All time low
At this price, TLC 870 EVO the vastly superior choice versus the QLC MX500
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Samsung V-NAND 3bit MLC (TLC), 2.5 inch SATA III, Read up to 560MB/s, Write up to 530MB/s, 98K/88K IOPS, 2,400TBW
5 Year/s Warranty
I'd be backing it up ASAP
Always backed up.
I recall paying $800…. in retrospect, I suppose that was kinda nuts. But, that was how the tech was then.
These drives are awesome, SATA interface isn’t a huge detriment
Totally agree, its more of the 4k random reads thats still the issue with SSDs. And thats still stuck below 100MB/s. But given a chance, I would pick up an NVME tho as they are of the same price range.
Whats 4k random read compared to in real life scenarios? Small file reads?
Yes, that's majority of the files.
I don't need it [SpongeBob sweating gif]
Would you recommend this over an NVME+SATA adapter for a PS4 drive? Longevity wise which would be better based on avg daily use of 2-3hrs.
It won't matter. You'll be bottlenecked by the ps4 interface regardless. Sata will be fine! Longevity is per product. Can't compare nvme vs Sata like that. I'd grab this if you want a large ssd for your ps4!
when 4tb nvme is now 299 if u look around this is not a great deal
With DRAM and TLC?
I still think these prices will come down further.
All B tier drives
When the 4TB SN850X, KC3000, Fury Renegade or FireCuda 530 drop to $299, you will have a point
But by then, this 870 Evo will be $150-200
I've had a few 4Tb EVO 870s, and generally the performance is very good for the price point. A word of caution if you have an 870 made in 2021, they're dying like flies right now. Lots of uncorrectable error blocks popping up. Similar experiences reported on forums dedicated to 870 problems.
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/samsung-870-evo-b…
I've sent a couple in to Samsung and they're honouring the warranty on every one. The late 2022 generation onwards is meant to be fine however.
Thanks, I had no idea. Went through that entire post.
I have a 2021-01 Korean made 870 EVO 1TB that I purchased May 2021. I'll keep an eye on it, but knowing my luck it will fail out of warranty by the time it fails as I use it pretty lightly (3.7TB writes so far).
2TB is $178.62 (with eBay Plus). Going to get one for my NAS.
Edit: Crucial BX500 2TB is $139.62! (but 720TBW) Link
EVO is much better drive than BX500, well worth the difference
Yeah, I thought the same - purchased earlier today and it's out for shipping, ETA Monday!
Why arent sata ssd drives cheaper. Im out of slots for nvme and looking for 4tb satas
It's a TLC drive, a better quality flash likely to be more expensive.
Waiting for these to hit ~$250 a pop… I have an 8-bay to fill. :)
Yeah waiting until 4TB drives get around the $200 mark and might swap out the HDD in my CCTV computer as it's pretty bloody noisy the mechanical drive that's in there and probably due to die in the next year or two.
Make sure you enable motion sensitive recording if you do this - otherwise if the system is recording (writing) 24/7 then it E will wear out any SSD in a short time.
I would just use a 2.5" 4TB mechanical drive for this use case.
Nah it'll be 24/7. Takes about 13 days to fill a 4TB drive. SSD should be good for at least 500 writes, so that's like 18 years worth of recording
![[eBay Plus] Samsung 870 EVO 4TB 2.5" SATA SSD $326.82 Delivered @ Computer Alliance eBay](https://files.ozbargain.com.au/n/04/777004.jpg?h=51cd3e1d)
As an old, I remember waaay back in 2013 when i bought a 1TB 840 EVO for nigh on $400.
It has been my main OS drive for 10 years now, now that was a good purchase!