Amazon has Crucial T500 2tb on sale for $138.99
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CK2TC9XQ
Microcenter
https://www.microcenter.com/produ...ternal_SSD
Newegg
https://www.newegg.com/crucial-2t...efdaf3409e
Best Buy
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/cruc...Id=6566097
Walmart
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Crucia...5073229417
Crucial store
https://www.crucial.com/ssd/t500/...08020340:s
B&H Photos
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Crucial T500 2TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 Internal Gaming SSD, Up to 7400MB/s, Laptop & Desktop Compatible
LIGHTNING SPEEDS: Get incredible performance with sequential reads/writes up to 7,400/7,000MB/s and random read/writes up to 1.18M/1.44M IOPs
COMPATIBLE: Ready for performance with your laptop, desktop or workstation, the T500 installs easily in your M.2 slot
ULTIMATE GAMING: Load games up to 16% faster and get faster texture renders and less CPU utilization with Microsoft DirectStorage
CONTENT CREATION: Get up to 42% faster performance in content creation apps, run heavy workloads, and render photos or videos faster
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SSD performance tiers and the presence of DRAM etc. have almost no impact on PC gaming. Tests run by reputable outlets have shown that, even between SATA (capped at 600 MB/s) and NVMe SSDs, differences in gaming performance and loading times are (1) insignificant and (2) unnoticeable to the user.
Edit: To clarify, SSD performance tiers and the presence of DRAM etc. have almost no impact on PC gaming. Tests run by reputable outlets have shown that, even between SATA (capped at 600 MB/s) and NVMe SSDs, differences in gaming performance and loading times are (1) insignificant and (2) unnoticeable to the user.
Or is the DRAM less MSI one okay?
Now it is true that higher end drives tend to come with the ram (which also happened to have better controllers and flash cells), getting onboard ram also helps in the situation where the operation system does not provide host memory buffering, like in PS5, or in some nas boxes. If price is the same go with one with the ram for the flexibility. Just know that is not gonna buy you any performance if you have a system that can use hmb.
I was referring to going between SATA SSD (600 MB/s max) and M.2 NVMe SSD to argue that you don't need an expensive, top-tier SSD with all the bells and whistles for PC gaming.
Edit: To clarify, SSD performance tiers and the presence of DRAM etc. have almost no impact on PC gaming. Tests run by reputable outlets have shown that, even between SATA (capped at 600 MB/s) and NVMe SSDs, differences in gaming performance and loading times are (1) insignificant and (2) unnoticeable to the user.
SSD performance tiers and the presence of DRAM etc. have almost no impact on PC gaming. Tests run by reputable outlets have shown that, even between SATA (capped at 600 MB/s) and NVMe SSDs, differences in gaming performance and loading times are (1) insignificant and (2) unnoticeable to the user.
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In fact, most NAND flash memory and controllers are made by the same few companies, so there isn't that much diversity in the market. The differences show up in how the final product is put together.
Most brands, including Crucial, make both cheap and premium products. In the end, you want (1) a reliable brand with decent customer service and a fair RMA process and (2) a product from said brand with a decent warranty on it.
For illustration purposes, if you looked at the Crucial T500 ($140) vs MSI M482 ($98), you would notice that, although the Crucial one has DRAM while the MSI one does not, both have the same write endurance (1200 TBW) and warranty (5 years). Either one should last you a very, very long time.
Or is the DRAM less MSI one okay?
The M482 from MSI's web store ($98) seems like the best deal right now for a 2TB drive for gaming and other non-productivity workloads.
Plus, assets aren't even loaded all at once. They're typically loaded in order of necessity, so developers have plenty of time to prioritize and preload what is needed when while you go through the menus etc.
In fact, most NAND flash memory and controllers are made by the same few companies, so there isn't that much diversity in the market. The differences show up in how the final product is put together.
Most brands, including Crucial, make both cheap and premium products. In the end, you want (1) a reliable brand with decent customer service and a fair RMA process and (2) a product from said brand with a decent warranty on it.
For illustration purposes, if you looked at the Crucial T500 ($140) vs MSI M482 ($98), you would notice that, although the Crucial one has DRAM while the MSI one does not, both have the same write endurance (1200 TBW) and warranty (5 years). Either one should last you a very, very long time.
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