That is/was a recent OEM offering as seen here. Just an example of the type of performance you'd want - it also has power loss protection (PLP). There's no SLC cache and thus performance metrics are lower, but for sequential sustained performance it's not a huge deal...
I just don’t see this as a good deal at $150.
They need to drop the 8200 pro to $120 and make this drive $135 to be competitive.
The Aorus Gen 4 (without heatsink) and SP Gen 4 are both priced at $160, regularly now, and reach 5,000 read / 4,400 write.
Silicon Power 1TB NVMe 4.0 Gen4 PCIe M.2 SSD R/W up to 5,000/4,400 MB/s(SP01KGBP44US7005) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089M1MSSC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_vtIIFbACCG8M7
Gigabyte AORUS NVMe Gen4 M.2 1TB PCI-Express 4.0 Interface High Performance Gaming, 3D TLC NAND, External DDR Cache Buffer, SSD GP-AG41TB https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FCY3BM2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_XtIIFbCVCHPEC
>z840
+1 to check if your BIOS/UEFI supports booting off a NVMe drive.
Your OS itself should have no trouble detecting the drive and you can use it as a secondary drive. However, booting off a NVMe drive requires BIOS/UEFI support. It appears (HP I'm guessing) Z840 is based off C612 chipset, released in 2014.
Not a lot of motherboards released back in 2014 supported NVMe in BIOS/UEFI. Unless your BIOS/UEFI firmware has been updated to add this support, it might be harder/impossible. Some manufacturers had updated BIOS/UEFI versions released, but not all. Some (like me) went the route of modifying the BIOS to add NVMe support, but it's quite risky.
If you want to move forward with your purchase and get a PCIe NVMe adapter, I recommend this one, I myself use this on my build. It doesn't come with a heatsink, but you don't need one for most scenarios - unless you are pushing your NVMe all the time and the thermal throttling lowering your speeds is impacting your application/game.
mSATA would probably be the best but those drives are difficult to find these days. Short (2230/2242) SATA would be next best. These are mostly OEM drives but there actually are some retail ones that may be a bit sketchy. Example 1 and Example 2.
Actually, I take that back, as UFD drives are pretty efficient as they forego the bridge chip. This would be U17/U18 or SM2320(XT) based drives and there are even some in a smaller form factor (basically USB drive). You stated M.2, though, so I guess these do not apply, since at that point you can just go with a USB flash drive with the performance limitation.
Ye I was looking for the P31, that would have been perfect but is waaay to expensive (~300€).
I can look into the SN750, where you thinking of this one or the SE version?
One of the offer is a bit cheaper than the EVO Plus, so that might be a good choice, even if it is PCIe4.
Are the other two options I was thinking about decent, or should I just go with the SN750?
How do I check if it's the same version? There model numbers are different if that's relevant. This is the one I'm looking at: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Kioxia-EXCERIA-NVMe-Gen3x4-Factor/dp/B09NRZ6LPY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=677D6O6RNSL&keywords=kioxia%2Bexceria%2Bm2%2Bssd%2Btpu&qid=1668738595&sprefix=kioxia%2Bexceria%2Bm2%2Bssd%2Btpu%2Caps%2C58&sr=8-1&th=1
The SN850X has been $399.99 on sale at 4TB, which is likely the best deal for that class of drive. The Inland Performance Plus on Amazon is a sleeper, $415.99 right now. It has the same controller and flash as the Fury Renegade, KC3000, Rocket 4 Plus, FireCuda 530, MP600 XT Pro, the list goes on. Based on TH reviews it looks to have a conservative cache like the Rocket 4 Plus, FireCuda 530, etc. Probably worth getting a heatsink for it if the mobo lacks.
Good evening, i have a doubt that maybe you can help me solve. I'm searching for a 35-40 dollars range SATA ssd. I live in Colombia and i've been searching on Amazon about ssd's because local market can be pricy about ssd. Also the 35+ dollars to free shipping is an advantage.
I've been wondering about this one: https://www.amazon.com/-/es/dp/B0791DNZPT/ref=twister_B09FF1RNDT?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
I know this one has dram looking about the spreadsheet and only need it for OS/games
Also had this one in mind. https://www.amazon.com/-/es/dp/B08CDMPHHJ/ref=twister_B0BB2PWH72?_encoding=UTF8&th=1
But the fact they put them below 35usd made them more expensive than the Addlink.
