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512GB Team Group CX2 2.5" SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive

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Newegg via eBay has 512GB Team Group CX2 2.5" SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (T253X6512G0C101) on sale for $29.99. Shipping is free.

Newegg has 512GB Team Group CX2 2.5" SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (T253X6512G0C101) on sale for $29.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member armharm for finding this deal.

Product Features:
  • Max Sequential Read: Up to 530 MBps
  • Max Sequential Write: Up to 470 MBps
  • TBW (Terabytes Written): 400TB
  • MTBF (Mean Time Before Failure): 1 million hours
  • Interface: 2.5" SATA III (6 Gb/s)
  • SLC Caching
  • 3-year limited warranty

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  • About this deal:
    • Limit 3 per customer.
    • This deal is $21 off (41% savings) the listed retail price of $50.99.
    • Our research indicates that this offer is $5 lower (14.2% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $34.99 and higher.
  • Ratings & Reviews:
    • Rated 4.6 out of 5 eggs based on 536 customer reviews on Newegg.
  • About this store:
    • Newegg return policy: Within 30 days.

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Newegg via eBay has 512GB Team Group CX2 2.5" SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (T253X6512G0C101) on sale for $29.99. Shipping is free.

Newegg has 512GB Team Group CX2 2.5" SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (T253X6512G0C101) on sale for $29.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member armharm for finding this deal.

Product Features:
  • Max Sequential Read: Up to 530 MBps
  • Max Sequential Write: Up to 470 MBps
  • TBW (Terabytes Written): 400TB
  • MTBF (Mean Time Before Failure): 1 million hours
  • Interface: 2.5" SATA III (6 Gb/s)
  • SLC Caching
  • 3-year limited warranty

Editor's Notes

Written by Corwin | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Limit 3 per customer.
    • This deal is $21 off (41% savings) the listed retail price of $50.99.
    • Our research indicates that this offer is $5 lower (14.2% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $34.99 and higher.
  • Ratings & Reviews:
    • Rated 4.6 out of 5 eggs based on 536 customer reviews on Newegg.
  • About this store:
    • Newegg return policy: Within 30 days.

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Model: Team Group CX2 CLASSIC - solid state drive - 512 GB - SATA 6Gb/s

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TheRealWonderBoy
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SMI SM2258XT DRAM-less controller with 64L Micron TLC NAND. Great price on a budget SATA SSD.
sethboat
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No single drive can really be considered a good long-term storage solution unless it is backed up regularly. But as far as reliability, it's almost impossible to know because everyone has an anecdote about how any particular drive is garbage or bulletproof or whatever😄

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Quote from TheRealWonderBoy :
SMI SM2258XT DRAM-less controller with 64L Micron TLC NAND. Great price on a budget SATA SSD.
I would not be confident of knowing what you're getting with a drive like this. These cheaper brands are constantly changing components. Even big players like Crucial and Samsung sometimes change internal components on existing models. I recently bought an ADATA drive (SU655) known for using the SMI SM2258XT controller (with a few reports of a Maxio controller), yet mine came with a Realtek controller (not sure what NAND, just branded ADATA).


Quote from YounhaRocks :
Would this be good for a long term storage drive? For an enclosure as a portable drive?
What's your definition of "long term"? I'd be wary if you intend to store the data more than a few years. For longer term storage, I would avoid any form of flash and instead go with something like a hard drive, optical media, or even tape. That's not to say your data will degrade on flash, the others are just a bit more proven. The most important thing is to make sure you have multiple copies of any important data (at least one off-site).

Quote from midnightblade :
I think the fact that this is a DRAM-less drive is actually better for a portable drive.

Issue being that you're more likely to unplug the drive, with DRAM unless you have capacitors (which many consumer drives don't) you could potentially lose any data that hasn't yet been written to NAND. With a DRAM-less drive all your data will likely already be sitting in either the SLC cache or written to TLC NAND already so from a hot unplug perspective it should be safer.
This is incorrect.

Quote from WingsOfF :
All SSDs with or without DRAMs use SLC cache these days as write buffer, not DRAM. The DRAM is used for translation tables and those are typically write through when translation tables change. If they don't do a write through, then they will have power off ability to write the small amount of dirtied translation tables. This is a non-issue at least for current drives. Otherwise, there would be huge problems with their use in laptops which can also lose power suddenly.
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No, that is when SLC cache used as write buffers get filled up.

DRAM is used to hold translation tables and without it random reads and writes will be slower than SSDs with DRAM. The peak spec read and write numbers are max speeds possible under ideal conditions - sequential reads where translation table look up overhead is amortized over long reads and sequential writes into the SLC cache. It gets worse as the SSD fills up.

