This is a DRAMless SSD, with either QLC or TLC flash (conflicting sources, it's also possible Crucial has swapped it out at some point).
CamelCamelCamel.
Same here my friend
Black Friday Deal
$113.08
:(
Maybe Monday…
We patiently wait…
That was a bargain too good to pass on.
This deal is not too shabby, and for what I use my mx500 for - my torrent upload drive - this would have done the job just as nicely.
People will say that DRAMless drives are no good, but they are often led astray by benchmarking bollocks.
My 5 year old 250gb BX drive has never had an issue in my HTPC, even when recording 6 TV streams at once.
Maybe it's not because it's dramless, but I've owned 3 BX500s and about 5 MX500s and the MX500s have had much fewer problems for example when doing big transfers.
Doing big file transfers is probably the single case where DRAMless drives really suffer.
Whats a torrent upload drive?
A drive where one stores all the files they are uploading as torrents.
DRAMless is no good….??
err.. It's a SATA drive man. Why would you need that when you're capped by the bus limit of 6Gbit/sec (750MB/sec)?
DRAMless drives slow way down when doing large transfers. This is why people hate on them so much.
It's got nothing to do with the interface.
For most people, DRAMless drives will do just fine 98.7% of the time.
@photonbuddy: If your transfers already saturate the bus speeds, then it doesn't matter how much DRAM cache you put in there. QLC/TLC chips already way surpass the 6Gbit/Sec speeds that it literally isn't going to be your problem as such.
Rule of computing: You can only go as fast as your slowest component. Having DRAM or not, the slowest thing WILL be your SATA bus.
QLC/TLC chips already way surpass the 6Gbit/Sec speeds that it literally isn't going to be your problem as such.
🤣 You have NFI!
If this was true, why would manufacturers even bother with DRAM? They wouldn't put it in there for the feel good vibe.
No, DRAMless drives slow down considerably when hit with sustained writes. Maybe you're confusing read and write speeds …
@photonbuddy: You're the one that has NFI.
DRAM will matter on higher bus outputs like M.2 NVME/PCIe Gen 4 - which has a much higher throughput to pump your data to. On a SATA interface, DRAM may help in locating a file quicker from the cache, but it still is required to pump it through the SATA interface which can be <20% of the throughput of NVME in general.
DRAM will matter on higher bus outputs like M.2 NVME/PCIe Gen 4
Lol. So, what your telling us is that those of us who actually have both are just imagining the much slower write speeds on sustained writes?
Oh … and also companies like Crucial are lying a-holes when they put DRAM into these drives.
Nice.
How would these compare to a very old Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SSD?
I am so far out of the SSD loop and everytime there is an SSD deal people start throwing technical terms around like it's a food fight and then i dont end up buying anything because it feels like every choice is the wrong choice lol
Probably not worth upgrading.
It might not actually even be an upgrade.
Would this be fine for just upgrading the internal 500GB HDD on my PS4 and XBOX One S?
This deal says its expired but its still currently $79 on Amazon??? The caveat being though that its claiming 1-2 months for delivery. Dont think i've ever seen that before on an "in stock" item. Weird.
I am holding out in hope of seeing the MX500 1TB back at $85 https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/730183