¿Is the Addlink worth buying for this tight budget?
Is this SSD any good? https://www.amazon.sg/LEVEN-Internal-Solid-State-Drive/dp/B08M97SLRP/ref=sr\_1\_13?crid=4BH5KENPCJSN&keywords=ssd+2tb&qid=1662033474&sprefix=samsssd+2tb%2Caps%2C395&sr=8-13Looking for a 2tb drive just for games. Is 2tb too much for games?
Exceria/Exceria G2 (Amazon.it), Samsung 980 (Non-PRO, Amazonh.it). First two are from Kioxia and are slower but reliable drives. The 980 looks best bet at 96.9 Euros.
There are possible mods. I mean, you can get barebones adapters and have housing made via 3D printer. If your next question is, "is it safe to just use this as is," then the answer is: yes. Storage is actually pretty robust. I had a M.2 screw rust away in a laptop and I leave the NVMe drive floating with 0 F's G. So for me, yeah, I'd just run the adapter above as is, but it wouldn't be too hard to make it workable with a makeshift enclosure.
$99.99 is roughly where the mid-grade Gen4 TLC drives fall. For example, the Patriot P400 is $94.99, although with a shorter warranty. Although the Prime Day deal ADATA Legend 840 at $84.99 w/coupon is a better deal. TLC over the P3 Plus's expected QLC, easy choice...
Wondered if you had any thoughts on the Nextorage NEM-PA 1TB model at $110?
The specs make it sound like a top-tier drive, but I can only find a single review (from NASCompares) and I don't really have the background to put it in context. If it is top-tier, I don't think I've seen a better deal for a 1TB model during prime day except maybe the S70 Blade also at $110, but I haven't seen anyone mentioning the nextorage deal. But that "if" feels pretty significant.
Is using a DRAMless NVME as a boot drive a bad idea? Some people on the Buildapc subreddit said not to do it but I dont see any problem. I am only using it as a boot drive/gaming.
Link to product : https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08972HXVQ?th=1
Bought the latest Macbook Pro and I want a very fast and reliable external small SSD.
I was thinking of this combo, would anyone give an opinion? Is it good? Should I buy the SSD with dissipator? Or is the enclosure enough?
WD_BLACK SN750 2 TB + M.2 Orico M2PJ-C3 SSD M.2 NVMe USB 3.1 Type-C
Thank you very much in advance!
hey newmaxx, quick question...
why do some gen4 drives like this one only get up to 5gbps reads while others like the p41, sn850, etc. get so much higher reads, even up to 7gbps? like, in gen3 it was usually because the drive was QLC, right? I might be wrong but I got that impression. But in gen4 drives like the one I linked to are still TLC. and I've seen a few "cheaper" drives like this one have similar read/writes around 5gbps. Why the big gap between these drives and the others that are reading 7gps? thanks!
Both drives have been known to run hot in laptops. Based on some upgrade videos I looked at, there's two M.2 slots and one or both could have a metal plate. It's useful to know this since you could take advantage of thermal padding. I would suggest that anyway but I don't know if the laptop uses something like that by default for the primary slot.
1tb on Amazon now! Just ordered it
SK hynix Platinum P41 1TB PCIe NVMe Gen4 M.2 2280 Internal SSD l Up to 7,000MB/S l Compact M.2 SSD Form Factor SK hynix SSD - Internal Solid State Drive with 176-Layer NAND Flash https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B09QX6SL2Y/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_PNN4ZGT60HH2D64WJY2C
E18 + 176L at 4TB is ideal. There are quite a few: Seagate FireCuda 530, Corsair MP600 PRO XT, Silicon Power XS70. However, I think a hidden deal might be the the Inland Performance Plus which by its IOPS rating suggests it's B47R (176L) flash. The original Performance Plus had 96L, the Gaming Performance Plus has 176L but is limited to 2TB. My thinking is this is a newer SKU at 4TB with the better flash. If so, it's a hidden deal. :)
This is what I used to test it. I didn't get through the install process because that PC can't run Windows 11, but it did boot to the installer.
