Pretty self explanatory, one of the best gen4 nvme drives out, one of the cheapest prices i've seen, if i missed something, please advise. Thanks.
Update: Not sure if amazon counts as a valid seller for the seagate playstation card promotion, but this is not the heatsink version, so would not be a valid entry anyway.
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I did some research awhile back in regards to the top gen4 ssd's, the sn850 is definitely one of the top 3 options, but if you look around, i've seen reviews stating its idle power draw is high and it's more prone to thermal throttling than the other top drives if not cooled well, as it runs hotter on average.
Which is why i would go for the 530 over the sn850, still if price is a thing for people, def go for it.
Not as fast apparently but the 1TB Firecuda 520 is currently going for $199 on Amazon AU.
Phison E16 2TB SSDs had been in the $315 - $350 mark. Obviously, if you really want Seagate, then I guess it is okay. If you are after one E16 based SSD, honestly, I would just pick the cheapest. Reason is, these E16 SSDs feel like you are paying for the controller mostly (with the NAND chips basically not able to top even the top rank PCIe gen 3 SSDs). Yes, you do get the PCIe gen 4 bandwidth, but do you really take advantage of the sequential read/write via SLC cache that much?
If you absolutely have a scenario that will benefit from its performance, then this is a highly recommended buy. However, there are few 'home' or 'consumer' workloads that would even get this to stretch its legs, let alone where there would be a meaningful real-world difference between this and most drives half its price; certainly not against one of the other top tier drives that are often significantly cheaper currently.
I say this as someone who has two of the 2TB drives, and I absolutely love them. The difference they make for what I use them for is noticeable to me, and it's measurable, but again it would be difficult to justify to someone else - I run dozens of VMs on these drives, and the difference it has made to overall responsiveness is chalk and cheese at the times when I need it. In general, the difference is non-existent, but on occasions where multiple VMs are accessing the drives at the same time, the VMs would occasionally feel 'sluggish' and wouldn't respond immediately all the time. They were running on some 970 Pro's which have nothing like the random access performance of the 530's, so I thought it was worth the upgrade, and for what I need, I'm very happy with the result. And, importantly, I can afford it.
The point I'm trying to make is, if you don't have a specific need for the 530, and another, cheaper drive can do the job, get that - the 530's a lot of extra coin for the sake of bragging rights. If money's no object or some feature of the 530 is absolutely required, then by all means - it's the best drive on the table right now, you won't be disappointed.
I agree for most people gen 3 ssd is good enough.
This is most likely for enthousiastes or professionals.
Probably the 2nd best ssd you can get right now after the new kc3000.
I think there is a bit of benchmark scenario cherry picking in your example. Multiple VMs, multiple access. That particular scenario (random read/write, high queue depth) is generally not considered a real life usage (because unless you are a techies, it is unlikely you will run lots of VMs). As such, it is best to explain to people that PCIe gen 4 does benefit from this setup.
Phison E18 SSDs (which 530 is one of them) is mostly bragging rights. Also, it is biased. If one really cares about random read/write, then 3D XPoint tech is the best. However, it is simply too expensive for consumers.
This is the thing when you read SSD comments. A very objective view in the comments are generally hard to find and you just need to make your own decision. Honestly, it is normally wallet dependent, rather than tech related when it comes to SSD purchases.
PCI gen 5 is next in line, and we are probably looking at controllers with 16 channels (instead of 8). Luckily for people who bought PCIe gen 4 SSDs, it looks like it will be quite some time before we see consumer grade PCIe gen 5 SSDs.
What would you recommend for a Gen 3 1tb?
970 evo plus
i have a ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB, i believe this is one of the top gen3 drives for price/performance as well.
At this price this is probably a better buy than the KC3000, the Seagate has a better 3ndurance rating too.
Actually, any recommended heatsink to suit a ps5 for this?
This is recommended by youtuber nascompares as top tier. https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B09HSQQWCL/?coliid=I1K1SG470D11…
or mid tier https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B09CD9SW24/?coliid=I34OFZQKQ5O6…
SN850s are regularly around $220 mark or less. Would prefer those over this really.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/search/node/SN850%20type%3Aozbd…