hey friends. im shopping for computer parts for the first time ever - just internal hard drives, but it's still something i don't know a whole bunch about

i'm looking for two internal SSDs, one (but not both) of which NVMe

is there anything i should keep in mind while shopping? any common hard drive pitfalls to be wary of? tips for not buying the wrong thing or screwing up the installation?

after a bit of research i figured i should clarify what im looking for

the non-nvme ssd is for a network file server, so i care about big storage, frequent reads, infrequent writes. not so much about ultra speed

it turns out storage devices are a land of endless compromises and tradeoffs in a way that interacts poorly with my desire to get the best possible value for my money whenever i have to spend over a hundred dollars on something