Amazon.com[amazon.com] has the Crucial P3 Series NVMe Internal Solid State Drives for
500gb $32.99
1TB $62.89
2TB $139.99
4TB $322.99
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NVMe (PCIe Gen3 x4) technology with up to 3500MB/s sequential reads, random read/write 350K/460K IOPS
Spacious storage up to 4TB
Performs up to 33% better than the previous generation
Solid Gen3 performance
Rated at MTTF greater than 1.5 million hours for extended longevity and reliability
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This is the lowest tier of SSD drives. The TBW looks in line with Inland SSDs (MicroCenter brand).
Even this is fine for a lot of people. I've been using a Crucial P2 as a boot drive. Purchased right around when people discovered Crucial was bait and switching the P2 from TLC to QLC. Sustained write performance is really really really bad. But most of the time people are not doing long write sessions.
This is what happens when you copy too much data at once https://www.amazon.de/gp/customer...SC1AIYMOH2 After around 1/4 of the empty space's worth of storage is taken by cache, the real copy rate drops below 80MB/s.
This drive doesn't even have a dedicated SLC flash. It uses its own QLC in pseudo SLC mode for write caching, which uses 4 bits of QLC space as a single bit, so the cache is in theory one eighth of the empty space. It performs well in benchmarks if your drive is empty. But don't fill these drives past 75~80%, or it will slow down very soon after the overprovisioned space filled.
Obviously for a video editor who spends $2000 on a workstation, don't skim on a $200 2TB drive. But for other people as long as they know how to work around their drives, they will be fine. If you are buying a $600 laptop from Costco, it doesn't make sense to spend $120 on a Samsung 980 Pro or SK P31 1TB.
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From Tom's Hardware:
"Cons
-QLC and DRAM-less
-Low TBW"
Passing even though a good price for 4tb
This is the lowest tier of SSD drives. The TBW looks in line with Inland SSDs (MicroCenter brand).
Even this is fine for a lot of people. I've been using a Crucial P2 as a boot drive. Purchased right around when people discovered Crucial was bait and switching the P2 from TLC to QLC. Sustained write performance is really really really bad. But most of the time people are not doing long write sessions.
This is what happens when you copy too much data at once https://www.amazon.de/gp/customer...SC1AIYMOH2 After around 1/4 of the empty space's worth of storage is taken by cache, the real copy rate drops below 80MB/s.
This drive doesn't even have a dedicated SLC flash. It uses its own QLC in pseudo SLC mode for write caching, which uses 4 bits of QLC space as a single bit, so the cache is in theory one eighth of the empty space. It performs well in benchmarks if your drive is empty. But don't fill these drives past 75~80%, or it will slow down very soon after the overprovisioned space filled.
Obviously for a video editor who spends $2000 on a workstation, don't skim on a $200 2TB drive. But for other people as long as they know how to work around their drives, they will be fine. If you are buying a $600 laptop from Costco, it doesn't make sense to spend $120 on a Samsung 980 Pro or SK P31 1TB.
I would argue the Sabrent PCIe 4 DRAM drive is worth $80 compared to $63 for this one. https://slickdeals.net/f/16220146-1tb-sabrent-rocket-extreme-pcie-4-0-nvme-m-2-ssd-80-free-shipping But this drive is sold by Amazon which can be combined with the various shop with points offer making it under $40, and the Sabrnet can't be combined with the same offer. So this still has an edge post promotion.
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"Cons
-QLC and DRAM-less
-Low TBW"
Passing even though a good price for 4tb
Now that's a deal.
This is the lowest tier of SSD drives. The TBW looks in line with Inland SSDs (MicroCenter brand).
Even this is fine for a lot of people. I've been using a Crucial P2 as a boot drive. Purchased right around when people discovered Crucial was bait and switching the P2 from TLC to QLC. Sustained write performance is really really really bad. But most of the time people are not doing long write sessions.
This is what happens when you copy too much data at once https://www.amazon.de/gp/customer...SC1A
This drive doesn't even have a dedicated SLC flash. It uses its own QLC in pseudo SLC mode for write caching, which uses 4 bits of QLC space as a single bit, so the cache is in theory one eighth of the empty space. It performs well in benchmarks if your drive is empty. But don't fill these drives past 75~80%, or it will slow down very soon after the overprovisioned space filled.
Obviously for a video editor who spends $2000 on a workstation, don't skim on a $200 2TB drive. But for other people as long as they know how to work around their drives, they will be fine. If you are buying a $600 laptop from Costco, it doesn't make sense to spend $120 on a Samsung 980 Pro or SK P31 1TB.
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From Tom's Hardware:
"Cons
-QLC and DRAM-less
-Low TBW"
Passing even though a good price for 4tb
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B25LZGGW
Now that's a deal.
Now that's a deal.
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"Cons
-QLC and DRAM-less
-Low TBW"
Passing even though a good price for 4tb
Even this is fine for a lot of people. I've been using a Crucial P2 as a boot drive. Purchased right around when people discovered Crucial was bait and switching the P2 from TLC to QLC. Sustained write performance is really really really bad. But most of the time people are not doing long write sessions.
This is what happens when you copy too much data at once https://www.amazon.de/gp/customer...SC1A
This drive doesn't even have a dedicated SLC flash. It uses its own QLC in pseudo SLC mode for write caching, which uses 4 bits of QLC space as a single bit, so the cache is in theory one eighth of the empty space. It performs well in benchmarks if your drive is empty. But don't fill these drives past 75~80%, or it will slow down very soon after the overprovisioned space filled.
Obviously for a video editor who spends $2000 on a workstation, don't skim on a $200 2TB drive. But for other people as long as they know how to work around their drives, they will be fine. If you are buying a $600 laptop from Costco, it doesn't make sense to spend $120 on a Samsung 980 Pro or SK P31 1TB.