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2TB Crucial P1 NVMe SSD @Newegg $190
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But mine telling me why?
But mine telling me why?
The Mushkin https://www.newegg.com/mushkin-en...6820226902 reads/writes up to 3500/3100 MB/s
That a massive performance difference.
The Mushkin https://www.newegg.com/mushkin-en...6820226902 reads/writes up to 3500/3100 MB/s
That a massive performance difference.
..and those are synthetic tests. In real world performance you might see a fraction of a second. Hardly noticable. Also the faster it read/writes the hotter it gets meaning it will trottle down. Plus Crucial has 5 yr warranty. Mushkin only has 3 yr.
The Crucial P1 is QLC-based with DRAM. It has relatively poor endurance (not that it really matters at this capacity) and its SLC "cache" will shrink as the drive fills up. I expect this is because it's not really discrete SLC NAND its using to cache, rather it's just QLC NAND that it's using as SLC by writing 1 bit per cell for as long as there space to shuffle around (correct me if I'm wrong). At its worst, you'll see large/sustained write operations fall to about 50MB/s, which is extremely awful for a SSD as it's basically mechanical hard drive territory. In TomsHardware's tests, this occurred when writing about 150GB on an near empty drive, so at least you wont see this often... until you really start to fill up the drive. As such, this really isn't for professional use (e.g. editors writing large project files). For gamers and casual users, you wont really saturate its cache with large write operations unless you're constantly installing large games on the drive that's at half or less capacity. That said, I've been using my Crucial P1 in my daily driver for about 2 years and at my current rate, it will take me about 12 years to reach its endurance rating. I've never hit the SLC cache wall either, but I avoid large writes on it except for when installing applications I use the most often.
The Mushkin Pilot-E has superior TLC-based NAND with DRAM, 4x the endurance, and sustained writes that don't shit itself when the SLC cache is saturated. So you dont really have any of the compromises of QLC. For $8 more (at the time) it seems like a no-brainer.
DRAM cache vs. no DRAM cache
3500/3100 MB/s R/W vs. 2000/1700 MB/s R/W
SM2262EN vs. SM2263EN controller
1300TBW vs 400TBW
Any one of these features is easily worth $10 more. All five for only $8 more? No brainer.
I mean, they are not even in the same category. The Crucial is a cheap QLC dram-less SSD with a cheap controller. The Mushkin has it beat in every single category.
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If this is true, then just get one of those 1TB SATA QLC drives for ~$80. After all, they are about 560 MB/s, so hardly noticable and also less hot. Right?
If this is true, then just get one of those 1TB SATA QLC drives for ~$80. After all, they are about 560 MB/s, so hardly noticable and also less hot. Right?
The point is that the Mushkin does everything better than the Crucial P1. Easily worth much more than the $8 extra (while the deal was active, of course).
If you don't care about performance/durability and just want a cheap SSD, then there are much better options than the Crucial. There are a couple of 1TB SATA SSD's listed here for $80-ish.
The point is that the Mushkin does everything better than the Crucial P1. Easily worth much more than the $8 extra (while the deal was active, of course).
If you don't care about performance/durability and just want a cheap SSD, then there are much better options than the Crucial. There are a couple of 1TB SATA SSD's listed here for $80-ish.
DRAM cache vs. no DRAM cache
3500/3100 MB/s R/W vs. 2000/1700 MB/s R/W
SM2262EN vs. SM2263EN controller
1300TBW vs 400TBW
Any one of these features is easily worth $10 more. All five for only $8 more? No brainer.
I mean, they are not even in the same category. The Crucial is a cheap QLC dram-less SSD with a cheap controller. The Mushkin has it beat in every single category.
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Same for this Silicon Power one. Pretty fast at 3,400/3,000 for $195
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product...OQJA&
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