Newegg[newegg.com] has 4TB Team Group QX 3D NAND QLC 2.5" SATA III Solid State Drive SSD (T253X7004T0C101) + Rosewill SATA III Cable on sale for $139.99. Shipping is free.
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Newegg[newegg.com] has 4TB Team Group QX 3D NAND QLC 2.5" SATA III Solid State Drive SSD (T253X7004T0C101) + Rosewill SATA III Cable on sale for $139.99. Shipping is free.
4tb sata3 for under $100, NVMEs under $120 for BF2023. Sata3 drives will eventually sibstitute spinning hard drives.
The eventually will be a while because m.2 format is physically limited expansion, motherboards even high end only have about 3 m.2, but have 6+ sata easy. New threadripper 7000 cpus will support up to 32 sata channels straight to cpu.
4tb sata3 for under $100, NVMEs under $120 for BF2023. Sata3 drives will eventually sibstitute spinning hard drives.
sata 2/3 is interface standards, ssd vs spinning is storage 'technology'. there are sata3 'spinning' drives. so sata3 physically cannot replace hdd or ssd. though SSDs drives probably will eventually replace HDDs
The eventually will be a while because m.2 format is physically limited expansion, motherboards even high end only have about 3 m.2, but have 6+ sata easy. New threadripper 7000 cpus will support up to 32 sata channels straight to cpu.
You can can use an adapter card to install 4 NVMe drives per x16 slot.
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Grabbed the 1tb for $40 with tax
I'm using these like usb flash drives at this point
Just curious... is this a better deal than MX500 for $46 at amazon? MX-500 has TLC, DRAM, 5 year warranty etc.. so, I thought paying a little more is better ?
I want to buy one TB of reliable storage (known brand), I can wait, so, guys, do you think waiting for BF will be better? are you expecting BF to have any SSD deals?
I want to buy one TB of reliable storage (known brand), I can wait, so, guys, do you think waiting for BF will be better? are you expecting BF to have any SSD deals?
For "reliable" storage I use Samsung or Crucial SSD and WD Black SATA USB 3.1 drives.
For just Game launchers and smaller projects I use these Team Group "cheap" SSD.
The one I just bought will be to run CoinOPS LEGENDS 2 Bit Wars
You can can use an adapter card to install 4 NVMe drives per x16 slot.
I mean, not really. You only have so many pcie lanes in your CPU. Unless you've got a thread ripper or xenon or something.
For example, in most systems, to use that expansion card you have to use most the GPU lanes or or disable the GPU and your motherboard has to support x4x4 bifurcation. Some can only do 2 drives in the x16 slot and some can only do 1. Most motherboards have have fine print saying what the second x16 4.0 slot is capable of and it can vary from full operation to pcie 3.0 x4 to fully disabled if all the m.2 ssd slots and a GPU are being used and anything in between.
So, it's an intriguing option, but much more complicated than just having an open x16 4.0 slot for the adapter.
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I'm using these like usb flash drives at this point
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I'm using these like usb flash drives at this point
https://slickdeals.net/f/16975936-1tb-crucial-mx500-2-5-3d-nand-sata-iii-internal-solid-state-drive-46-free-shipping
For just Game launchers and smaller projects I use these Team Group "cheap" SSD.
The one I just bought will be to run CoinOPS LEGENDS 2 Bit Wars
https://slickdeals.net/f/17011828-4tb-team-group-t-force-vulcan-z-2-5-sata-iii-3d-nand-internal-solid-state-drive-138-free-shipping
For example, in most systems, to use that expansion card you have to use most the GPU lanes or or disable the GPU and your motherboard has to support x4x4 bifurcation. Some can only do 2 drives in the x16 slot and some can only do 1. Most motherboards have have fine print saying what the second x16 4.0 slot is capable of and it can vary from full operation to pcie 3.0 x4 to fully disabled if all the m.2 ssd slots and a GPU are being used and anything in between.
So, it's an intriguing option, but much more complicated than just having an open x16 4.0 slot for the adapter.
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