Looking for 4TB of SSD Storage

matbro999 on 04/08/2022 - 13:54
Last edited 04/08/2022 - 15:37 by 1 other user

Hi all,

I am looking to condense all my drives down a little bit.
I always seem to jump into the most affordable SSD storage so I have lots of drives:

  • 500gb M.2
  • 1Tb M.2 x2
  • 2TB M.2
  • 1TB SATA
  • 500gb Sata
  • etc.

Am curious if getting a 4tb is actually efficient as far as price to storage ratio is concerned. I mainly use it for games and media storage so it doesn't need to be extremely fast. Basically just looking for recommendations and advice as to what route I should go down and whether or not I should just wait for the bigger drives to become more affordable.

Thanks.

Computing

Comments

  • Fergy1987 on 04/08/2022 - 14:05
    +1

    Seems like a pretty expensive way to end up with the same amount of storage.

    • matbro999 on 04/08/2022 - 14:06
      +1

      I'm out of slots in my pc so i need to remove at least one to increase in any way.

      • Fergy1987 on 04/08/2022 - 14:21

        What are you using all this storage for? I run a 500gb m.2 boot drive and a 2tb sh1thouse HDD and havent come close to filling either.

        If you're storing media/photos etc I'd be looking at an external solution

        If its games etc. Do a cleanout and uninstall the sh1t you havent played for ages.

        • matbro999 on 04/08/2022 - 14:31
          +2

          Mostly games, fair bit of media also. I'm always running out of storage so I think we may be different kinds of users.

          • 7ekn00 on 04/08/2022 - 14:48
            +2

            @matbro999: No reason for media to be on an SSD, a single big HDD for media is fine (even UHD media files only have bitrates of 50-80Mbps - which is a read rate of 10MB/s - no point having it on SDDs that reads at 500+MB/s, just use a normal HDD at 100MB/s)

  • havebeerbelywillsumo on 04/08/2022 - 14:13
    +2

    "so it doesn't need to be extremely fast" so why ask for SSD?.

    Get "normal" (enterprise class IMO) spinning drives (unless case size also comes into it) OR use external USB connected drives?

    • matbro999 on 04/08/2022 - 14:16

      By that I mainly meant it doesn't need to be the top of the line, current generation SSD. Still want it to be an SSD

      • havebeerbelywillsumo on 04/08/2022 - 14:25

        But "why"? Far more expensive, lesser content size and (I may be wrong) they can be just as unreliable LONG TERM.

        • matbro999 on 04/08/2022 - 14:37

          Just like how much faster the transfer speeds are, and in my experience they have been much more reliable.

  • jv on 04/08/2022 - 14:15
    -1

    I am looking to condense all my drives down a little bit.

    WinZip

  • scrimshaw on 04/08/2022 - 14:17
    +1

    A Crucial MX500 4TB will set you back $490 from Amazon, if that's what you're after.

    Edit: $449 from Umart

    You should also consider buying a NAS if your main PC is out of slots and HDD storage bays. A 2-Bay nas is very low cost / basic (I got mine for $215), but a 4-Bay NAS should be strongly considered if you think your storage needs will grow in the future.

    You have the flexibility of just throwing all your large capacity mechanical drives into it and getting a performance boost when you RAID them or use an SSD as a cache.

    • matbro999 on 04/08/2022 - 14:35

      Thank you, this seems like a good all rounder SSD, I think I will go for it.

  • Axelstrife on 04/08/2022 - 14:19

    How many M.2 slots you got?

  • JimmyLmao on 04/08/2022 - 14:37

    Keep your eyes out for the new Crucial P3 m.2 drives in 4TB capacity that I posted about here

    These are probably your best bet in m.2 form factor unless something else goes on significant sale. Otherwise the old sata 2.5" drives like a 4TB crucial MX500 is another option. Personally I'd rather the NVMe speeds and smaller/lighter m.2 form factor myself, especially given the 4TB Crucial P3 m.2 drives seem to be only a tad more expensive than the 4TB Crucial MX500 2.5" drives.

    Given that you're predominantly reading data by playing games and viewing videos/photos, getting a "QLC" drive shouldn't be too much of a problem.

    Another thing to consider is simply deleting stuff you don't use frequently, given today's internet speeds can facilitate re-downloading it reasonably quickly. You can also use cloud storage for photos which also has the benefit of further protecting against loss.

    If you genuinely just want to keep a whole bunch of media stored at all times you can consider a big HDD and cop the slower speeds. Otherwise you just have to cop the high price for high capacity SSD storage. But if gaming is important to you and you don't already have a great GPU, then I'd personally look to dedicate more money to that before fancier storage.

  • MS Paint on 04/08/2022 - 14:43

    Looking for 4TB of SSD Storage

    Where did you last see it?

    • matbro999 on 04/08/2022 - 14:44

      Not sure but I think I saw my PS5 eyeing it…

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