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Now cheaper! Teamgroup T-Force Vulcan Z 240GB SLC Cache 3D NAND TLC 2.5" SATAIII internal SSD $17.99 at Amazon

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Teamgroup T-Force Vulcan Z 240GB SLC Cache 3D NAND TLC 2.5" SATAIII internal SSD (was) $19.99) $17.99 at Amazon. It's not the $17.99 price some of us got it for, last year, but if you need a cheap SSD to replace an old HD on a laptop (to give the laptop new life), it's pretty decent:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WMP8...=UTF8&th=1

It's not QLC, at least. Same price at Newegg.
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Model: TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 240GB SLC Cache 3D NAND TLC 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal Solid State Drive SSD (R/W Speed up to 520/450 MB/s) T253TZ240G0C101

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scholzpdx
03-13-2024 at 11:57 AM.
03-13-2024 at 11:57 AM.
Quote from wherestheanykey :
Are you testing with large contiguous files or a bunch of small ones?

A bunch of small files are never going to saturate the bus and will always show lower metrics than one large file.

If your large contiguous files are demonstrating similar fluctuations, then you'd have to look at other variables.

Media, so 600MB to 2GB files. Doesn't matter what medium it's being copied to (NVMe, SATA SSD, USB HDD).

I eventually copied it to another SATA SSD and then it copied at full speed to the external HDD. I swapped SATA ports with another SSD and the issue followed it. The drive is reading incredibly slow. Writing has no obvious problem.
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Luigis3rdcousin
03-13-2024 at 03:26 PM.
03-13-2024 at 03:26 PM.
I've used a couple of these before. Probably one of the slowest drives I've ever used. Might want to stick to a mechanical drive lol it wasn't a responsive drive and everything took forever to load on it. I've used other cheap drives like PNY who also has a pretty lame drive and the PNY is light years faster than this
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Luigis3rdcousin
03-13-2024 at 03:27 PM.
03-13-2024 at 03:27 PM.
If this was 10$, now we are talking
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wherestheanykey
03-13-2024 at 05:28 PM.
03-13-2024 at 05:28 PM.
Quote from scholzpdx :
Media, so 600MB to 2GB files. Doesn't matter what medium it's being copied to (NVMe, SATA SSD, USB HDD).

I eventually copied it to another SATA SSD and then it copied at full speed to the external HDD. I swapped SATA ports with another SSD and the issue followed it. The drive is reading incredibly slow. Writing has no obvious problem.

A quick search turns up no firmware updates and it doesn't seem like anyone has done any poking or prodding to try to address the issue.

If I were motivated to try to fix it, I would test chipset driver updates, check the temps and power, and look into the possibility of cross flashing the controller. How it's formatted and whether the drive does emulated sectors might also have an impact, so I'd look into that too.

However, it sounds like this should be a pass for all but the heavily cash strapped.
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cheeknowe
03-13-2024 at 09:24 PM.
03-13-2024 at 09:24 PM.
I've used these to replace the old HDs on 10 year old laptops. Even though they won't win any speed awards, they definitely allow the old laptops to run much, much faster - perfect for kids doing homework, watching videos, or for general web surfing.
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Tigerwang
03-14-2024 at 06:32 AM.
03-14-2024 at 06:32 AM.
Quote from cheeknowe :
Well, if you're just using the computer for web surfing, light work - then it shouldn't be a problem. I agree - don't use this drive for any heavy duty or serious work.

Yeah, moving huge 4k pron videos is not something u do with cheap ssd...
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CorrectProblemX
03-14-2024 at 08:51 AM.
03-14-2024 at 08:51 AM.
I can't recommend this drive either. It's really bad performer, even for a cheap SSD. I also had a strange issue where it takes multiple attempts to boot up the system if ambient temperatures were around 50 degrees F or lower.
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03-15-2024 at 07:59 PM.
03-15-2024 at 07:59 PM.
OOS, now.
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03-15-2024 at 08:08 PM.
03-15-2024 at 08:08 PM.
Quote from SharpLake2934 :
I buy a lot of used MLC based SSD. For people on extreme budgets. Like a Samsung 850/860 pro. Or SM863/883. MLC basically last forever for consumer use.

I have seen someone write over 9 petabytes of data to a 850 pro before it finally gave up.
and you somehow think a 850 pro or 860 pro is for people on extreme budgets?
heck, those cost more than the fast gen 5 nvme drive of the same capability.
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SharpLake2934
03-16-2024 at 08:43 PM.
03-16-2024 at 08:43 PM.
Quote from seanleeforever :
and you somehow think a 850 pro or 860 pro is for people on extreme budgets?
heck, those cost more than the fast gen 5 nvme drive of the same capability.
I am saying buy a used MLC SSD with extremely high endurance. It will last longer than a cheap no name brand SSD. An SM863 480GB is under $30 on ebay.
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