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1TB TEAMGROUP AX2 3D NAND TLC 2.5" SATA III Solid State Drive

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TEAMGROUP Inc. via Amazon has 1TB TEAMGROUP AX2 3D NAND TLC 2.5" SATA III Solid State Drive (T253A3001T0C101) on sale for $39.99 Now $42.99. Shipping is free.

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AX2 Specs:
  • Read: up to 540MB/s
  • Write: up to 490 MB/s
  • 3-year limited warranty

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  • About this Deal:
    • The AX2 is rated 4.7 out of 5 stars from over 7,000 reviews.
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  • Alternatively, Newegg has 1TB TEAMGROUP CX2 3D NAND TLC 2.5" SATA III Solid State Drive (T253X6001T0C101) on sale for $39.99. Shipping is free.
    • CX2 Specs:
      • Read: up to 540MB/s
      • Write: up to 490 MB/s
      • 3-year limited warranty

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TEAMGROUP Inc. via Amazon has 1TB TEAMGROUP AX2 3D NAND TLC 2.5" SATA III Solid State Drive (T253A3001T0C101) on sale for $39.99 Now $42.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal hunter tDames for sharing this deal.

AX2 Specs:
  • Read: up to 540MB/s
  • Write: up to 490 MB/s
  • 3-year limited warranty

Editor's Notes

Written by SaltyOne | Staff
  • About this Deal:
    • The AX2 is rated 4.7 out of 5 stars from over 7,000 reviews.
  • About this Store:
No longer available:
  • Alternatively, Newegg has 1TB TEAMGROUP CX2 3D NAND TLC 2.5" SATA III Solid State Drive (T253X6001T0C101) on sale for $39.99. Shipping is free.
    • CX2 Specs:
      • Read: up to 540MB/s
      • Write: up to 490 MB/s
      • 3-year limited warranty

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Model: TEAMGROUP AX2 1TB 3D NAND TLC 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal Solid State Drive SSD (Read Speed up to 540 MB/s) Compatible with Laptop & PC Desktop T253A3001T0C101

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I wouldn't call Teamgroup no name, as I've seen their ram sticks at major retailers for many years. And it's not like PNY is thought of on the same tier as, say, WD.
doesnt seem to have dram

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Quote from shark974 :
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?
That's correct. The transfer speed of your external drive will be limited by the bandwidth of the USB port it's connected to. I believe the Series X stuck with the USB 3.2 Gen 1 port as you said, (5Gbps or about 625MBps), so while the Evo would be theoretically 2x as fast, that's really more true for writes in this scenario as opposed to reads. And for the price difference, you're only getting a couple seconds here and there. You can find cheaper NVMe enclosures though, like this one by UGREEN that currently has a coupon making it under $19: https://a.co/d/ajNENhw

It can definitely make a difference if you're transferring games often or several at once, but the 2.5 SATA is the best bang for the buck solution since the NVMe speed is severely limited by the USB connection. The only thing significantly faster than either is Microsoft's proprietary card by Seagate because it can access the Series X Velocity Architecture so Series X games can play directly from it. But that's also $400 for a 2TB card.

If it were me, I wouldn't hassle with the return and rebuy of an NVMe if you already have a SATA drive setup.
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Quote from shark974 :
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?
People pay way too much attention to those peak sequentials (which companies love to advertise) which will have little impact for the average user. For the average user, they're unlikely to notice an appreciable difference between the fastest NVMe drive and a good SATA drive. Admittedly, your use case may be a little different, since you just want to copy games to/from the drive. Still, it probably won't be a big deal. Setting aside the bottlenecks, which you appear to be aware of, just how fast do the transfers need to be? With a SATA drive, you're only looking at 3-4 minutes to copy 100GB from it. I think that's perfectly reasonable. In my opinion, the MX500 was a very good choice for your purposes.
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Solid company with solid products. Not trying to overcharge you and rip people off with their product pricing like Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron have been doing for the past decade. Their price collusion is is bad for consumers. I hope Teamgroup rises to the top of the pack and Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron fail.
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any recommendation on free software to clone a small Windows C drive to this?
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Quote from Redflyer :
Solid company with solid products. Not trying to overcharge you and rip people off with their product pricing like Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron have been doing for the past decade. Their price collusion is is bad for consumers. I hope Teamgroup rises to the top of the pack and Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron fail.
I'm not defending the pricing of any company but I view Team Group as a company that sells mainly products that are both cheap in price and quality. I don't consider them any better than a plethora of other brands like Kingston, PNY, Patriot, ADATA, and so on. They are definitely not in the same class as Samsung, Crucial/Micron, and SK Hynix. If those companies were to fail, where would Team Group and those others get their NAND or DRAM?
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Quote from dislab :
I bought this to replace a small 128G C drive of my desktop. Any advice which free software can clone the small C drive including Windows to a larger SSD? I found several free software don't support OS clone, like MiniTools, AOMEI free version. Thanks.
Confused how you found that these apps don't clone the OS? MiniTool definitely can. Most of these free apps allow you to copy over a partition, and the OS partition shouldn't be any different.


You select the OS partition, you select the target drive, and go. If the OS and your data are on different partition, you simply have to select both source partitions.


Alternatively, you can use the old free version of Macrium Reflect, or just do the free trial.
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Quote from vwbeetlvr :
Is there a good free software to use to clone a currently used 240 GB SSD that is running currently on the pc to this empty drive using a USB 3.0 enclosure?
Clonezilla is the GOAT. Download the iso, write it to a USB drive, boot it with both old and new drives attached (USB is fine). Once in clonezilla choose disk to disk and be very, oh so very, sure that you select the right source disk. It will clone in like ten minutes.

New drive should be the same size or larger than the old. If using Windows go into Disk Management (right-click Start Menu icon) and extend the drive after booting the new, larger disk.
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Quote from way-lo :
Confused how you found that these apps don't clone the OS? MiniTool definitely can. Most of these free apps allow you to copy over a partition, and the OS partition shouldn't be any different.


You select the OS partition, you select the target drive, and go. If the OS and your data are on different partition, you simply have to select both source partitions.


Alternatively, you can use the old free version of Macrium Reflect, or just do the free trial.
Thanks for pointing out. I must have read it wrong. I'll give a try.
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