2TB not enough for you? Enter Sabrent 8TB M.2 NVMe SSD
Surprisingly, still using PCI-e 3.0

https://www.pcgamer.com/the-first-8tb-m2-ss...ninstall-games/

By the way, their 4TB is already on sale in Amazon for US$849.99 (RM3700)

This post has been edited by sHawTY: May 22 2020, 08:22 PM

in general, in terms of endurance and performance, the key to get qlc nand-based ssds is the still same: capacity (the larger the better), from established brands. this is especially important for qlc ssds, because larger capacity means larger cache to prevent speed drop.

however, as of now, the price points for consumer qlc ssd are still on the high side for some reasons.

I'm waiting for Silicon Motion PCIE 4.0 SSDs and Samsung 980 Pro. So long still not released yet.

yes, waiting for it too. everything has stalled ever since covid-19.

Hello everyone, which SSD brand is the best?

Looking for 1TB SSD to replace to 1TB HDD. Using Windows 10 and use for working purpose.
Currently looking at WD Blue 3D NAND, Crucial MX500, Kingston A400 and Silicon Power.

Samsung EVO SSD 860 is the way above my budget.

Thanks.

MX500 / Blue 3D, as these two drives have a DRAM cache

Just pick any of the cheaper two and you're set

Thank you very much.

Without DRAM cache will be slower?

Thanks.

No, but in some workloads they can end up to be slower than a mechanical drive (with other things like shorter lifespan due to a lack of wear levelling):



This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Jun 6 2020, 03:58 PM

Thanks for the information.

I check the benchmark for both Crucial MX500 and WD Blue 3D NAND.
Crucial MX500 seems to be better.
Benchmark Comparison.

Thanks.

Crucial P1 1TB NVME (RM535)
https://shopee.com.my/Crucial-P1-3D-NAND-NV...6936.2417077614


Crucial MX500 1TB SATA3 with DRAM (RM520)
https://shopee.com.my/Crucial-MX500-250GB-5...7888.1509198734


Crucial BX500 1TB SATA3 DRAMLESS (RM410)
https://shopee.com.my/Crucial-BX500-120GB-2...7888.1509232872

Crucial MX500 1TB M.2 SATA with DRAM (RM520)
https://shopee.com.my/Crucial-MX500-250GB-5...7888.1509217513

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/108172...s-a-dram-cache/

I was checking how to know the SSD got dram..in this website..someone recommend to use pcpartpicker.com to see..

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/internal-hard-drive/#t=0

But how come the famous ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro got no dram cache?

Crucial MX500 gets my vote. Currently using one's 1Tb in my lappy

Oh thanks...

Out of 1TB, what's the available space?
How's the bootup time?
No 100% disk?

You clone from HDD to SSD or fresh install Windows?
How long have you been using it?

Thanks.

Considering its a laptop bought in 2014 running windows 8.1, dont expect the crazy fast boot time but it is faster than any HDD given the same specs and same windows environment. Counted for 15sec the moment i pressed the power button until my desktop icon page appeared. Bought and replaced it around jan 2019. Still running strong until today

Oh thanks for the information.

About the Free Available Space out of the box and the installation.
You clone/migrate OS or Fresh Install to this SSD?

Thanks.

Sorry for answering too fast. I think its 930GB like most HDD out of the box for fresh Win install. I clone my 250GB 840 Evo to this new SSD using external sata plug. I use the Macrium Reflect free software) to do the cloning. It goes all well since the license is embedded within the laptop system (mobo). It does not give any error luckily. I guess my clone is a successful one.

It's OK bro.

Even cloning also improves the speed.
I heard about Macrium Reflect.
First time I heard the Windows license is embedded to motherboard instead of HDD/SSD.

Existing laptop using 1TB HDD. Wish to get 500GB SSD.
But cloning/migrating is one of the major problems.
Some of them give different answers.
Said cannot and said can.
Very headache to change to smaller or bigger.
Only used up 82GB out of 1TB.

Can do fresh install but need to reinstall everything.

What do you think?

Thanks.

This post has been edited by FusionXY: Jun 7 2020, 02:24 AM

Just did googling. "The key for the version of Windows the PC comes with is stored in the computer's UEFI firmware or BIOS. You don't even need to know it–assuming you're installing the same edition of Windows the PC came with, it should automatically activate and work without you needing to enter a key." Its stored in your laptop's bios. I replaced the HDD right after I buy my laptop in 2014. Its been running that fast upon buying the laptop with 8gb ddr3 ram. That time SSD is expensive that not every laptop has. When I see people's laptop getting slower due to HDD performing poorer, I am glad that I made the switch the moment I bought the laptop. Its just tat 250gb ssd is not enuf for further storage considering i had used the laptop for 6 years now. I did myself. Replaced myself DIY myself. It is so easy. If your laptop has m2 slot, even better. Plug the m2 then clone from ur HDD. Samsung data migration is good for samsung ssd/nvme. You can do fresh install to prevent any file missing or eliminate error or compatibility issue. I did that also for the sake of trying clone for the first time and it worked fine. I still keep the 250GB SSD with the original windows files data all intact. I did not format it so I still have some old essential backup and ensure my windows 8.1 will not bump into issue.

Check Garage Sales, there's few seller selling cheaper than Lazada/Shopee seller selling.

You only used 82GB out of 1TB, so I don't believe you have lots of software installed
Also, after switching to SSD, you will see that installing software is a lot faster than what it used to be