BX500 is probably SM2259XT (DRAM-less) with 96L QLC at 1TB by now. Not sure if Crucial intends to upgrade it to their own, newer QLC. The 960GB model was previously TLC, although if I recall correctly they intended to phase that capacity out.
The BX500 and similar drives are okay, but not really something I'd like to invest in - DRAM-less and QLC in SATA. For capacity you have the 870 QVO (w/DRAM). I'd probably rather take the 960GB (TLC) SN350 at $74.98 if you can manage another NVMe M.2, or for SATA wait for a sale on something with DRAM and preferably TLC. There are also some DRAM-less TLC drives like the 960GB Mushkin Source II, also, although it may be tough to find these in stock. Although it seems to be here at $77.99.
M.2 and 2.5" SATA are equivalent, just different form factors. If a M.2 SATA will be more convenient in the future, you can get a M.2 SATA drive with an appropriate 2.5" enclosure/adapter. Keep in mind that both M.2 and 2.5" SATA drives can also be adapted for USB. You can in fact get an enclosure with both which is the most convenient. like this one.
For the most part, a non-NVMe M.2 SSD will be M.2 SATA. This easily converts to SATA, for example with this product. PCIe drives - and there was a period of time when these were not NVMe (these would be older drives) - cannot convert.
Do you think the cooling fan and larger heatsink of the "Large" option of the two Orico enclosures would actually function as intended and subsequently be the better option?
>with an enclosure, drive choice depends on what you're doing with it and the speeds. Typical NVMe enclosures are 10 Gbps so certainly drives are ideal for sequential and sustained transfers (writes). These bridge chips (USB) do not pass host memory buffer which is a feature of DRAM-less drives, also
Yes, I mean a portable drive with an enclosure. My laptop doesn't have a lot of storage space in general (256 GB), so plan on putting misc. and games on the external SSD.
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Here are the items I'm looking at if it helps envision what I'm asking about: https://www.amazon.com/ORICO-NVMe-Enclosure-Gbps-Support/dp/B08G14NBCS/ref=sr_1_18?dchild=1&keywords=nvme+ssd+enclosure&qid=1631389877&sr=8-18
Should I go with gen 4: https://www.newegg.com/sabrent-rocket-nvme-4-0-2tb/p/0D9-001Y-00014?Item=9SIAME8AP28081
any good alternatives for this hikivision ssd? it has a 1gb dram buffer, so at 34$ I think it's quite a nice deal?
Help me decide if I'm hopping on this deal on the P31 or not. How measurably better would it be over my two pre-nerf SN550s?
I would like another SSD so getting one would be a good idea in the first place. Mostly just want to know what I'd be missing if I don't.
What would bee better Crucial MX500 500GB or Crucial P2 500GB
Ah ok, so they are similar to those I am currently using for my two SX8200Pros. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Akasa-AK-PCCM2P-01-Adapter-Profile-Support/dp/B01LZMIBVP But with x1 pins count instead of x4 pins count.
One thing that bothers me though is that in your first example contains the following note in the description:
> System requirement: 1.Motherboard: Z97 or later 2.Windows 10 or later
My motherboard is Z87 but I don't really understand how the chipset is supposed to make a difference there. I'm not trying to boot from this drive (which is not possible in Z87, probably possible in Z97) so I think it should not make any difference?
x1 PCIe 2.0 is 5 Gbps with 8b/10b encoding which is around 500 MB/s (4 Gbps), but there's additional overhead lowering that about 10% more.
You can get x1 M.2 adapters, they would have to be for NVMe. They would likely be PCIe 3.0 but that's backwards compatible with 2.0. There's actually vertical ones you can plug into the PCIe slot and also ribbon/riser options for placement. I can give examples of these: first, second.
Hi, I want to get a budget NVME (gen 3) for extra storage. I already have a WD Black SN750 1TB as my boot drive in my only m.2 slot, and was planning on getting a WD SN550 to put into my X370 Crosshair VI Hero's PCIE 2.0x4 slot using a PCIE to M.2 adapter like this. I'm shooting for a budget NVME drive that will max out the PCIE 2.0x4 slot's bandwidth, which IIRC is around 2,000 MB/s, and is considered reliable while keeping the price to a minimum, so I'd settled on the WD SN550 last year based on all your helpful info.
