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expired Posted by reptarSnax ā¢ Jun 12, 2023
Jun 12, 2023 7:07 PM
8TB Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" Solid State Drive
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Speed: A wash, as it being SATA is going to be the major slowing point, you're not getting 5000MB/s transfer rates with this regardless of brand.
Capacity: the QVO is better because well you get more crammed into that little box, EVO versions of this drive max out at 4TB
Longevity: TLC is superior, but if you're using it mostly as a storage device (e.g. Plex server) then it probably doesn't make any difference either way. Edit: Just looked up the specs on this TBW is 2880TB, so I wouldn't worry about longevity, the warranty covers 3 years or TBW whatever comes first so that aspect should be fine.
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I don't know that I'd call it superfast storage, at least when it comes to writes. After the ~6-84GB pSLC cache is exhausted, sequential writes drop to ~170 MB/s. At that rate it would take about 13 hours to fill, assuming sequential writes. That's about on par with a hard drive. For an application where it's mostly just used for reads it would probably be fine.
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Speed: A wash, as it being SATA is going to be the major slowing point, you're not getting 5000MB/s transfer rates with this regardless of brand.
Capacity: the QVO is better because well you get more crammed into that little box, EVO versions of this drive max out at 4TB
Longevity: TLC is superior, but if you're using it mostly as a storage device (e.g. Plex server) then it probably doesn't make any difference either way. Edit: Just looked up the specs on this TBW is 2880TB, so I wouldn't worry about longevity, the warranty covers 3 years or TBW whatever comes first so that aspect should be fine.
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I don't know that I'd call it superfast storage, at least when it comes to writes. After the ~6-84GB pSLC cache is exhausted, sequential writes drop to ~170 MB/s. At that rate it would take about 13 hours to fill, assuming sequential writes. That's about on par with a hard drive. For an application where it's mostly just used for reads it would probably be fine.
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It can technically fit a second SATA drive, but due to having the larger battery the interface is not accessible. If I wanted to use this, I'd have to buy the smaller battery and replace it before I could use the SATA connection.
BTW this a game drive was down to $330 previously so yes this is definitely a ripoff.
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Speed: A wash, as it being SATA is going to be the major slowing point, you're not getting 5000MB/s transfer rates with this regardless of brand.
Capacity: the QVO is better because well you get more crammed into that little box, EVO versions of this drive max out at 4TB
Longevity: TLC is superior, but if you're using it mostly as a storage device (e.g. Plex server) then it probably doesn't make any difference either way. Edit: Just looked up the specs on this TBW is 2880TB, so I wouldn't worry about longevity, the warranty covers 3 years or TBW whatever comes first so that aspect should be fine.
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