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TEAMGROUP Inc via Amazon has 2TB Team Group MP44L M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe 1.4 Internal Solid State Drive (TM8FPK002T0C101) on sale for $71.99. Shipping is free.

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Product Details (specs pdf):
  • M.2 2280 form factor
  • SLC Caching
  • PCIe Gen 4.0 x4 NVMe 1.4 interface
  • Phison E21T Controller
  • 176-Layer Micron TLC Flash
  • Max Sequential Read/Write: Up to 4800/4400 MBps
  • 4KB Random Read/Write: Up to 525,000/550,000 IOPS
  • Terabytes Written (TBW): 1200TB
  • MTBF: 1,500,000 hours

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TeamGroup Inc. via Amazon [amazon.com] has 2TB TeamGroup MP44L SLC Cache NVMe 1.4 PCIe Gen 4x4 M.2 2280 Solid State Drive SSD (TM8FPK002T0C101) on sale for $71.99. Shipping is free.
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Model: TEAMGROUP MP44L 2TB SLC Cache NVMe 1.4 PCIe Gen 4x4 M.2 2280 Laptop&Desktop SSD (R/W Speed up to 4,800/4,400MB/s) TM8FPK002T0C101

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Just to expand a bit on your ranking:

SLC = 1 bit per cell; enterprise grade (100,000 cycles) and therefore very fast but very expensive for the amount of storage

MLC = 2 bits per cell; still very fast but offered in larger capacities and cheaper than SLC, though somewhat less reliable (10,000 cycles); early consumer SSDs were MLC and even most power users would be hard pressed to wear out one of these drives without exposing it to dirty voltage and/or constant read/writes such as 24/7 surveillance recording

TLC = 3 bits per cell; dominant consumer drive; less reliable (3,000 cycles) and slower than SLC or MLC, but offers even larger capacities at a much more reasonable price point

QLC = 4 bits per cell; slowest and cheapest of consumer grade drives; reliability is significantly lower than other technologies (1,000 cycles), however, this is somewhat offset with the use of 3D architecture and the larger capacities as you won't really start "wearing" the drive until you fill it over 50%

3D NAND - bits can be stored on a cell both horizontally and vertically which decreases their sensitivity to voltage differences and decreases errors, while also allowing for higher capacities and lower power consumption.

For reference, a "cycle" is a "program/erase" cycle, which means data is written to a cell, the cell is erased, and then rewritten.

To answer the poster's question: DRAM is a separate chip built into the SSD which functions sort of like the RAM in your PC. It stores data temporarily to increase access speeds to it, but then that data is lost when the power is turned off.

MLC/TLC/QLC drives with "SLC Cache" mean that there is a portion of the drive's storage that is ear-marked to function like SLC up to a point; frequently accessed data is written to this space to increase access speeds, but as the drive becomes full, this space stops functioning as a cache and reverts to normal MLC/TLC/QLC storage. The benefit to this method is that the data remains in storage on these cells even after power is removed. The downside is that this cache disappears as the drive becomes full, which isn't a problem for DRAM.
It is totally fine. Unless you know why you'd need a faster one, you don't

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09-13-2023 at 10:38 AM.
09-13-2023 at 10:38 AM.
It's a good price for 2TB, but this is definitely one of their 'slowest' drives at any price.
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09-13-2023 at 10:52 AM.
09-13-2023 at 10:52 AM.
Quote from t3t4 :
It's a good price for 2TB, but this is definitely one of their 'slowest' drives at any price.
what are you smoking?

it has SLC which are super fast writes and the most reliable cell technology, equaling 4400ish MBs writes and 1200 TBW on 2TB. and its gen4

btw, who can tell a difference between 3000 and 6000 MB writes?

the only downside is no DRAM
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09-13-2023 at 11:04 AM.
09-13-2023 at 11:04 AM.
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what are you smoking?

