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Great price for this 1TB MX500, 10c cheaper than my previous post.
1TB Capacity, 2.5-inch 7mm SSD SATA 6Gb/s, 560MB/s Sequential Read, 510MB/s Sequential Write, 95K Random Write IOPS, 90K Random Write IOPS
Crucial MX500 2.5" 1TB SSD $143.10 + Delivery (Free with eBay Plus) @ Computer Alliance eBay
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Which software do you use? I plan to migrate from my C drive of 60gb (2010 model OCZ vertex) to this. Don't want to reinstall Windows either.
The Evo was $159 not too long ago. I will go with that instead of this for an extra $16.
Could someone let me know why anyone would ever get this over a similar priced NVMe? Assuming your motherboard have slots for NVMe?
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/467315
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crucial-p1-nvme-ssd-qlc…
the Crucial P1 NVME drive is QLC based, which explains why it is cheap and secondly it is an inferior quality of storage compared to the NAND being used on the MX500 series. QLC storage has higher density and is therefore cheaper per gigabyte to manufacture but it has 3 different downsides (bolded) as Anandtech describes:
Each transition to storing more bits per memory cell comes with significant downsides that offset the appeal of higher storage density. The four bits per cell storage mode of QLC requires discriminating between 16 voltage levels in a flash memory cell. The process of reading and writing with adequate precision is unavoidably slower than accessing NAND flash that stores fewer bits per cell. The error rates are higher, so QLC-capable SSD controllers need very robust error correction capabilities. Data retention and write endurance are reduced.
You can see in the real-world tests that both the NVMe based P1 and the SATA based MX500 are pretty much neck in neck.
So I have both the MX500 sata drive and the P1 NVme.
If you have an empty NVMe slot, get the P1. Its 100TBW endurance is more than enough for the average user. Most people won't even get to 1TB write per month, which basically means the theoretical time it will last is over 8 years. Something else will break before it gets to that point.
The P1 is of course faster in all aspects expect truly random writes, in which case, based on my testing is par with the MX drive.
If you only have SATA ports, then buy the MX500 of course.
If your use is outside of the norm, such as for a home server, professional editing (videos for example, etc, then the additional endurance of the SATA trumps the speed improvements. I think people overestimate their need for endurance but also, I have 10 year old hard drives that I still use in my NAS, so maybe that longevity is good to some extent.
Finally, are the speed improvements of NVMe actually worth it? Only yes if everything else you have matches. In most real use cases, you won't really feel a significant difference. That said, game load times and video editing are an example where this can make a huge difference
I just had a ssd die in my home server, so yes endurance is very important in some cases! Now I need to pull it out to find out what model it was.
Me too. I had a couple of mirrored Sandisk 120GB's that were supposed to be temporary. The failed drive may have been used elsewhere a little, but I only got 1.5 years out of it at most. No big deal, and the more appropriate replacements are in service.
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Bummer, I just received this drive yesterday from the $146 deal. Will be cloning today from my 120GB, looking forward to using it!