Well, now that I'm running out of storage and was ready to pull the trigger, I did a quick double check and saw that WD pulled some shenanigans with the SN550. Would you recommend an alternative NVME SSD for my use case now, or do you think I should still go with the SN550? Thanks for all the awesome help you give!
Hey NewMaxx,
Looking for a 2tb game drive but having trouble finding information on this one:
Reletech P400 M.2 2TB 3D NAND SSD, 3500MB/S PCIe Gen3×4 NVMe Computer Internal Gaming Laptop Solid State Drives TLC Desktop (2TB) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XYSSQ9V/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_BMMN04HQSZKG2H4NZYYY?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Price comes out to ~$183 after $15 coupon and tax.
My current primary drive is the 1TB Mushkin pilot-e. Is it worth the extra $30-40 for something like the Crucial P5 or Samsung 870 Evo plus?
SK hynix Gold P31 for the dual boot and Team Group T-Force Cardea Zero Z330 for the school works and gaming.
Hi there!
Is the SN350 any good?
I'm planning to add a 1TB SSD game drive to my Legion 5
Hi! I bought a few PC upgrades at the start of the year including a PSU and an ADATA Swordfish 2TB M2 SSD at the start of the year, and since then, my PC has often had freezes during installations that require a restart. I've dealth with it for a while, but I've had enough. Is the problem likely to be the SSD, or is there any particular diagnostic I should be using to check?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B093DNV47J?th=1 How does this compare to evo pro, sn850, or firecuda 530. It has a great deal on amazon and wanted to know your opinion.
I run a massive adapter below my RTX 3080 without too much issue, but it depends on your case airflow. It does have my GPU running a bit hotter - it just clocks a bit lower in practice. It's possible to get low-profile adapters I believe, which is what I'd suggest, e.g. StarTech's on Amazon. I don't see any fast USB ports on that board that might make an enclosure worthwhile.
Is there any known difference between the RTL9210 and RTL9210B bridge chips, particularly in regards to reliability?
I bought the Sabrent enclosure, which according to many reviews comes with the RTL9210B controller, but when I checked Device Manager > Sabrent USB Device > Properties > Details > Parent property, it shows "USB\VID_0BDA&PID_9210\012345678930", which is just the RTL9210 1st revision I assume, unless RTL9210B uses the same name? Is there a way to be sure?
If you don’t need high performance you can pick a SATA SSD like the Crucial MX500. Unfortunately in this case the Samsung 860/870 QVO (and others QLC-based drives) doesn’t have a lower price than the MX500 and TLC-based drives.
I was thinking of changing the drive in a PS3, does it matter if the drive has dram or not? I found this https://www.amazon.com/ZEPLIN-ELECTRONICS-512GB-Internal-2-5/dp/B08D6G7YNB but can't find anyone talking about this brand at all.
You can get decent 2TB NVME + TLC + DRAM drives for ~$200 if you stretch on a sale, which is probably the best bet. Examples would be the Mushkin Pilot-E and Crucial P5 most recently.
Price of SSDs could changes on what is your country, but if you can buy from amazon.com I suggest the SK Hynix Gold P31 (in-house controller with 128L flash), which is one of the best PCIe 3.0 SSD in the market. Yes, the Silicon Power P34A80 changed the hardware and now it using probably cheaper flash (from 96L to 64L), but it keeps its good quality. The Kingston A2000 is a cheaper PCIe 3.0 (but with DRAM cache) and also it changed the components (from 64L to 96L). The Samsung 970 EVO Plus now uses Elpis controller (the same controller as the 980 PRO) with 128L flash (V6), but it dropped as performance (from around 1500 MB/s to 800 MB/s). Between these the P31 is the best as performance (as reliability the best is the 970 EVO Plus), and it has a good valure for money.
There's someone on I think the TH storage forums with the same setup and problem...he did update the firmware but ultimately needed one from support to fix stability issues.
A low profile copper cooler is ideal, like: https://www.amazon.com/icepc-DIY-Heatsink-Silicone-Thermal-70x20x4mm/dp/B083FVMN7N
(match the height)
Sorry if this has been asked recently, but how is this Timetec SATA SSD for game storage? What tier/part of the flowchart would it fall under?
