Teamgroup T-Force Vulcan Z SLC Cache 3D NAND TLC SATA III SSDs: 480GB $28, 240GB
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Various Retailers have Teamgroup T-Force Vulcan Z SLC Cache 3D NAND TLC 2.5" SATA III Internal Solid State Drives on sale as listed below. Shipping is free unless otherwise noted.
Thanks to Community Members cheeknowe & bigsnyder for finding this deal.
QA note: These items are no longer available via Amazon, see FP for additional options
No DRAM, FYI. Not QLC, thankfully. Really cheap and not considered really, really reliable for important stuff. But if you want to upgrade your 10 year old Win10 laptop with an old HD, this SSD will allow you to surf the web & do schoolwork like gangbusters. SSD prices went up after the Christmas season, so I'm glad to see this came back down to $17.99.
Model: TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 240GB SLC Cache 3D NAND TLC 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal Solid State Drive SSD (R/W Speed up to 520/450 MB/s) T253TZ240G0C101
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TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 240GB SLC Cache 3D NAND TLC 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal Solid State Drive SSD (R/W Speed up to 520/450 MB/s) T253TZ240G0C101
Manufacturer:
TEAMGROUP
Model Number:
T253TZ240G0C101
Product SKU:
B09WMP88Z3
UPC:
765441060463
ASIN:
B09WMP88Z3
Brand:
TEAMGROUP
Item Dimensions LxWxH:
3.937 x 2.7559 x 0.27559 inches
Item Weight:
0.09920802 Pounds
Item model number:
T253TZ240G0C101
Manufacturer:
TEAMGROUP
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Like so many other cheap SSDs, you don't know what you're actually going to get until you receive the drive. It appears there's at least two significantly different variants of the Vulcan Z (without even getting into the QLC version). One is based on the SMI 2259XT controller and the other uses the Phison S11. Both are low end DRAM-less SATA controllers. I've had decent luck with Phison S11 based drives but will note they tend to have a very small static pSLC cache. Some of the SMI 2259XT based drives have a massive dynamic pSLC cache, which utilizes the entirety of the free space. They can also be "lazy" about flushing the pSLC to TLC/QLC, sometimes not even starting until it's roughly 4/5 full. This has its pros and cons.
Personally, I've observed several drives using SMI controllers suffer immense (>99%) performance degradation on data stored in native NAND (TLC/QLC). One of the drives I've seen affected was a 2TB Team Group Vulcan Z. I just thought I'd toss out this warning, since this controller is often (but not always) used in the Vulcan Z. For anyone wondering what they got, without having to disassemble the drive, you can potentially tell by the firmware version.
FW version W0... - Likely SMI 2259XT
FW version SBFM... - Likely Phison S11
Affected drives may not manifest the issue until they've ever been filled at least 25% full (for TLC) or 20% (for QLC) AND some time has passed. The issue often does not show up in benchmark programs but can be visible in Task Manager. It can also result in a blatantly obvious performance reduction.
The 480GB is only $10 more. Kid's computer running the 1TB model for a couple of years now. Works great.
Haha, no, I've used REAL no name brands and TeamGroup has many, many reviews of their various SSDs, SD cards, etc, so just because they aren't an old-school name brand, I would say that they are well established.
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03-22-2024 at 05:33 PM.
Like so many other cheap SSDs, you don't know what you're actually going to get until you receive the drive. It appears there's at least two significantly different variants of the Vulcan Z (without even getting into the QLC version). One is based on the SMI 2259XT controller and the other uses the Phison S11. Both are low end DRAM-less SATA controllers. I've had decent luck with Phison S11 based drives but will note they tend to have a very small static pSLC cache. Some of the SMI 2259XT based drives have a massive dynamic pSLC cache, which utilizes the entirety of the free space. They can also be "lazy" about flushing the pSLC to TLC/QLC, sometimes not even starting until it's roughly 4/5 full. This has its pros and cons.
