Kioxia EXCERIA G2 1TB PCIe Gen 3 NVMe M.2 (2280) SSD $100.45 (2 for $180.81) Delivered @ Amazon UK via AU

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LRC20Z001TG8

Kioxia = Toshiba
The best budget SSD - cool running, TLC and DRAM

LRC20Z001TG8
Controller: Kioxia (custom Phison E12)
Memory: Kioxia BiCS 96L TLC
DRAM Cache: SK Hynix 1GB DDR4
Sequential Read: 2,100 MB/s
Sequential Write: 1,700 MB/s
Random Read: 400,000 IOPS
Random Write: 400,000 IOPS
Endurance (TBW): 400 TB
Warranty: 5 Years

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  Covid19 on 01/02/2023 - 02:34

  +2

  Thanks @ChatGPT.
  Looks like they have finally connected you to the live Internet.

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  netsurfer on 01/02/2023 - 03:24

  +3

  Actual ChatGPT Q&A:

  What's the best budget NVMe SSD with DRAM?

  As of my knowledge cut off (2021), the Samsung 970 EVO Plus is widely regarded as the best budget NVMe SSD with DRAM. It offers good performance, reliability, and large capacities at affordable prices. Other budget NVMe SSD options with DRAM to consider are the Adata XPG Gammix S50, the WD Blue SN 550 Plus, and the Kingston A2000.

  How about Kioxia EXCERIA G2?

  As of my knowledge cut off (2021), the Kioxia EXCERIA G2 is a solid budget NVMe SSD with DRAM. It offers good performance and reliability, and comes in a wide range of capacities. It's a good option to consider when shopping for a budget NVMe SSD with DRAM.

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    UsernameChecksIn on 01/02/2023 - 09:33

    Good bot

    Also nice to show the knowledge cut-off

    Someone should feed it OzBargainer feeds for a new recommendation

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  netsurfer on 01/02/2023 - 03:37

  +3

  Thermal performance:

  https://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/guru3d_nvme_thermal_te…

  When thermal throttled, the write performance drops to 180MB/s.

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    teddiebear on 01/02/2023 - 04:46

    Ouch! A normal 3.5" HDD can perform better than that speed. If used for gaming, would that throttle the drive, or is it more likely under pic/vid editing type stuff?

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      AEKaBeer on 01/02/2023 - 07:33

      +4

      Except that 180MB/s is peak on a HDD and they can bottom out at 2MB/s.

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      greatlamp on 01/02/2023 - 08:01

      Reading from the drive, like in gaming, wouldn't cause it to heat up as much. I doubt thermal throttling is going to be an issue. That's also intentionally without a heatsink, not real world use.

      Even if limited to 180mb/s, it's still multiple times faster than a hdd. A hdd will only be able to reach that speed with continuous transfers of large files.

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        netsurfer on 01/02/2023 - 09:35

        It's more about teasing the 'cool running' part of the description. I don't use heatsink with majority of my SSDs. Also, I did a full write test with SN570 recently, it didn't thermal throttle without a heatsink. That was with writing at 3000MB/s+ for 900GB before SLC cache runs out and it continued to write at 450MB/s so If this SSD does thermal throttle down to 180MB/s in writes, then it somewhat loses one of its key advantages.

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          John Doh on 01/02/2023 - 10:27

          @netsurfer:

          I don't use heatsink with majority of my SSDs.

          How many PCs do you have if you dont mind answering? And why so many?

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            netsurfer on 01/02/2023 - 10:39

            +1

            @John Doh: 7 PCs (including NUCs and 1 old ITX), 4 of them should really go to the bin (but they still work and they support SATA SSDs). By the way, not counting Macs, RPi 4, Rock 5B toys. I guess SATA SSDs make those 4 old PCs still usable.

            2 of my PCs can do PCIe Bifurcation with one of them running 4 + 1 m.2 NVMe combination (all to CPU PCIe lanes). The only device I have that uses a heatsink on an SSD is PS5.

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              John Doh on 01/02/2023 - 10:51

              @netsurfer: Damn, thats a lot. Also, it would be nice to keep some old PCs as collections. Hang the motherboard and GPU on the wall behind your work desk. Looks awesome and the old memories always stay with you :)

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                netsurfer on 01/02/2023 - 10:58

                +1

                @John Doh: No room / space, they really have to go. Some are too old. My ITX is connected to a 4K monitor despite not even able to do 2K (the 4K monitor is mainly for the Mac, but I do occasionally use that ITX). Some of the NUC like mini PCs should also be thrown away.

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  nfr on 01/02/2023 - 08:21

  Nice that it has DRAM but its specs seem generally inferior compared to SN570?

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  Pzero on 01/02/2023 - 08:45

  What's the difference between this and WD Blue?
  https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B09HKDQ1RN/?coliid=I2B0Q17IOST3…
  It seems to be $102 as well

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    netsurfer on 01/02/2023 - 09:23

    +3

    SN570 has a newer controller, which has faster reads (and likely lower latency, hence it appears to be get better results in general usage). The main reason to consider Kioxia G2 is that it has DRAM. In situations where DRAM on SSD matters, G2 would be faster (VM, database etc…). The 1TB version of G2 isn't as impressive as the 2TB in terms of sustained write. G2 1TB does beat SN570 is sustained write speed so if doing a fair amount of writes is important, then G2 might be worth considering.

    SN570 was $10 cheaper a few weeks ago though. Also, there is a Adobe Creative Suite 1 month code included in SN570 apparently (based on one of the photos).

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  UsernameChecksIn on 01/02/2023 - 09:33

  Waiting for the new line of fast Kioxia 2230 NVMe to make it

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  Namidairo on 01/02/2023 - 14:29

  Kioxia = Toshiba

  If I recall, they're in talks to merge with WD now.