These SSDs are a good pick if you do not need a lot of writes over the lifespan of it.
- 550MB/s read / 520MB/s write
- 3 Years warranty
- 300 TBW
Samsung 860 QVO SSD 1TB $159 + Free Shipping @ CentreCom
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Plus TLC is wayyy better than QLC
MX500 is great when it comes to sustained writes as well, they've done something in there to keep those high, a lot of other drives fill the cache and drop off (like the 860 QVO).
It'd be pretty bad luck to have the drive die between years 3-5 though, while they're different warranties they're the same endurance (360TB).
I'd buy the MX500 just because I know how good it is though, never had an issue with the dozen I've used.
MX500 is actually much faster when dealing with sustained writes.
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I'm really curious if you can tell the speed difference when you use it?
Depends on your use.
Writing long 4k videos? Or injesting footage? you'll tell
I use both 860 EVO and QVO drives. For a Steam library, no, absolutely no difference. For storing large datasets or video assets for editing, yes, absolutely.
Then and again, even M.2 NVMe drives can be sluggish for IOPS. Optane is the future, but for now, TLC is a good balance between value and performance for these sorts of applications.
Where exactly can you get a MX500 1TB for $14 more?
The cheapest I can find is $188 (UMart with free shipping) and this is $159 (free shipping)?
I'm using this as a long term storage drive rather than a day-to-day drive.
Yea that's the right way to use these drives.
What about just filling it with games and nothing else?
performance also degrades as you fill the drive, so what's the point of having 1tb of storage if it degrades after filling it to 75% mark. just buy mx500 and it will serve you much better whatever you intend to use it for
@[Deactivated]: @AstroCadaver
This isn't exactly accurate, it's quite in depth, but basically performance only really degrades when writing huge chunks of data in one sitting at the maximum speed as the faster SLC or MLC cache is used for active read and writes and then transferred to the much larger QLC portion of the drive when the SSD is less active, for example on this specific drive, if you were to write 500GB of data, you should expect the first 42GB to be at the full advertised speed (approx 520MB/s) and then slow down heavily after that point to 70MB/s, obviously still plenty of speed but obviously alot slower.
If you're using it day to day, this cache won't be filled up even as your SSD itself is over 95% full and so can sustain most of your necessities.
If you want to learn more, I'd highly recommend searching terms such as 'terabytes written', 'Difference between SLC, MLC and QLC', 'SLC Cache' and you might as well look up the importance of an 'SSD DRAM Cache' while you're at it.
@Gorian4: stand down young padawan! I know all that lol
I said "also". of course write performance will degrade after you fill the cache, even a schoolgirl knows this these days.
I am saying that also your performance will take a further hit after you start running out of space for storage optimisation, and have to start writing 4th bit into every cell. you can dive into relevant literature on this phenomenon at your convenienceof course, this affects TLC NAND, too, but complexity of 4 bits per cell and reduced endurance will aggravate this in QLC chips.
so coming back to my point, why even bother when you can buy a reliable mx500 for a few dollars more and forget about QLC until it's a technology proven by time. that's what I did, and I suggest you do it too, young padawan
@[Deactivated]: Could you go further into what you mean when you say "and have to start writing 4th bit into every cell" and how this affects day-to-day performance?
Thanks
@Gorian4: https://www.anandtech.com/show/13633/the-samsung-860-qvo-ssd…
compare benchmarks for empty and full drive
performance also degrades as you fill the drive
Write performance does, not read performance. Depends on whether you're doing mostly reads or writes.
@p1 ama: see anandtech results at the link in my comment above
you will see degradation regardless, although how heavily it will affect you depends on your usage patterns, yes
if you have QVO as a second drive, and only read from it (dumb media library, games library - although this will incur some writes while gaming, databases that you only read from - that will do some writes as well in SQL case) you're not going to notice a heavy read degradation, although it will be there
if you use it as main drive though, mixed random performance takes a big hit as drive is filled.
I see no point in buying this drive at the moment.
if you need storage right now, it's better to buy mx500 that can do both storage and system drive duty. price difference is negligible.
if you can wait a bit, prices will eventually drop and you will buy mx500 for this price anyway.
I see no reason in buying QLC drive when price difference between it and stellar TLC performer is few dollars.
If you can pick up, I suggest you do as their delivery times are outrageous at the moment.
I bought a CPU cooler and I received it about 3 weeks later. I should have picked up as I'm only 10 mins from the shop, but with the COVID paranoia, thought it'd be safer getting delivered.
Not their fault, but just a heads up.
Do you think it'd hold up as a game driver? Might get something like this in future considering next gen consoles are going to utilize SSDs.
Anyone know a good deal for 2tb or 4tb?
Sorry, I'm not familiar with PC gaming.. or just PC's for that matter.. would this or the MX500 be suitable to install my games? Ive currently got a 512gb hd in the laptop with additional space to put another hd in.
Note they have 2% CC/PayPal surcharge which sucks a bit
For around $14 more (incl delivery), an MX500 probably is a better choice with 5 years warranty and slightly faster speed?