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If you have a box for VMs this is sort of the perfect price/performance for putting that VM on an SSD...or just attaching a raw device to the VM. It's not a super-fast drive, but it'll saturate your SATA3 connection and it'll have more IOPS than an array.
It's temping to get 6 of these just to make a 5.6TB SSD array...but the enclosure will cost as much/more than the drives!
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The other comment is vague/inaccurate.
It wholly depends on how you use your system.
If you do lots of reads and writes of large files or tens of thousands of small files at a time (game installations, photo/video processing, archiving, etc) having DRAM provides fewer opportunities where your drive will start to slump in performance.
If you're just looking for a daily driver that boots up quickly and loads your handful of staple apps/games faster than a hard drive, a DRAMless drive is perfectly fine.
With that said, we're talking about a $10-$20 difference at this point. If you have the cash, get the better drive and never have to wonder if you made the wrong choice.
If you have a box for VMs this is sort of the perfect price/performance for putting that VM on an SSD...or just attaching a raw device to the VM. It's not a super-fast drive, but it'll saturate your SATA3 connection and it'll have more IOPS than an array.
https://youtu.be/K07sEM6y4Uc
For what purpose would you recommend a SSD with DRAM as opposed to the cheaper ones such as BX500
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Also, there's no need for ssds to be cheaper to be more preferable. Even costing more, the maintenance is reduced and service contracts are cheaper to implement.
I'm very cost sensitive. I won't buy because something is faster on paper, when it doesn't make any difference for my specific use.
For much of our data, USB2 speeds are sufficient, though we avoid using USB for anything where multiple processes will access the storage concurrently. USB-storage protocols are, er ... lacking compared to NVMe or SATA.
Why would I replace an 8TB HDD connected to an array which is connected via eSATA to the computer for something that costs 3x more? Hint: I wouldn't. People here aren't generally buying for a business. They are buying for themselves at home.
Fast at any cost works for some people. Not for me. That applies to many things - GPUs, CPUs, cars, boats, and kitchen mixers.
For what purpose would you recommend a SSD with DRAM as opposed to the cheaper ones such as BX500
I do think Crucial is a more reliable brand, but I'm not sure if I'd say the BX500 is better than this Kingston. Both are DRAM-less budget oriented drives. I'd go with whichever is significantly cheaper. If there's only a difference of a few dollars, then definitely get the Crucial BX500 over this one.
Even a DRAM-less SSD is going to be so much faster than a regular HDD. Whatever anyone says about DRAM-less SSDs being super slow is full of BS because only those who transfer a lot of files, deal with large installations, etc. will face significantly slowdowns vs a DRAM SSD, and even then in most cases the DRAM-less SSD will still be faster than any HDD.
I installed a 512gb NVMe SSD with DRAM on my laptop. It replaced a slower DRAM-less non-NVMe SSD because it was only 128gb. I personally cannot tell the difference in performance whatsoever between the two drives, even though the 128gb drive is technically much slower and inferior than the replacement. I'm sure I'm saving a few seconds to a minute when installing large files and I'm sure benchmark software would show the new drive as being much faster, but in real world, day to day basic use, there is honestly very little to notice.
I do think Crucial is a more reliable brand, but I'm not sure if I'd say the BX500 is better than this Kingston. Both are DRAM-less budget oriented drives. I'd go with whichever is significantly cheaper. If there's only a difference of a few dollars, then definitely get the Crucial BX500 over this one.
Even a DRAM-less SSD is going to be so much faster than a regular HDD. Whatever anyone says about DRAM-less SSDs being super slow is full of BS because only those who transfer a lot of files, deal with large installations, etc. will face significantly slowdowns vs a DRAM SSD, and even then in most cases the DRAM-less SSD will still be faster than any HDD.
I installed a 512gb NVMe SSD with DRAM on my laptop. It replaced a slower DRAM-less non-NVMe SSD because it was only 128gb. I personally cannot tell the difference in performance whatsoever between the two drives, even though the 128gb drive is technically much slower and inferior than the replacement. I'm sure I'm saving a few seconds to a minute when installing large files and I'm sure benchmark software would show the new drive as being much faster, but in real world, day to day basic use, there is honestly very little to notice.
For about $15 more, you're in DRAM territory.
DRAM isn't always a must have, but when it's as cheap as lunch, why not spring for it?
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