Which 2TB SSD drive do you recommend for a 2017 iMAC PCI-e 3.0x4 Replacement. Will be using this adapter.
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B01CWWAENG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I am after performance and reliability.
What about this Sabrent Rocket SSD? https://www.amazon.fr/Sabrent-interne-Rocket-performance-SB-ROCKET-NVMe4-1TB/dp/B07TLYWMYW/ref=b2b_gw_d_simh_1?pd_rd_w=LlvvN&pf_rd_p=f11c7316-e72e-4053-9d51-1ee251f78834&pf_rd_r=QSP339SXSBTEE9FHZK8Z&pd_rd_r=24d30fa1-4fe2-42e9-a8e2-fe6805a36084&pd_rd_wg=SYVFG&pd_rd_i=B07TLYWMYW&psc=1
For 40 bucks less would you recommend it over the Samsung 980 Pro ?
Hey NewMaxx,
I am building a workstation PC for basic to moderate 3D lighting and rendering. I currently have two choices for the SSD
Crucial P2 3D NAND NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD 500 GB
When checking the comparisons of these two models anywhere online, the WD model has better rating and user reviews. It is cheaper than the other in my place too. But I just read that the WD SN550 is DRAM-less which I really don't know how exactly it will affect my works. Do I really need to be worried about it being DRAM-less especially when compared to the Crucial P2? Please enlighten me on that. Any suggestions for a better SSD at that price range will also be very helpful. Thanks
Speaking of enclosures, I have had relatively good sucess with this one: https://www.amazon.com/Enclosure-Adapter-Aluminum-External-Dissipation/dp/B07RZBTNTN
It isn't great sure, but it seems to me that it is the most consistent out of all my nvme enclosures (though I haven't compared any orico ones yet, and the orico sata enclosure i use is fairly consistent). It is 10 gbps however, so that does limit the speeds for sure, and it can get hot under sustained loads (however the ssd doesn't seem as hot as with no heatsink so I assume that's good since it means that it's dissipating heat, which makes sense engineering wise), but overall it has been good to me. It uses a Jmicron JMS583 controller also if that helps.
Edit: Overall though I agree, it is hard to recommend many enclosures at the moment.
I have seen other ASM2364 enclosures around, usually $60 on sale, there's an Orico one on Amazon for $45 (w/coupon) right now actually.
Hello NewMaxx and Happy holidays, I was looking for info on this particular ssd: https://www.amazon.it/dp/B07YHPSF8H/ Same chinese brand as the sata one you already talked about and you have in your list (called x3 i think). Do you have any spec like controller or nand? Maybe comparing it to a k2000 from Kingston, which would be my choice for budget (based on pricing in my country at least).
Hey NewMaxx,
I purchased a couple of drives recently for my new build (X570 TOMAHAWK Motherboard) when they were on sale at Amazon. Trying to make sure I pick the right one for my use case, which will be to store games and instrument samples for music projects.
I haven't unboxed either of these yet- which would you recommend?
From the brief research I've done, my assumption is that the EVO Plus would be better for long term use since it's TLC, vs the QLC Sabrent? Drive will likely get fairly full- I have a little under 1TB of music samples/projects alone.
Or would you recommend waiting for a newer 2TB drive- perhaps there something coming in the near future with substantially better specs than these options for the price? Thanks for your time and help!
Hey man I really like this silicon p ssd, I use it for work for my portable apps. Is there a similar or faster one? Want to run things like photoshop without having to install on computers
Not sure on thickness, I could check mine later today if I get the time. Otherwise this is what I suggest in my DIY thread with three thicknesses.
Welp back again looking for another recommendation. At this point I have settled on a 500gb WD 3d Blue recently bought from BB and would like to pair it with a usb 3.0/3.1/gen 2 (whichever gets the job done) 2.5 inch enclosure and get somewhat near advertised speeds. I just picked up this https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Q9YDX5Q/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and in the QA the company claims the chip set is VIA VL716. So I plug it all in and use the included c to a cable and crystalmark it gives around 400MBps on the 1gb test. Cool about what I expected based on the cable (not c to c). But then I go to do a large transfer of vidoe files (around 600MB a piece over like 70gb) and I can't get writes higher than about 230MBps. Now I know sequential can slow down over the length of the transfer but its sustained at this speed. Also only goes to this speed transferring one 500MB file. Sequential reads I can get up to about 370MBps. This is all being done through windows file explorer and transferring to and from an 8200 pro nvme drive so the system drive shouldn't be the bottle neck.
