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expired Posted by tDames | Staff • Mar 23, 2023
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1TB TEAMGROUP AX2 3D NAND TLC 2.5" SATA III Solid State Drive
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However, the last time I did it, I had issues going from 250 GB to 1 TB. It would not boot.
I think I had to partition the new SSD as 250 GB for the copy to work. Then use DISK MGMT to section/format the remaining partition.
However, because MACRIUM didn't work, I ended up using Clonezilla.
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A USB 3.1 port with a proper 10Gbps adapter or enclosure will actually provide more bandwidth than the internal SATA connection (1250MBps vs 750MBps, theoretical), but both exceed the speeds that this type of SSD can achieve. This choice is more important on the launch and slim PS4 consoles since they only have SATA2 connectors (300MBps).
For my PS4 slim, I used a SABRENT 10Gbps adapter cable (~$15) and put my drive into an enclosure of a drive that failed.
Adapter for reference: https://a.co/d/iynJ9i8
You seem to know what youre talking about so i have questions, I just bought a 1TB crucial MX500 for 52 from amazon, to use as "cold storage" for my Series X. Meaning I just put games there, and when I want to play them I can just transfer them from the external SSD to the internal (since the internal filled up pretty fast, even though I am not that big a gamer other than Destiny), and this is much faster than downloading them from the internet. Partly because I just switched to a much slower internet to save $ (went from 400 mbps to ~40-80 mbps most of the time). Can also play backwards compatible, past gen titles etc direct from the external (and I found out, even a few semi-native Series X games can be played direct from external, in my case Halo MCC). Anyways, the OP drive is one I had considered, but a review said the MX 500 is MUCH better so I got it. Now, I got the 2.5" Sata by design, cost is important and I already had two unused Sabrent 2.5" Sata enclosures laying around, where I would have had to spend extra for an NVME enclosure which I dont have. And it seems they run about 30 bucks for the Sabrent m.2 enclosure on Amazon, which isn't cheap. ANYWAYS, I just did a little HW today (too late) in response to the Samsung 970 deal, and discover it is up to SEVEN TIMES faster (apparently, not sure what this would translate to in real world use of transferring a 100GB Xbox game). So then I was kicking myself a little, thinking I should have got the Evo. But after some more research, I guess the Series X has a USB 3.1 port, which tops out at 5 Gbps? Now my Crucial MX500 transfers games at around 2.5 Gbps. So, I'm thinking the Samsung would be limited by USB 3.1 to about 2X as fast as the crucial max, not 7x? If so, I can live with that. Definitely not worth the return hassle and extra expense for 2X (might mean a game transfers in 3 minutes rather than 6, not a huge deal to me), but it might be for 7X.
Anyways basically, did I get all that roughly correct? The 970 Evo would be limited by USB 3.1 and only be about 2X faster than a Crucial MX 500 in transferring games to and from a Series X?