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500GB Seagate FireCuda M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 NVMe TLC Solid State Drive (Beskar Ingot)
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Newegg has 500GB Seagate FireCuda M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 NVMe TLC Solid State Drive (Beskar Ingot Special Edition) on sale for $39.99 - $5 with promo code SAEN2A286 in your cart = $34.99. Shipping is free.
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Specs:
- 3D TLC NAND Flash
- Max Sequential Read: Up to 7000 MBps
- Max Sequential Write: Up to 3000 MBps
- 4KB Random Read: Up to 400,000 IOPS
- 4KB Random Write: Up to 700,000 IOPS
- Terabytes Written (TBW): 640TB
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Written by oceanlake- Rated 4.8 out of 5 from customer reviews.
- At the time of this posting, our research indicates that this is $5 lower than the next best comparable prices starting from $39.99.
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Newegg has 500GB Seagate FireCuda M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 NVMe TLC Solid State Drive (Beskar Ingot Special Edition) on sale for $39.99 - $5 with promo code SAEN2A286 in your cart = $34.99. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Staff Member LovelyCheetah for sharing this deal.
Specs:
Thanks to Staff Member LovelyCheetah for sharing this deal.
Specs:
- 3D TLC NAND Flash
- Max Sequential Read: Up to 7000 MBps
- Max Sequential Write: Up to 3000 MBps
- 4KB Random Read: Up to 400,000 IOPS
- 4KB Random Write: Up to 700,000 IOPS
- Terabytes Written (TBW): 640TB
Editor's Notes
Written by oceanlake- Rated 4.8 out of 5 from customer reviews.
- At the time of this posting, our research indicates that this is $5 lower than the next best comparable prices starting from $39.99.
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oh it's a FireCuda 530
Phison E18 Micron 176L
isn't that the one that has a bugged firmware or something
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmaster...date
yes
e18 is bugged
unless there's a firmware update for this drive I would not recommend
- Marketing BS. It has absolutely no meaning.
- HMB is a feature most DRAM-less NVMe SSDs support (SATA drives cannot support it). DRAM is primarily used to store a copy of the FTL (aka the mapping table), which tracks where the data is physically stored in NAND. This is particularly beneficial for random I/O, which is the majority of what the average user is doing. Contrary to popular belief, this is not a write cache and has little effect on sequential writes. Ultimately, DRAM substantially increases random I/O speeds and slightly decreases wear.
Ideally, you'd have a 1000:1 NAND
This is the write cache. Whether it's advertised or not, virtually all modern consumer drives have this in one form or another. It allows MLC/TLC/QLC drives to hit those pretty write speeds they like to advertise. The size and implementation vary greatly. Some drives have a very small cache, possibly only a few GB in size. Others can potentially have a massive dynamic cache that uses up to all the free space (effectively 1/3 the capacity for TLC or 1/4 for QLC). Once the cache is full, the write speeds generally drop massively. Drives with the largest caches often drop much lower, as they now have to simultaneously take in more data and condense the contents of an already full drive. In some cases, sequential write speeds can drop below 100MB/s, or even 10MB/s. Better drives tend to be able to maintain closer to 1-2GB/s.
Just to repeat myself, there are no mainstream SLC or MLC SSDs left on the market, nor have there been for years. Everything is now TLC or QLC. Also, many companies frequently swap components, sometimes even changing a drive from TLC to QLC. Don't put too much faith in those popular databases/spreadsheets.
You can also ignore advertisements of "3D NAND." This too is now ubiquitous. The same goes for TRIM, SMART, garbage collection, ECC, and a few other things those bottom feeders tend to tout. I hope this helps.
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hmmm. it does say SLC...right after it says smart cache.
guess it's time to educate myself on new kind of bs lingo.
Ideally, you'd have a 1000:1 NAND
Just to repeat myself, there are no mainstream SLC or MLC SSDs left on the market, nor have there been for years. Everything is now TLC or QLC. Also, many companies frequently swap components, sometimes even changing a drive from TLC to QLC. Don't put too much faith in those popular databases/spreadsheets.
You can also ignore advertisements of "3D NAND." This too is now ubiquitous. The same goes for TRIM, SMART, garbage collection, ECC, and a few other things those bottom feeders tend to tout. I hope this helps.
I'm surprised apparently only Kingston has bothered to implement the fix so far. These are high-end SSD's and you don't want to anger the customers buying your high profit margin products.
hmmm. it does say SLC...right after it says smart cache.
guess it's time to educate myself on new kind of bs lingo.
Can always use this resource (techpowerup SSD database) to check the specs of a particular SSD. SLC cache function is a meaningless proprietary term they made up just to confuse people who might just assume they are buying an SLC NAND SSD.
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Could care less about the quality of the ssd.
I only wanted the coolers.
Will replace the sad with my own.
This is the write cache. Whether it's advertised or not, virtually all modern consumer drives have this in one form or another. It allows MLC/TLC/QLC drives to hit those pretty write speeds they like to advertise. The size and implementation vary greatly. Some drives have a very small cache, possibly only a few GB in size. Others can potentially have a massive dynamic cache that uses up to all the free space (effectively 1/3 the capacity for TLC or 1/4 for QLC). Once the cache is full, the write speeds generally drop massively. Drives with the largest caches often drop much lower, as they now have to simultaneously take in more data and condense the contents of an already full drive. In some cases, sequential write speeds can drop below 100MB/s, or even 10MB/s. Better drives tend to be able to maintain closer to 1-2GB/s.
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Yep, the cache basically disappears when the drive is full which is why its best to buy enough storage that you never get past half full on a boot disk, which is why 500GB isn't enough for many uses. Many users have an almost full drive as their main, I've seen it lol, just beating their drive to death.
Based on its claimed tbw the drive should be decently robust assuming they ever update the firmware. Hopefully they do considering its 5 year warranty.
Can always use this resource (techpowerup SSD database) to check the specs of a particular SSD. SLC cache function is a meaningless proprietary term they made up just to confuse people who might just assume they are buying an SLC NAND SSD.
SLC cache is neither meaningless, nor a proprietary term. It means some of the NAND is used as a pSLC write cache. One could argue it's unnecessary to advertise, as all modern consumer drives have it.
Based on its claimed tbw the drive should be decently robust assuming they ever update the firmware. Hopefully they do considering its 5 year warranty.
Even with a dynamic pSLC cache, keeping the drive <50% full is unnecessary.
SLC cache is neither meaningless, nor a proprietary term. It means some of the NAND is used as a pSLC write cache. One could argue it's unnecessary to advertise, as all modern consumer drives have it.
Did you confirm the drive you received has the affected controller?
The behavior of the pSLC cache is going to depend on the implementation. A lot of the drives I've seen with Phison controllers use a small, static pSLC cache, which may not be significantly affected by how full the drive is. When the cache is confined to the factory overprovisioned area, its size mainly varies depending on the number of bad blocks the drive has.
Even with a dynamic pSLC cache, keeping the drive <50% full is unnecessary.
but yea the database will fail with variable bom products as they just use whatever they can get away with at the time.
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