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  • Sequential Read: up to 540 MB/s
  • Sequential Write: up to 490 MB/s
  • TBW: 1000
  • No DRAM Cache

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TEAMGROUP Inc. via Amazon [amazon.com] has 4TB Teamgroup QX 3D NAND QLC 2.5" SATA III Solid State Drive T253X7004T0C101 on sale for $139.99. Shipping is free

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  • Read: 560 MB/s
  • Write: 500 MB/s
  • Supports SLC Caching technology
  • 1000TBW
  • 3D NAND QLC
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Model: TEAMGROUP QX 4TB 3D NAND QLC 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal Solid State Drive SSD (Read/Write Speed up to 560/500 MB/s) 1000TBW Compatible with Laptop & PC Desktop T253X7004T0C101

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About This Product
    Rating: (4.6 out of 5 stars)
    Reviews: 8,586 Amazon Reviews
    Product Name: TEAMGROUP QX 4TB 3D NAND QLC 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal Solid State Drive SSD (Read/Write Speed up to 560/500 MB/s) 1000TBW Compatible with Laptop & PC Desktop T253X7004T0C101
    Manufacturer: TEAMGROUP
    Model Number: T253X7004T0C101
    Product SKU: B0C3M4TR4B
    UPC: 765441065772
    ASIN: B0C3M4TR4B
    Brand: TEAMGROUP
    Item Dimensions LxWxH: 3.937 x 2.751963 x 0.27559 inches
    Item Weight: 0.12 pounds
    Item model number: T253X7004T0C101
    Manufacturer: TEAMGROUP
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    You don't really know what you're getting with either, aside from QLC NAND. In my experience, the *X line is more likely to use a Phison S11 controller and the Vulcan line tends to use the SMI 2259XT controller. They're both low end DRAM-less controllers. The Phison drives have a very small static pSLC cache, meaning write speeds drop after only a few GB of writes. The SMI based drives usually have a much larger dynamic pSLC cache, which shrinks as the drive fills. For a QLC drive, this may be 1/4 of the free space. However, once the pSLC cache is full, the SMI drives tend to drop considerably lower than the Phison drives. The QLC SMI 2259XT based drive I've tested drops to an average of about 38MB/s, once the pSLC is filled. Additionally, I've experienced rapid, severe degradation in READ (and sometimes write) speeds on the SMI based drives.

    Overall, I'm not a big fan of Team Group's flash products. I've found them to be inferior to comparable drives from other brands.
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    unclescary42
    11-19-2023 at 02:21 PM.
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    How is this versus the Vulcan counterpart?
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    11-19-2023 at 08:46 PM.

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    11-19-2023 at 08:46 PM.
    Quote from unclescary42 :
    How is this versus the Vulcan counterpart?
    You don't really know what you're getting with either, aside from QLC NAND. In my experience, the *X line is more likely to use a Phison S11 controller and the Vulcan line tends to use the SMI 2259XT controller. They're both low end DRAM-less controllers. The Phison drives have a very small static pSLC cache, meaning write speeds drop after only a few GB of writes. The SMI based drives usually have a much larger dynamic pSLC cache, which shrinks as the drive fills. For a QLC drive, this may be 1/4 of the free space. However, once the pSLC cache is full, the SMI drives tend to drop considerably lower than the Phison drives. The QLC SMI 2259XT based drive I've tested drops to an average of about 38MB/s, once the pSLC is filled. Additionally, I've experienced rapid, severe degradation in READ (and sometimes write) speeds on the SMI based drives.

    Overall, I'm not a big fan of Team Group's flash products. I've found them to be inferior to comparable drives from other brands.
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    11-20-2023 at 08:49 AM.
    11-20-2023 at 08:49 AM.
    I'm not too concerned with speed.. How's the reliability of this brand?
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    11-20-2023 at 10:47 AM.
    11-20-2023 at 10:47 AM.
    Quote from MWink :
    You don't really know what you're getting with either, aside from QLC NAND. In my experience, the *X line is more likely to use a Phison S11 controller and the Vulcan line tends to use the SMI 2259XT controller. They're both low end DRAM-less controllers. The Phison drives have a very small static pSLC cache, meaning write speeds drop after only a few GB of writes. The SMI based drives usually have a much larger dynamic pSLC cache, which shrinks as the drive fills. For a QLC drive, this may be 1/4 of the free space. However, once the pSLC cache is full, the SMI drives tend to drop considerably lower than the Phison drives. The QLC SMI 2259XT based drive I've tested drops to an average of about 38MB/s, once the pSLC is filled. Additionally, I've experienced rapid, severe degradation in READ (and sometimes write) speeds on the SMI based drives.

