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It's fine. Heck, some folks still run games from HDD.
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Ok, to run games straight from this is this is your secondary drives (not OS drive)?
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Personal preference.
For me, if the main/NVMe SSD is 512GB or larger, I often just add another SSD if I need more storage (either another NVMe or a 2.5" depending on what the laptop supports).
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Kind of depends on the the laptop, how it will be used, and how much space he needs. Having two drives will use additional power, important to you or not?
Adding a second drive leaves your OS in...
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Kind of depends on the the laptop, how it will be used, and how much space he needs. Having two drives will use additional power, important to you or not?
Adding a second drive leaves your OS in...
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It's strange how m.2 drives have came down to almost the same price as these 2.5 ssds. I'm still on the fence as to which one to get for my son's laptop. The m.2 drive would need to replace the...
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weird... i bought a few of these the other day when i noticed they were this price, haven't opened them yet but I'm gonna be using them in an Atomos Ninja and though I always move stuff over to NVME...
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I have this drive. It’s great. But I recently discovered while doing some video editing in davinci resolve, that I pegged the drive at 100% 😬 I swapped the video files to my nvme drive and it finally...
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Yes you can.
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Bestbuy also as the same price
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/crucial-mx500-1tb-internal-ssd-sata/6254400.p?skuId=6254400&ref=NS&loc=101
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Sure can
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550ish read/write speeds? That’s nothing compared to the newer NVME drives. I didn’t realize there was such a huge difference till I looked at the numbers!
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Same at best buy and you can probably pickup today
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There's natural degradation due to environmental variables, BUT it's still slow. HDDs have a slower degradation rate. Neither lasts forever.
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Are ssd still considered bad for cold storage?
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Intel SSD is QLC, which means it's great if you're doing a lot of read-only operations, but if you tend to do a lot of read/writing (like an OS), it will burn out quicker than the TLC type drives.
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Know very little about computers. Could you put this in an external enclosure and run it as a backup option?
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if you don’t have m.2 slots that are available then you are more likely to have sata open
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Market has no choce but to accept whatever the manufacturers sell. I remember ppl complained how TLC was bad for the SSD market with MLC was still at large.
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Other then form factor why would you buy this vs the Intel 670p 1tb for 59.99 at b&h?
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