expired Posted by cheeknowe • Mar 20, 2024
Mar 20, 2024 11:58 PM
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Item 1 of 5
expired Posted by cheeknowe • Mar 20, 2024
Mar 20, 2024 11:58 PM
Teamgroup T-Force Vulcan Z SLC Cache 3D NAND TLC SATA III SSDs: 480GB $28, 240GB
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Personally, I've observed several drives using SMI controllers suffer immense (>99%) performance degradation on data stored in native NAND (TLC/QLC). One of the drives I've seen affected was a 2TB Team Group Vulcan Z. I just thought I'd toss out this warning, since this controller is often (but not always) used in the Vulcan Z. For anyone wondering what they got, without having to disassemble the drive, you can potentially tell by the firmware version.
FW version W0... - Likely SMI 2259XT
FW version SBFM... - Likely Phison S11
Affected drives may not manifest the issue until they've ever been filled at least 25% full (for TLC) or 20% (for QLC) AND some time has passed. The issue often does not show up in benchmark programs but can be visible in Task Manager. It can also result in a blatantly obvious performance reduction.
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Personally, I've observed several drives using SMI controllers suffer immense (>99%) performance degradation on data stored in native NAND (TLC/QLC). One of the drives I've seen affected was a 2TB Team Group Vulcan Z. I just thought I'd toss out this warning, since this controller is often (but not always) used in the Vulcan Z. For anyone wondering what they got, without having to disassemble the drive, you can potentially tell by the firmware version.
FW version W0... - Likely SMI 2259XT
FW version SBFM... - Likely Phison S11
Affected drives may not manifest the issue until they've ever been filled at least 25% full (for TLC) or 20% (for QLC) AND some time has passed. The issue often does not show up in benchmark programs but can be visible in Task Manager. It can also result in a blatantly obvious performance reduction.
are these any good? reliable for long term? just need a few in some relatives' laptops they are almost out of space with their factory OEM 256GB SSDs so figured i would jump on the 480GB variant in this deal.
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Cheap, but not exactly super hot deal. Regular price more like $31, so only saving around 10% on the 480GB model. While the 240GB model is maybe a better deal and enough for some uses, it's still not a great choice IMO when the 480 is only $10 more for 2x the space and should be a bit faster with more life (more space = less wear overall with same usage.)
are these any good? reliable for long term? just need a few in some relatives' laptops they are almost out of space with their factory OEM 256GB SSDs so figured i would jump on the 480GB variant in this deal.
Way past time to upgrade that.
Need a 1tb drive, never heard of this brand
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Make sure you backup any critical information to the cloud or another drive.