Try tuning your other timings. Get Thaiphoon Burner and check your RAM chip (the actual brand of the RAM chip) manufacturer. Then tune it according to Ryzen DRAM Calculator. Also, make sure your fabric clock (FCLK) is the same as your DRAM. Zen Timings is another app for you to use.

Performance sinks when other timings isn't optimized. I'm testing it myself as well.

This post has been edited by TristanX: Jan 2 2022, 01:34 AM

Yeah original package with sealed. Just gotta live with it I guess

haha have to refer back to Seller

Usually, I purchased Samsung PM9a1 from Aliexpress, the SSD are used and removed from Lenovo laptops.
Cheap and good, Samsung OEM, speeds equal to 980 Pro.

Links as below

Samsung PM9a1

This post has been edited by Benefon: Jan 3 2022, 11:53 AM

Thanks man for replying. I had contacted the pc shop and they not aware of this. Oh well, I tried...

Hi,
Just purchased a Samsung EVO SSD for upgrade on my old PC running on HDD (Win7). I'd like to install this SSD with Win10. During installation, should I disconnect the HDD (Win7) to prevent any potential issues?

If I'd like to run dual boot will this cause an issue that the W7 boot files not updated to the level of W10?

https://neosmart.net/forums/threads/two-sep...d-win-10.18656/

Anyone done dual boot on different drives successfully? Appreciate the advice. Thanks.

This post has been edited by CP88: Jan 10 2022, 12:29 AM

If you want to dual boot, with option to choose which OS during boot, you need to keep the HDD connected so that Win 10 create boot option. Not sure will it create issue as that link.

I done dual boot Win 10 before, on 1 SSD with 2 partition.
When boot first Win 10, first partition is C: while second partition is D:
When boot second Win 10, second partition is C: while first partition is D:
So by right each Windows only write system files on their own partition and doesn't interfere other partition. I don't know if Win 7 will make changes on the boot which caused it to break or anything. You also should avoid using another disk as pagefile as that might cause issue, Win sometimes auto set other drive use for pagefile.

Guys, appreaciates if can recommend a budget and reliable 2.5" SSD (1TB) that can be used as secondary drive for programs and games installation path.

Main Drive - Corsair M.2 MP510 (480GB)


Thank you!

Try Crucial MX500 or Samsung 860 Evo

wait for promo on shopee or lazada, crucial mx500 1tb can get for rm330 or so, normal price should be around RM360-RM380 if not mistaken

Thanks mate.. Crucial MX500 it is!

noted on the promo price!

Thinking of getting a ~250GB NVME SSD for Linux dual boot use this CNY.

Looked around and seems like Kingston KC2500 is best for around ~RM150 price range.

Any other suggestions around that price range?
Already checked Silicon Power A60/A80, Corsair Force MP510

Yup. KC2500 is best price/performance.

I can vouch for kc2500. given its cheap price in Malaysia, I'm surprised it is hardly being recommended. its performance is up there and temps are good. likewise for kc3000.

Bought KC2500 500 GB.

Tested Read : 3210 and Write 2480 on macOS Monterey.

Almost as fast as it's spec

I was expecting Read speed : 3480.

I have ADATA SX8200 Pro 512GB that I bought in 2019, now it is about 286 GB available.
The read speed has dropped to 3079 and write dropped to 2110 currently.

Is this normal?

Normal for performance to decrease if filled up. Also possible the OS is writing/reading on the SSD for other stuff at the same time. Driver not optimized. If Win 11, last time it got problem with SSD running slow, but latest update should have fixed it. I got same SSD, mine read speed 3.5k, write 2.2k. 30% fill and host write 26TB. On Win 11. NVME SSD is already very fast, 10% slower won't feel the difference on light writing/reading.

if it is easy for you to do so, move all your data/files out of the ssd, and run trim a few times.
then rerun the speed test on the empty ssd and see if the speed increases back to previouysly.

mine is close to the advertised spec (edit: after firmware update).. but installed as a secondary drive and about 30GB used.
not as fast as my samseng evo plus but given the price is substantially cheaper, i can't complain.

This post has been edited by overfloe: Feb 17 2022, 10:48 AM

Value king for PCIE 3.0 is back.

Transcend MTE220S 2TB at RM943 and RM959
https://shopee.com.my/Transcend-256GB-512GB...3596.5392973685?
https://shopee.com.my/TRANSCEND-MTE220S-PCI...e2-45e991d90852

This post has been edited by TristanX: Feb 18 2022, 09:38 AM