Thanks

seems like a very solid evidence that both drives need RMA immediately

yes, apparently. that's really bad.

that's also why i never skip data backups. even simple backup strats will help a lot in situations like this.

Transcend MTE220S 2TB now RM539....
https://www.lazada.com.my/products/transcen...7292000073.html?

Kingston KC3000 2TB at RM858...

https://www.lazada.com.my/products/kingston...1634944905.html?

This post has been edited by TristanX: Dec 12 2022, 12:19 AM

IT COMP currently selling Kingston KC3000 2TB at RM780 post laz bonus and store voucher discounts

i thought there were still stocks the last time i checked, but transcend mte220s 2tb is out for now, https://shopee.com.my/TRANSCEND-MTE220S-PCI...4975.4572665317

the same happened to the laz link that TristanX shared above.

Sells like hotcakes. You are one week late!

Other shop still got stock
But you gotta hurry as only 2 units left from this store

https://shopee.com.my/product/21097082/14395550404

nope i managed to grab another pair when the price was 544myr hehe

i have 4 pairs of them for now. now i need to find time to read about raid cards and new mobo features.

i'm very sorry to confuse you because of my poorly constructed sentences above. thanks a lot for this new link though.

Amateur here, whats the diff between these two except the price?

Which is more suitable for main OS storage and heavy lifting software?

What are you going to use the 4 NVMe SSD in RAID for?

If solely for storage, then it's fine
But if it's for OS, software & games, not worth it

Best storage/price/performance for PCIE 3.0 and PCIE 4.0. Depends on your motherboard and your budget.

actually most of them are for different machines. they are for work purposes. cari makan bang

i just spare a pair to see if i can do a raid 0 for myself. some of my vms are larger than 120gb each. to prevent potential failures that cost me more time to set up everything, i just clone copies from master to run tests. it's much faster doing that.

edit: my current dream ssd is this, https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/pro...ifications.html

.. in my dream only. i'm still sane hehe

This post has been edited by horns: Dec 20 2022, 08:04 PM

The Transcend is just a basic PCIe Gen 3 ssd, fine for casual use, boot drive and os

The Kingston is new, PCIe Gen 4, faster if your system supports it, also great for boot, os and software, but may run hotter

the KC3000 replaced the old KC2500 which was a great value pcie gen3 drive
now the transcend took over the kc2500's place as it's discontinued

i just realized that samsung 840 pro (1x 256gb, 2x 512gb; op at 15% each) that are running in this old x99 are around 9 years old now. the 256gb has health status of 97%, while 2x 512gb have 99%.



mlc and 3d xpoint are the two memory types that should be available as options for prosumer usage. but yeah, they are too good to be used in that user segment. (i mean, too durable, until they could potentially be the reason that makers went out of business)

This post has been edited by horns: Dec 21 2022, 11:20 AM

This store is selling 2TB MTE220S at a cheaper price than the other store listed in this thread

2TB @ RM508.90

https://shopee.com.my/product/26508036/11513181835

so happy, price keep falling for nvme

the increased layer count of 3d-tlc is supposed to improve endurance, compared to 2d-tlc. the ones in the market currently should be relatively closer to that of mlc's.

however, i might be wrong, because they don't tell us much about this. there is no article about such comparisons, in terms of relative endurance.

next year we will have 232-layer from micron and 238-layer from sk hynix.

edit: 3d-tlc with mlc-like high endurance are mainly deployed for dc/industrial usage. if you looked for such options (for work purposes mainly), you can source from there.

This post has been edited by horns: Dec 29 2022, 10:30 AM

it seems samsung's SSD issue is seeping into their newer 990 pro as well:
https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/10jkwwh/_/
https://www.neowin.net/news/samsung-refusin...d-health-drops/

Must be that "periodic" flash cell overwriting to deal with cell voltage drift........
Either the periodic algorithm is too aggressive or the cell voltage drift is faster/worst than expected until triggering the periodic cell refresh algorithm......