is this budget SSD good? planning to get one to store some daily games for the loading speed.
It is really cheap compared to WD and SD.

Its like the entry of all SSD. That's why its cheap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJEpQsGkNgg

watch this....dont know how to embedded

When you are used to old 28 seater school busses (HDD drives), even the Perodua Kenari (A400) feels luxurious though smaller. Easier to park, drives around fairly well. That sort of comparison.

Crucial MX500 is like... Honda City... value for money
Samsung 860 Evo SATA is like... a Toyota Camry... pricey, faster and classy
and the 970 Evo NVMe is like Ferrari 438 Italia... different class of speeds, with smaller seating space

This post has been edited by mbr: Nov 23 2018, 04:56 PM

And 970 Pro is the Bugatti Chiron

All those super cheap ones very likely does not have DRAM cache. Crucial MX500 got price drop and it is definitely better than Kingston A400.

yea. but quite a number of brands, by far this one is the cheapest from lazada

Thanks a lot it is really informative. Looks like most of the entry lvl SSD is good.

Nice comparison, but i try to search around crucial mx500 pricing higher compare to kingston.
I plan to get this the cheap SSD purely for game storage only.
right now using Nvme 970 evo as boot drive. it is blazing fast!
But i don't plan to install any game in this drive.

970 Evo pro is another lvl, i am fine with 970 evo for now hehe.

is DRAM really that important?
Crucial mx500 better you mean because it has DRAM? i am eyeing for A400 because of the pricing hehe, not still searching for other brands tho.
i only plan to get one SSD drive purely for game storage.

DRAMless?
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/dramle...undup,4833.html

About DRAM cache:
https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/...h_dram_caching/

Crucial has 512mb cache I think, depending on model. You are right, if you only want for game storage, the dram may not play that big a role

MX500 crucial


DRAM
250GB 256MB DDR3
500GB 512MB DDR3
1TB 1GB DDR3

if you use for boost disk better choose the SSD got DRAM

Im using evo 970 nvme as my boot drive. for game storage i think can go for non DRAMless sdd?

Great. thanks for ur feedback.

thanks for ur intro

To be frank, you won't feel that difference. Tried an A400 on an ancient 2010 i3 530 + 2GB RAM, still boot like performance SSD.

Saw this deal on Amazon US!

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Inch-Interna...d=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Worth it even include shipping to Malaysia?

A400 is still a good upgrade coming from HDD.

i will only boils down to a simple question.

Are you gonna use it for gaming = A400 is enough

Are you gonna user it to store important work files and data = Don't use A400 , Go for Crucial MX500 or samsung evo.

Currently using A400 480GB for Steam library, works well at under 70% capacity.

Installed A400 480GB 2 weeks ago. Works like charm. Agree with some one them saying that if you only want to store stuff that is not personal and important, go for A400 and nothing else. Otherwise look for Crucial MX500 or EVO.

PS: I bought mine @ RM 268.

This post has been edited by exdtan: Nov 27 2018, 03:41 PM

Only reason to get a DRAM-less SSD (like this Kingston A400) is to use them as a temporary drive for gaming. Don't use them as your OS or storage drive.

What is your personal experience in using DRAM-less SSD as OS drive ?
I will be testing its lifespan and doing a review for A400 since I am using it as my OS drive to see if what they said is true about DRAM-less SSD.

Cool. Looking forward to it. I doubt it is better than any SSD with DRAM cache when it is heavy though.

https://www.anandtech.com/bench/SSD18/2431

I also just bought Kingston A400 and i used it for my OS. I noticed a very annoying issue with it. more often than not, my screen will freeze(unresponsive) along with the mouse cursor sometimes being able to move and sometimes not being able (stuck) but sounds are still being played without a problem during those unresponsive moments. Especially when programs are being opened.

Damn bloody annoying and it only happened right after i switched to A400 SSD. reformatted it and still the same shit.

does that have to do with the SSD not having DRAM cache?