Personally, I've observed several drives using SMI controllers suffer immense (>99%) performance degradation on data stored in native NAND (TLC/QLC). One of the drives I've seen affected was a 2TB Team Group Vulcan Z. I just thought I'd toss out this warning, since this controller is often (but not always) used in the Vulcan Z. For anyone wondering what they got, without having to disassemble the drive, you can potentially tell by the firmware version.
FW version W0... - Likely SMI 2259XT
FW version SBFM... - Likely Phison S11
Affected drives may not manifest the issue until they've ever been filled at least 25% full (for TLC) or 20% (for QLC) AND some time has passed. The issue often does not show up in benchmark programs but can be visible in Task Manager. It can also result in a blatantly obvious performance reduction.
ive had bad luck with cheap SSDs shitting the brick after 4 or so years
are these any good? reliable for long term? just need a few in some relatives' laptops they are almost out of space with their factory OEM 256GB SSDs so figured i would jump on the 480GB variant in this deal.
Heh... hard to decide if getting a 16GB SD card (from Newegg with 480GB) at this point really adds anything... maybe just for the spare adapter. On the other hand I'm not sure I want to encourage them to add useless crap to my order(s).
Cheap, but not exactly super hot deal. Regular price more like $31, so only saving around 10% on the 480GB model. While the 240GB model is maybe a better deal and enough for some uses, it's still not a great choice IMO when the 480 is only $10 more for 2x the space and should be a bit faster with more life (more space = less wear overall with same usage.)
ive had bad luck with cheap SSDs shitting the brick after 4 or so years
are these any good? reliable for long term? just need a few in some relatives' laptops they are almost out of space with their factory OEM 256GB SSDs so figured i would jump on the 480GB variant in this deal.
Never used an SSD. My RAID 0 Hard Drives still kicking after 15 years.
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Personally, I've observed several drives using SMI controllers suffer immense (>99%) performance degradation on data stored in native NAND (TLC/QLC). One of the drives I've seen affected was a 2TB Team Group Vulcan Z. I just thought I'd toss out this warning, since this controller is often (but not always) used in the Vulcan Z. For anyone wondering what they got, without having to disassemble the drive, you can potentially tell by the firmware version.
FW version W0... - Likely SMI 2259XT
FW version SBFM... - Likely Phison S11
Affected drives may not manifest the issue until they've ever been filled at least 25% full (for TLC) or 20% (for QLC) AND some time has passed. The issue often does not show up in benchmark programs but can be visible in Task Manager. It can also result in a blatantly obvious performance reduction.
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Personally, I've observed several drives using SMI controllers suffer immense (>99%) performance degradation on data stored in native NAND (TLC/QLC). One of the drives I've seen affected was a 2TB Team Group Vulcan Z. I just thought I'd toss out this warning, since this controller is often (but not always) used in the Vulcan Z. For anyone wondering what they got, without having to disassemble the drive, you can potentially tell by the firmware version.
FW version W0... - Likely SMI 2259XT
FW version SBFM... - Likely Phison S11
Affected drives may not manifest the issue until they've ever been filled at least 25% full (for TLC) or 20% (for QLC) AND some time has passed. The issue often does not show up in benchmark programs but can be visible in Task Manager. It can also result in a blatantly obvious performance reduction.
are these any good? reliable for long term? just need a few in some relatives' laptops they are almost out of space with their factory OEM 256GB SSDs so figured i would jump on the 480GB variant in this deal.
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Cheap, but not exactly super hot deal. Regular price more like $31, so only saving around 10% on the 480GB model. While the 240GB model is maybe a better deal and enough for some uses, it's still not a great choice IMO when the 480 is only $10 more for 2x the space and should be a bit faster with more life (more space = less wear overall with same usage.)
are these any good? reliable for long term? just need a few in some relatives' laptops they are almost out of space with their factory OEM 256GB SSDs so figured i would jump on the 480GB variant in this deal.
Never used an SSD. My RAID 0 Hard Drives still kicking after 15 years.
Way past time to upgrade that.