Is this just about what I should expect? Should I be looking for a particular enclosure/chipset to maximize the sata to usb 3.0 speeds? I know it won't be hitting absolute full speed, but surely it can do better than 230 for sequential writes.
I think its more related that motherboards are coming with their own, i still bought a SB-HTSK, even though its bulky works really well in my experience, around 15c drop.
I used a pair of these in my nas to keep the nvme cache drives from throttling. As my drives were dual sided having a way to cool both sides of the drive seemed a benefit.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KDDKDNN/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_t1_HU8VFb57CC9SY
As I recall I found the same product on eBay for less (in a two pack) that took a little longer to ship. Happy with the result.
Firstly, thank you for your service to members of the PC building community. I am a noob and have learned a lot from your posts.
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I haven't been able to find a definitive answer in my research.
I have 2 m.2 slots on my x570 tomahawk. I currently have two ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1TBs and one SK hynix Gold P31 1TB.
Prices being equal, which would you return?
In case this matters: I am hoping to pick up a 2tb m.2 ssd on Black Friday/Cyber Monday and have been looking at the xpg line, but have heard there was a controller change leading to marginally poorer performance.
Thank you in advance!
Hey Newmaxx,
I had more of a general question(s).
Back in the SX8100 thread you mentioned the smaller DRAM size would put it in the more intermediate category, but because it was dual-sided it leans performance. Why are dual-sided better than single sided?
Also, since you are reddit's storage guru, I'm trying to learn more about storage and I wanted to know if you have any thoughts about flash drives. If you have the time to answer, what I should look into / learn about? Same with SD Cards, though I know there's tons of info about the latter especially when it comes to their photography/videography purposes.
As a side note, looks like Sabrent just dropped a QLC drive on Amazon.. Claimed 3200/2000 R/W speeds. Couldn't find anything similar on your spreadsheet to figure out the nand or controller.
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Unfortunately my motherboard doesn't have a built-in heatsink so I may try one from Amazon. Any recommendations? This one seems to have good reviews.
I see what you're saying about gamming. I tested last night with Destiny 2 and the temps never went above 48c and even dropped to 43c when the GPU fan had to work harder. :-D
I sometimes open and export massive video files for editing but the encoding is a somewhat slow process so I'm guessing those writes won't happen fast enough for the drive to really heat up.
Thanks for the advice.
Thanks!
They seem to have a fair number of pricing issues lately. In other news the SX8200 Pro 1TB is $129 again - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07K1J3C23/
How is the Adata Swordfish 2TB m.2 SSD?
The price seems to have dropped a bit, which does give it good value - especially compared to Sabrent's $249 alternative - but I wonder what it sacrificed in order to reach that price.
P.S. I found a XPG 2TB SSD with Adata parts that costs $249. What's exactly will I find different here?
Got it. On the other hand, there's a cheaper enclosure with an ASMedia ASM1053E chip. Would the enclosure with the JMicron chip be a better choice?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DKB5LWY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_CDkpFbDVGJ0RA
Was just posted August 18th. Part of me wants to wait, but I feel these might be hard to come by in a couple months (once the mainstream picks up on it). They announced a platinum version that goes up to 2Tb but idk when it'll be released
What's the cheapest 1TB SATA SSD?
Can be either 2.5inch or M.2 (I'll probably use an adapter).
I'm planning to use it for Time Machine backup for mac so I guess I don't really care about speeds that much. But am hoping to get an SSD for less sound, but at the moment just looking at what options I have.
EDIT: The cheapest I can find right now is the silicon power 1tb although I'm just wondering what other options there are
Is the XPG SX850 the same as the ADATA one listed on the spreadsheet?
https://www.amazon.com/XPG-SX850-3D-NAND-Gaming-SSD-SX850-256G/dp/B077ZK1FJF/
Also is this a good drive for an older desktop? Thank you
Hello NewMaxx. Thanks for helping so many people.
