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expiredtDames | Staff posted Jul 16, 2025 9:04 PM
2TB MSI SPATIUM M461 M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 NVMe 3D QLC NAND SSD
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MSI has 2TB MSI SPATIUM M461 M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 NVMe 3D QLC NAND Solid State Drive (SM461N2TB) on sale for $89.99. Shipping is free.
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- 2TB Capacity
- Phison E21T Controller
- Micron QLC NAND Flash
- M.2 2280 (Single-Sided) Form Factor
- Sequential Read speeds up to 5000MB/s
- Sequential Write speeds up to 4200MB/s
- Up to 450 TBW
- 5-Year Warranty or the coverage for the maximum TBW as stated, whichever comes first.
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- Offer valid for a limited time only / while supplies last.
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MSI has 2TB MSI SPATIUM M461 M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 NVMe 3D QLC NAND Solid State Drive (SM461N2TB) on sale for $89.99. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Deal Hunter tDames for posting this deal.
About this Item:
Thanks to Deal Hunter tDames for posting this deal.
About this Item:
- 2TB Capacity
- Phison E21T Controller
- Micron QLC NAND Flash
- M.2 2280 (Single-Sided) Form Factor
- Sequential Read speeds up to 5000MB/s
- Sequential Write speeds up to 4200MB/s
- Up to 450 TBW
- 5-Year Warranty or the coverage for the maximum TBW as stated, whichever comes first.
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Written by SubZero5 | Staff- Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
- Offer valid for a limited time only / while supplies last.
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The downside of the increased density of a QLC cell is that it generally has lower endurance ratings. The individual cell can only be written to/erased a certain number of times before the cells begin to fail. QLC typically fail "faster" than TLC, MLC, and SLC cells. The 450 TBW rating means that the drive should perform until ~ 450 TB of data has been written to the drive. (Or you've filled this 2 TB drive roughly 225 times over)
QLC
No DRAM
And it has been in the low $80s in the past.
I really wish people would include the stats in these "deals."
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This is going to be fine for most storage solutions. People who are doing video editing with frequent write/erase cycles will choose a better drive.
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The downside of the increased density of a QLC cell is that it generally has lower endurance ratings. The individual cell can only be written to/erased a certain number of times before the cells begin to fail. QLC typically fail "faster" than TLC, MLC, and SLC cells. The 450 TBW rating means that the drive should perform until ~ 450 TB of data has been written to the drive. (Or you've filled this 2 TB drive roughly 225 times over)
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The downside of the increased density of a QLC cell is that it generally has lower endurance ratings. The individual cell can only be written to/erased a certain number of times before the cells begin to fail. QLC typically fail "faster" than TLC, MLC, and SLC cells. The 450 TBW rating means that the drive should perform until ~ 450 TB of data has been written to the drive. (Or you've filled this 2 TB drive roughly 225 times over)
And a ymtc tlc may last poorly against a qlc Samsung or micron
And a ymtc tlc may last poorly against a qlc Samsung or micron
The downside of the increased density of a QLC cell is that it generally has lower endurance ratings. The individual cell can only be written to/erased a certain number of times before the cells begin to fail. QLC typically fail "faster" than TLC, MLC, and SLC cells. The 450 TBW rating means that the drive should perform until ~ 450 TB of data has been written to the drive. (Or you've filled this 2 TB drive roughly 225 times over)
Basically, you can come close to the behavior you described on such a drive, assuming it uses the largest possible dynamic or hybrid pSLC cache. The only drives I've seen act like this are some of the lowest end DRAM-less SMI 2259XT-based SATA drives (which are ones I generally suggest avoiding). Even on those drives, you wouldn't be able to fill it more than 25% for ones with TLC NAND or 20% for those with QLC. This hardly seems worthwhile.
Considering this is such an uncommon behavior and provides such limited benefit, I don't think it's usually worth mentioning. The drive in this deal uses a Phison controller and almost certainly will not act this way. Most of the Phison-powered drives I've seen use a small, static pSLC cache. On this one, I wouldn't expect it to be much more than 30-50GB.
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