expiredkivfer posted Aug 01, 2024 06:54 PM
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expiredkivfer posted Aug 01, 2024 06:54 PM
2TB Acer Predator GM7000 NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 2280 Gaming Solid State Drive
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These drives are actually manufactured by a company called Biwin, They make the exact same drive for HP, Acer, Adata, Teamgroup and others using the InnoGrit IG5236 controller.
In my specific experience until a month ago I worked in the IT dept for a Fortune 500 company who deployed almost 100 HP computers that had the HP FX900 Pro drive which is the same drive as this one and we had a few that failed where the data simply disappeared. Turns out the ones that failed all had the older version of the firmware, it was simply the luck of the draw as to when they were manufactured.
Sadly, Biwin unlike some other manufacturers does not offer a tool to flash the firmware to a newer version, they chose to replace the defective drives through their RMA process.
All this took place at the beginning of 2024 and I'm not aware of any issues after that, the unaffected drives worked well, however while this is a decent deal, I would certainly immediately check the firmware version as soon as I got it. While these drives are very fast, you could be sitting on a ticking time bomb if you get one with old firmware on it.
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Ssds prices have stabilized, but still high versus the first half of 2023. I think there were a couple deals for the 4tb version of this drive for ~$180-190 back then. I paid ~$220 and the price continued to drop for a couple months after that.
i would avoid this for the controller alone as i don't think an updated firmware was ever released.
So, it comes with installed heatsink, but modern MBs have M.2 cover/heatsink builti nto the MB.
We just ripoff the builtin heatsink?
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These drives are actually manufactured by a company called Biwin, They make the exact same drive for HP, Acer, Adata, Teamgroup and others using the InnoGrit IG5236 controller.
In my specific experience until a month ago I worked in the IT dept for a Fortune 500 company who deployed almost 100 HP computers that had the HP FX900 Pro drive which is the same drive as this one and we had a few that failed where the data simply disappeared. Turns out the ones that failed all had the older version of the firmware, it was simply the luck of the draw as to when they were manufactured.
Sadly, Biwin unlike some other manufacturers does not offer a tool to flash the firmware to a newer version, they chose to replace the defective drives through their RMA process.
All this took place at the beginning of 2024 and I'm not aware of any issues after that, the unaffected drives worked well, however while this is a decent deal, I would certainly immediately check the firmware version as soon as I got it. While these drives are very fast, you could be sitting on a ticking time bomb if you get one with old firmware on it.
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i would avoid this for the controller alone as i don't think an updated firmware was ever released.
Alternatives are Samsung 990 Pro, Samsung 980 Pro. Maybe SK hynix Platinum P41, Solidigm P44 Pro.
Honestly too many manufacturers / models - Crucial, Corsair, MSI, Sabrent, etc. all make good NVMEs.
To narrow down the list make sure it has DRAM - use techpowerup to check the specifications.
And make sure the controller is WD, Samsung, Phison, or SK Hynix.
https://www.techpowerup
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Alternatives are Samsung 990 Pro, Samsung 980 Pro. Maybe SK hynix Platinum P41, Solidigm P44 Pro.
Honestly too many manufacturers / models - Crucial, Corsair, MSI, Sabrent, etc. all make good NVMEs.
To narrow down the list make sure it has DRAM - use techpowerup to check the specifications.
And make sure the controller is WD, Samsung, Phison, or SK Hynix.
https://www.techpowerup
https://www.tomshardwar
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