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TeamGroup MS30 M.2 2280 TLC SATA III Solid State Drives: 1TB $43, 512GB Expired

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TeamGroup via Amazon has select TeamGroup MS30 M.2 2280 TLC SATA III Solid State Drives on sale from $23.99. Shipping is free with Prime or on $25+ orders.

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Available models:
  • 512GB (TM8PS7512G0C101) $22.99 Now: > $23.99
  • 1TB (TM8PS7001T0C101) $42.99
Product Details (512GB):
  • Note: These are not NVMe drives.
  • Form Factor: M.2 2280
  • Max Sequential Read: Up to 530 MBps
  • Max Sequential Write: Up to 430 MBps
  • Terabytes Written (TBW): 256TB
  • MTBF: 1,500,000 hours
  • 3-Year Manufacturer Limited Warranty
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TeamGroup via Amazon [amazon.com] has 512GB TeamGroup MS30 M.2 SATA III TLC Solid State Drive (TM8PS7512G0C101) for $22.99 Now $23.99. Shipping is free w/ Amazon Prime or on $25+

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Model: TEAMGROUP MS30 512GB with SLC Cache 3D NAND TLC M.2 2280 SATA III 6Gb/s Internal Solid State Drive SSD (Read/Write Speed up to 530/430 MB/s) Compatible with Laptop & PC Desktop TM8PS7512G0C101

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It's literally just a smaller one, period .Cannot fit a regular 2.5" in the Ultrabook, so my ZenBook has one of these - it was made before nvme became really popular, so SATA drive.
also.. many boards have a limited number of NVME slots. You can buy cards that allow you to use NVME in PCI e slots but that is a whole different discussion. In most motherboards there is a limit to the NVME and PCIE bandwidth. As you add devices you may end up slowing down the chain. ie you get gen 4 speeds then when you add your 3rd drive it downgrades to gen 3 speeds. SATA may allow you to add pretty fast storage in greater amounts. SSD data in raid can be a good way to get faster SATA without forcing a system downgrade. This really depends on your system..

At the moment, on my desk top I run 5 Hard drives in raid in addition to SATA SSD and NVME. Hard drives are still a must if you want durable large scale storage.

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FairNest1755
04-09-2023 at 02:11 AM.
04-09-2023 at 02:11 AM.
I never see M.2 2242. Why is that? Seems a lot of laptops have that slot.
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Teaser38
04-09-2023 at 05:31 AM.
04-09-2023 at 05:31 AM.
Quote from MaKlounkee :
Curious if this TLC based sata drive would outperform an QLC based nvme drive.

I would think in most respects it would.
Copying very large files, the TLC SATA drive would probably win. QLC drive this size will top out at 100 MBps or less in these smaller sizes. TLC might bottom out at 250ish.
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dbphillips
04-09-2023 at 11:39 AM.
04-09-2023 at 11:39 AM.
Quote from BigToys4BigBoys :
Over last two months have ordered two of these when on sale. Both have arrived trashed due to improper packaging by Amazon.

Both arrived snapped in two. These TeamGroup drives come on a cardboard card with drive in plastic bubble on the side. Amazon now ships everything in a stupid plastic envelope now. Both times drives has arrived snapped in half as there is no protection for drive when its in transit via USPS. And USPS tends to like to cram things in mailboxes. So had to send both of drives back. Finally gave up on a receiving something that was in one piece as the outsourced amazon support "promises" that replacement will be shipped properly....but that is a is a lie.
Monkeys shipped a Lego box to me in a bag. I just go on chat and tell them what happened and they send again in a box.
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CoreyR2384
04-09-2023 at 12:37 PM.
04-09-2023 at 12:37 PM.
Quote from valarin :
also.. many boards have a limited number of NVME slots. You can buy cards that allow you to use NVME in PCI e slots but that is a whole different discussion. In most motherboards there is a limit to the NVME and PCIE bandwidth. As you add devices you may end up slowing down the chain. ie you get gen 4 speeds then when you add your 3rd drive it downgrades to gen 3 speeds. SATA may allow you to add pretty fast storage in greater amounts. SSD data in raid can be a good way to get faster SATA without forcing a system downgrade. This really depends on your system..