it has SLC which are super fast writes and the most reliable cell technology, equaling 4400ish MBs writes and 1200 TBW on 2TB. and its gen4

btw, who can tell a difference between 3000 and 6000 MB writes?

the only downside is no DRAM
I gave up smoking back in 2014, how about you?
It sounds like you didn't read or didn't understand what you read, but definitely didn't do any homework. I did not tell a lie!
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09-13-2023 at 11:20 AM.
09-13-2023 at 11:20 AM.
Quote from berrnard :
what are you smoking?

it has SLC which are super fast writes and the most reliable cell technology, equaling 4400ish MBs writes and 1200 TBW on 2TB. and its gen4

btw, who can tell a difference between 3000 and 6000 MB writes?

the only downside is no DRAM

My playstation can
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09-13-2023 at 11:39 AM.
09-13-2023 at 11:39 AM.
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I gave up smoking back in 2014, how about you?
It sounds like you didn't read or didn't understand what you read, but definitely didn't do any homework. I did not tell a lie!
https://www.teamgroupinc.com/en/c...dex_id=267
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09-13-2023 at 12:12 PM.
09-13-2023 at 12:12 PM.
Is this a good boot drive for windows 11? Building a new gaming computer and not sure which of all the different deals I should be purchasing for the build. Thank you for any help or suggestions.
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09-13-2023 at 12:21 PM.

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09-13-2023 at 12:21 PM.
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Is this a good boot drive for windows 11? Building a new gaming computer and not sure which of all the different deals I should be purchasing for the build. Thank you for any help or suggestions.
No, it's rather slow compared to other options. The top 2 performers for gen4 are the Samsung 990 pro and the Solidigm P44 Pro with the WD_BLACK SN850X coming in 3rd. You can find the same or similar price on these 3 as time goes on and holiday deals come around. Any of the 3 drives I mentioned would make for a much better boot drive option.
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09-13-2023 at 12:33 PM.
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Is this a good boot drive for windows 11? Building a new gaming computer and not sure which of all the different deals I should be purchasing for the build. Thank you for any help or suggestions.
It is totally fine. Unless you know why you'd need a faster one, you don't
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Quote from t3t4 :
No, it's rather slow compared to other options. The top 2 performers for gen4 are the Samsung 990 pro and the Solidigm P44 Pro with the WD_BLACK SN850X coming in 3rd. You can find the same or similar price on these 3 as time goes on and holiday deals come around. Any of the 3 drives I mentioned would make for a much better boot drive option.

How much faster will this boot a computer?
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09-13-2023 at 01:13 PM.
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Can i use this with my PS5?
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09-13-2023 at 01:25 PM.
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How much faster will this boot a computer?
Mmmmmm, somewhere in the neighborhood of nano-seconds faster. It's not peak speed that matters most for a boot drive, but rather sustained speeds and IOP's. Mostly just the IOP's. The OS is constantly micro-writing to the main drive, so the higher the IOP's rating the better. When it's only $10 more to get maximum IOP's, well, there really ain't nothin to talk about there, ya just buy the faster drive. For an operating system drive that is! If however you just need bulk storage, then let the $ decide for you.
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09-13-2023 at 03:16 PM.
09-13-2023 at 03:16 PM.
Quote from berrnard :
what are you smoking?

it has SLC which are super fast writes and the most reliable cell technology, equaling 4400ish MBs writes and 1200 TBW on 2TB. and its gen4

btw, who can tell a difference between 3000 and 6000 MB writes?

the only downside is no DRAM
It's not SLC. It has a pSLC cache, as all modern consumer drives do. There are no true SLC SSDs in the consumer space. Even MLC is long gone. This is a bargain bin drive, nothing more.
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09-13-2023 at 04:32 PM.
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Is this a good boot drive for windows 11? Building a new gaming computer and not sure which of all the different deals I should be purchasing for the build. Thank you for any help or suggestions.
Stick to WD black, Samsung 900, P44 for bootable drives.

These Team Group drives for spares and low end barebones pc.
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