The performance numbers for random reads and writes will be slower than those with DRAM all else being equal (like NAND latency and speed).
These are correct. Though, I'd argue sudden power loss is more of an issue with desktops than laptops. Most laptops have batteries and don't let them deplete completely. Regardless, modern SSDs seem to adequately cope with unexpected power loss. Still, it's advisable to properly eject/power down the drive before disconnecting it.
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Marathi
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How is it compared to this one?
Quote from WingsOfF :
The Silicon Power A55 at the same price is a better option in reported reliability in reviews.
How is this one or Silicon Power compared to TimeTec [amazon.com] ?
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rajivtiwary
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Quote from Lilyly :
just for the old laptops? how about old desktops?
Good for desktops also. I have moved OS on all my desktops to SSDs to reduce boot times.
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sefi23f
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512GB is really enough for daily use.
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Parato Optimal
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There's an ADATA that sells for around this price on Amazon with DRAM.

I think it's model number starts with "SU".

I had an ADATA thumb drive die just after it's warranty expired.

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WingsOfF
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Quote from Marathi :
How is it compared to this one?

How is this one or Silicon Power compared to TimeTec [amazon.com] ?
Silicon Power is pretty much the same as Team in components, pricing, location, etc. Usually, they have parallel products. Just that Silicon Power products have had better user reviews over time in reliability.

Don't know anything about Tmetec. Appears to be a relatively new company.
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raEKwonton
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Quote from Parato Optimal :
All the Team Group SSD's go on sale. Which is better than others?

AX1
AX2
CX1
CX2 (No DRAM)
EX2 (No DRAM)
GX1 (No DRAM)
GX2 (No DRAM)
Vulcan (YES, DRAM)
Vulcan G (No DRAM)
Vulcan Z

Silicon Power Ace A55 (No DRAM)
Similar PNY SSD's
Idk why this person got downvoted for this question but I am wondering the some. I'm not knocking OP for posting this deal, it's just the prices for m pay of team groups SSD and The silicon A55 been these prices for at least 3 weeks. … thought everyone knew already,

I know much less than probably most here and of all the 512gb SSDs on sale

I picked up the Vulcan Z about 2 weeks ago, haven't opened it yet.


What do you guys and gals think?

Should I just keep the Team group Vulcan Z, it or get another one?


It was around $30 too

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Quote from WingsOfF :
All SSDs with or without DRAMs use SLC cache these days as write buffer, not DRAM. The DRAM is used for translation tables and those are typically write through when translation tables change. If they don't do a write through, then they will have power off ability to write the small amount of dirtied translation tables. This is a non-issue at least for current drives. Otherwise, there would be huge problems with their use in laptops which can also lose power suddenly.
A laptop turning off is very different than a drive being hot unplugged from a server. A USB SSD drive enclosure will be more similar to the hot unplug.

The major difference from a hardware perspective between enterprise/data center drives and consumer drives are the fact that the former has capacitors specifically to ensure the dram can be flushed to the nand.
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cgigate
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Quote from YounhaRocks :
Would this be good for a long term storage drive? For an enclosure as a portable drive?
No, SSD is not for long term storage
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Quote from Parato Optimal :
There's an ADATA that sells for around this price on Amazon with DRAM.

I think it's model number starts with "SU".

I had an ADATA thumb drive die just after it's warranty expired.
No, ADADA SU800 with Dram is double priced than Team Group
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Quote from midnightblade :
A laptop turning off is very different than a drive being hot unplugged from a server. A USB SSD drive enclosure will be more similar to the hot unplug.

The major difference from a hardware perspective between enterprise/data center drives and consumer drives are the fact that the former has capacitors specifically to ensure the dram can be flushed to the nand.
Again, the DRAM in these drives is NOT a data cache! It is used to hold a copy of the FTL. Also, if you properly eject the USB enclosure, the drive will power down gracefully. Yes, I do realize plenty of people won't bother with the two extra clicks it requires.
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Quote from Parato Optimal :
There's an ADATA that sells for around this price on Amazon with DRAM.

I think it's model number starts with "SU".

I had an ADATA thumb drive die just after it's warranty expired.
Many ADATA SSDs start with the SU prefix. The SU800 is the one that I know has DRAM. Despite ADATA's claims, the SU760 does not have DRAM in the conventional sense, as demonstrated by everyone who's ever opened one up.
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Quote from YounhaRocks :
Would this be good for a long term storage drive? For an enclosure as a portable drive?
more like TEAM Data LOSS. for data storage I say stick with mechanical drives
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Quote from Parato Optimal :
There's an ADATA that sells for around this price on Amazon with DRAM.

I think it's model number starts with "SU".

I had an ADATA thumb drive die just after it's warranty expired.
might be missing a few letters like CKS. laugh out loud

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Quote from dj-3lusion :
might be missing a few letters like CKS.
Ha, ha, ha! You get a like for that.

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