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expiredkraznazn posted Nov 21, 2022 03:38 AM
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expiredkraznazn posted Nov 21, 2022 03:38 AM
Inland QN322 2TB SSD NVMe PCIe Gen 3.0 x4 M.2 2280 3D NAND QLC Internal Solid State Drive $79.99
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The question is with reliability and support.
Reliability is on how crucial your data will be. This only 400TBW. Others would have at least 1000TBW. 400W is fine for 5 years though.
Though with video editing, using it for installing apps would be pretty okay. But for copying/storing your stuff, I'm worried about the sustained write speeds and there's hardly any reviews. The DRAM is yes or no also. Try to scour Amazon reviews for this.
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I would advise against for a primary drive, however a secondary drive for games this might be ok, but your download times and install times for games may suffer. I'll admit, they seem quite enticing for media server usage. It'll be real interesting to see how well(or bad) they perform, could be decent, or as slow as a something like a flash drive.
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Looks like my initial thought was correct Grabbed a review from four days ago from someone named yobo.
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USB 2.0 Write Speeds After Filling SSD Write Cache
This drive appears to have 1/4th of it's free space as SSD Write Cache. After you fill the write cache, the write speeds go from 1.7 GB/s to 40 MB/s, which is about as fast as a USB flash drive. I wanted to use this as a game drive and mostly fill it, but I fear updating games on it will be extremely slow. Honeslty, pay an extra $50 to get a better SSD.
... review from four days ago from someone named yobo.
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This drive appears to have 1/4th of it's free space as SSD Write Cache. After you fill the write cache, the write speeds go from 1.7 GB/s to 40 MB/s
The write caching is one reason never to fill up a SSD. By keeping a reasonable amount of free space (say 4x-8x your largest write) you can preserve its performance. The second is write leveling. Leaving more free space allows the controller to distribute/redistribute writes and preserve cell life.
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