this works.
Good advice, but unfortunately the majority of games I play, such as FPS titles, RTS games or colony builders, don't play well with a controller. For racing games (which I do occasionally play), I 100% agree that it's a more comfortable and enjoyable experience, especially with haptic feedback.
I strongly prefer mechanical keyboards over rubber domes, but I deliberately refrain from becoming too obsessed with the finer aspects of switches. That wha lies bankruptcy! Even a cheapo mech beats the best membrane I've ever tried. My old Chinesium keyboard had Kailh Browns, and they were perfectly decent.
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I'd recommend paying the extra for power passthrough so as to not lose a socket, and wifi for the added connectivity. All the gains with none of the trade offs.
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