At the moment, on my desk top I run 5 Hard drives in raid in addition to SATA SSD and NVME. Hard drives are still a must if you want durable large scale storage.

This^. My MSI B550 Tomahawk disables the bottom PCIE slot if the main PCIE and both M.2 slots are used. That's why I have a couple SATA SSD's, instead of an NVME PCIE add-on card.
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04-09-2023 at 12:50 PM.
04-09-2023 at 12:50 PM.
Niche product but can be useful. Especially if you need to resurrect an ancient computer with an EIDE slot - can use an adapter and this m.2 SATA drive. Something of the ~2005 vintage or older Big Grin
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04-09-2023 at 04:02 PM.
04-09-2023 at 04:02 PM.
Quote from dbphillips :
Monkeys shipped a Lego box to me in a bag. I just go on chat and tell them what happened and they send again in a box.
I decided to play it safe and ordered Lego from Target instead of Amazon and Walmart. It was well packaged with packaging air, but the monsters at FedEx decided to step on the fkin box and dented the whole box including the Lego set inside. Frown
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04-09-2023 at 04:41 PM.
04-09-2023 at 04:41 PM.
Quote from BigToys4BigBoys :
Over last two months have ordered two of these when on sale. Both have arrived trashed due to improper packaging by Amazon.

Both arrived snapped in two. These TeamGroup drives come on a cardboard card with drive in plastic bubble on the side. Amazon now ships everything in a stupid plastic envelope now. Both times drives has arrived snapped in half as there is no protection for drive when its in transit via USPS. And USPS tends to like to cram things in mailboxes. So had to send both of drives back. Finally gave up on a receiving something that was in one piece as the outsourced amazon support "promises" that replacement will be shipped properly....but that is a is a lie.
Must be a local issue, complain to your carrier, you have a bad delivery man and they have tracking now.
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cabos
04-09-2023 at 07:30 PM.
04-09-2023 at 07:30 PM.
Come on. It's SATA, not NVME
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Frank_Nitty
04-09-2023 at 08:15 PM.
04-09-2023 at 08:15 PM.
Hard pass for me on M.2 SATA SSDs...
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04-10-2023 at 04:01 AM.
04-10-2023 at 04:01 AM.
Quote from ghostfreckle :
What I want to know is if this format is faster, longer lasting, or in any way better (besides physical size) than a 2.5" sata ssd?

short and long answer is both no
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04-10-2023 at 10:46 AM.
04-10-2023 at 10:46 AM.
This is good for external ssd, just need an ext ssd enclosure
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04-10-2023 at 02:33 PM.
04-10-2023 at 02:33 PM.
Quote from ghostfreckle :
What I want to know is if this format is faster, longer lasting, or in any way better (besides physical size) than a 2.5" sata ssd?
The only possible negative issue is overheating. It's not that common but it can be fatal. It's easily remedied by the installation of a $10-15 heat sink and a very simple installation. If you go the NVMe route it might be worth keeping an eye on the temps at least initially with a freeware program like Crystal disk info just to be sure. Otherwise NVMe is far superior to the aging SATA interface. Prices used to be an issue but with the prices falling and your system will accommodate NVMe go for it, it's a no-brainer.
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04-10-2023 at 03:04 PM.
04-10-2023 at 03:04 PM.
I have some thin client machines I put these into about 2 weeks ago. For some reason they only do m.2 Sata not nvme. The 512 gb drives went in with no problem. They run reasonably fast enough to run VM's.
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04-10-2023 at 03:16 PM.
04-10-2023 at 03:16 PM.
Last week , actually $2 was cheaper
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Dead now
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