    Overall, I'm not a big fan of Team Group's flash products. I've found them to be inferior to comparable drives from other brands.
    Holy wow, thank you! Its going to take a while for me to digest all this info, but Im truly thankful you sent it so I can learn. Have a great holiday!
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    11-20-2023 at 10:54 AM.
    11-20-2023 at 10:54 AM.
    Quote from MWink :
    You don't really know what you're getting with either, aside from QLC NAND. In my experience, the *X line is more likely to use a Phison S11 controller and the Vulcan line tends to use the SMI 2259XT controller. They're both low end DRAM-less controllers. The Phison drives have a very small static pSLC cache, meaning write speeds drop after only a few GB of writes. The SMI based drives usually have a much larger dynamic pSLC cache, which shrinks as the drive fills. For a QLC drive, this may be 1/4 of the free space. However, once the pSLC cache is full, the SMI drives tend to drop considerably lower than the Phison drives. The QLC SMI 2259XT based drive I've tested drops to an average of about 38MB/s, once the pSLC is filled. Additionally, I've experienced rapid, severe degradation in READ (and sometimes write) speeds on the SMI based drives.

    Overall, I'm not a big fan of Team Group's flash products. I've found them to be inferior to comparable drives from other brands.
    Sorry - I was about to start putting together a server - any companies you can recommend for Hard Drives? Or is it case-by-case? Ill stay away from TeamGroup.
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    11-20-2023 at 04:26 PM.
    11-20-2023 at 04:26 PM.
    I put the 2tb version of this in my PS4 and it seems like it's doing ok.
    I don't plan on loading it much past half full.

    I generally like to keep all my NVME and SSD at 60% compacity or less.
    I keep an older 8tg WD Black in the system also and it gets closer to 3/4 full at times without any problems.
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    11-20-2023 at 09:44 PM.
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    Quote from partypooper32 :
    I'm not too concerned with speed.. How's the reliability of this brand?
    IMO, mediocre at best.

    Quote from unclescary42 :
    Holy wow, thank you! Its going to take a while for me to digest all this info, but Im truly thankful you sent it so I can learn. Have a great holiday!
    Glad I could help. Let me know if you need any clarifications.

    Quote from unclescary42 :
    Sorry - I was about to start putting together a server - any companies you can recommend for Hard Drives? Or is it case-by-case? Ill stay away from TeamGroup.
    Hard drives or SSDs? This deal is for an SSD. For hard drives, I prefer Western Digital/Hitachi. For SSDs, Samsung and Crucial are the readily available brands I favor. Western Digital/SanDisk also has some good drives (and some bad ones). Many other common brands don't actually manufacture SSDs and just slap their label on drives made by other companies.

    Quote from clsA :
    I put the 2tb version of this in my PS4 and it seems like it's doing ok.
    I don't plan on loading it much past half full.

    I generally like to keep all my NVME and SSD at 60% compacity or less.
    I keep an older 8tg WD Black in the system also and it gets closer to 3/4 full at times without any problems.
    Yes, having free space on an SSD is beneficial for its performance and longevity (which isn't likely to be an issue). With some of the SMI 2259XT based drives I've seen, if they're kept really empty, they seem like they may functionally act as pSLC drives. They don't appear to start flushing their pSLC cache to native TLC/QLC until they reach roughly 25% full for TLC or 20% full for QLC.

    Conventional hard drives don't really care how full they are. Transfer rates do drop the closer you get to the end of the logical drive (physically, the innermost tracks) and file fragmentation is more likely to become an issue, but it's unlikely to have an appreciable impact on the drive's lifespan. I've kept plenty of hard drives >99% full for long periods, without issue.
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    Does it come with glasses to see the 3D nand?
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    If prices keep dropping I'm filling my NAS with these
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    11-26-2023 at 11:37 AM.
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    I don't see a point in SATA SSDs when M.2 is a thing, and they're just as economical and way faster.
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    Personally, I would spend a few dollars more and get a TLC drive. QLC performance drops off a cliff as it gets more data on it. I have regretted every QLC drive I have bought.

    Quote from masterz13 :
    I don't see a point in SATA SSDs when M.2 is a thing, and they're just as economical and way faster.
    I agree but that assumes you have M.2 slots available which isn't always the case. Older machines don't have them and even for machines that do have them, they can be fully populated.
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    Extra large, I was thought it's for condoms
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