Do you think Samsung 860 EVO 500GB is better than WD Blue 3D 500GB? Mainly curious about quality/longevity since performance is probably similar enough.
If they were the same price would Samsung be a better buy for every use case?
I was thinking of buying the Sabrent 2TB Rocket NVMe (SB-ROCKET-2TB), either now or during black Friday sales (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sabrent-Rocket-Internal-Performance-SB-ROCKET-2TB/dp/B07MTQTNVR/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=m.2%2B2tb%2Bssd&qid=1595601936&sr=8-3&th=1)
Is this still a good consumer nvme SSD to buy with all the various changes they've made over the last ~9 months? (Presuming those changes have made it worse, didn't understand all of the nvme SSD jargon) If not, is there another consumer nvme SSD you'd recommend for me to look at? (I'm looking at the PCIe 3.0 consumer nvme drives)
Hmm. The Amazon product page for it shows 1800/850 MB/s for the 512GB SKU, mentions DRAM and LDPC, then "RAID engine and data shaping" so it's likely a SMI controller. Given the speeds and the fact it's too old for me to have it charted, it's probably the SM2260 which was most famously on the Intel 600p (precursor to the 660p). The 600p was the first real "consumer" NVMe drive but it had a lot of issues (like SLC cache consistency). I would definitely consider it entry-level.
Of course, I could just look it up, but I like explaining my process of identifying it within a ballpark before searching because it makes it easy - you can just google "SX7000 SM2260" and confirm after that.
Sorry i was confusing the Sabrent 1TB Rocket 4.0 with the non 4.0. Is not that more expensive (not sold by amazon thought).
After looking for all "Prosumer NVMe" and then all "Consumer NVMe", i've only found the Pioneer APS-SE20G for 165€ but as durability is one of my main concerns the extra 26,5€ for the The SX8200 Pro, are worthy, right?
Any way to know durability? I tend to use PCs for as much as i can.
Thanks anyway for your help ;) .
Sorry i was confusing the Sabrent 1TB Rocket 4.0 with the non 4.0. Is not that more expensive (not sold by amazon tought).
Ok, my strategy (as this is a bit hard to understand for me) will be to consider the ADATA XPG GAMMIX S11 pro as the best of the "Consumer NVMe", then the SX8200 Pro (hopefully heatsink is not that important). I'll then look at the "Prosumer NVMe" and if i find something for same price or 10-20€ more i'll consider that a better deal. And then i'll check "Consumer NVMe" to see if i find something way cheaper. Do you approve my strategy? :D
Any way to see durability (estimated) as is important for me?
Thanks anyway for your help ;) .
I just purchased a 1TB Samsung EVO SATA SSD for $110 (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078DPCY3T/) and I'm still within the return window. Is there better value in other SSDs?
My top priority is reliability and I heard that the EVO was top tier. The M.2 form factor reducing cabling is a bonus. I'm just using it for OS and gaming so I really don't care about the small speed increase of NVME.
Yes, as would be the one I linked earlier. The narrow ones would work with the M.2 variant of the WD Blue 3D while the wider one would be for the 2.5" variant.
Oh good idea on the November thread! And thank you for the confidence! I won't worry about the performance impact any longer.
That's unfortunate about the poor warranty service with HP/Multipointe. Would have expected the opposite from a bigger brand. Seems like there's always a catch on everything, haha!
Does look like Amazon has the 500GB A2000 in stock for $60, about $4 cheaper than the current HP pricing.
Hey NewMaxx, I really appreciate all the hard work you do to keep us informed, you have influenced a lot of my purchases I make for me and my friends, and I can't thank you enough, but thank you so much! Anyway, I recently ordered an Xbox One X, and I was planning to replace the internal HDD with an SSD. It uses a 2.5" drive and thankfully has SATA III, and I was looking at either the Inland Professional 1TB SSD or the MX500 1TB. This will be for the OS and games, and the drive has to have a capactiy of at least 1TB for formatting purposes. Will the Inland be good enough for those purposes, or should I spend $20 more and get the MX? Thanks again, I appreciate your time.