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• 3D NAND flash are applied to deliver high transfer speeds
• Remarkable transfer speeds that enable faster bootup and improved overall system performance. The advanced SLC Cache Technology allows performance boost and longer lifespan.
• 7mm slim design suitable for Ultrabooks and Ultra-slim notebooks.

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  vfmtech on 31/07/2020 - 15:58

  Is it DRAM?

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    Irishness on 31/07/2020 - 16:09

    no

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  hrdnrg on 31/07/2020 - 16:59

  Wonder if this would be ok for general desktop use not much performance expected?

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    drew442 on 31/07/2020 - 17:05

    i put the S55 in my grandfather's PC way way back in July 2018. Still running. Not sure the difference.

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    MrGareth on 31/07/2020 - 18:17

    I've used them as system drives in old machines and old laptops… They are ok for basic use (web browsing / Office). If you have a newish machine though, spend the extra for something with DRAM

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      tunzafun001 on 01/08/2020 - 00:29

      So in a 2012 MacBook I would get better battery life, but same performance as the old clunker HDD in there? Don't want to spend more than around $50, so this as good as I'll find?

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        CachePC on 01/08/2020 - 05:59

        Yes, will work no problem - I'd recommend you use Clone Carbon Copy (CCC) and put the SSD in a enclosure temporarily to do the clone but really simple process.

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          tunzafun001 on 01/08/2020 - 12:52

          @CachePC: Cheers,

          1. Will there be a performance improvement? or just battery life?

          2. Also, is there a program that does a backup, but as an image file? or do I just do the Clone Carbon Copy, then use a zip type program (will that archive everything that is needed)?

          I only ask as I partitioned a portable HDD into multiple partitions, and backed up our Macs. However, it didn't use all that much space (only 50Gb used of a 600gb partition), so seems a waste of the drive.

          Cheers

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            jayboi on 01/08/2020 - 18:42

            @tunzafun001: BEFORE YOU BUY THIS ONE,
            https://www.amazon.com.au/Crucial-BX500-240GB-NAND-2-5-inch/…
            Consider this, I have had it for a year and such fast speeds, IT is apparently 300% faster than a normal hard drive which I believe because its crazy fast and 3 year warranty.

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              jayboi on 01/08/2020 - 18:44

              @jayboi: https://www.amazon.com.au/240GB-Green-2-5-inch-SATA/dp/B076Y…
              Or this WD one, don't know how it performs because I hadn't had one, But WD is a really good brand

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              tunzafun001 on 01/08/2020 - 20:37

              @jayboi: Cheers, looks like the Crucial takes the chocolates on performance:

              https://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/WD-Green-240GB-2018-vs…

              the only issue i see is you need to send it back to the USA for warranty (according to the reviews)? Or is that the case for all Amazon buys anyway?

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                jayboi on 01/08/2020 - 20:57

                @tunzafun001: No you have to send it back to Amazon, the facility in Australia and they give you a shipping label and cover it for you and send a brand new one

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  lawyerz on 31/07/2020 - 17:06

  +1

  unrealiable - died after 1tb read/write for me. RMA-ed. could have just been unlucky.

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    hollykryten on 01/08/2020 - 09:59

    You get what you pay for. If you buy cheap and you can get lesser quality parts. I learnt that lesson a long time ago when it came to computer parts.

    And here i had a Samsung 850 Pro 256GB SSD still going strong after nearly 30tb read and write. It got you can say decomissioned after years of use. But of course i didn't skimp out on the SSD quality with that but i did pay more. So it really isn't a good idea to skimp out on the SSD quality.

    For my current rig i splashed out on a Samsung 970 Pro 512GB NVMe SSD. As i said you really do get what you paid for.

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      TeddyBear on 03/08/2020 - 13:25

      Unless you have some heavily I/O intensive workloads, you really don't need a 970 Pro. A Crucial sata drive (with DRAM) would be plenty fast and reliable. Crucial is owned by Micron, so they assemble their own SSDs with their own nand chips, as does Samsung.