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Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SSD: 1TB $119, 2TB $229, 4TB $469, 8TB $939 Delivered + Surcharge @ Pongobyte Computers

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Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SSD: 1TB $119, 2TB $229, 4TB $469, 8TB $939 Delivered + Surcharge @ Pongobyte Computers
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Associatedpongobyte on 11/09/2022 - 18:02 pongobyte.com.au (429 clicks)
Last edited 13/09/2022 - 19:31 by 1 other user

The 870 QVO is Samsung’s latest 2nd gen. QLC SSD and the largest of its kind that provides up to 8TB of storage*. It offers a great upgrade for everyday PC users who want to ramp-up their desktop PC or laptop to the largest available storage in the market without compromising on performance.
* 8TB is the largest Client SATA SSD as of its release date.

Samsung 870 QVO 1TB 2.5″ SATA SSD $119
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB 2.5″ SATA SSD $229
Samsung 870 QVO 4TB 2.5″ SATA SSD $469
Samsung 870 QVO 8TB 2.5″ SATA SSD $939

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  • coxymla on 11/09/2022 - 18:20
    +34

    If you just want 1TB, the MX500 is better than a QVO, cheaper ($109 right now) and no surcharge or delivery.

    https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B078211KBB?th=1

    • Void on 11/09/2022 - 19:20
      +2

      Same can be said for the 2TB and 4TB variants. I think 8TB is unique to the 870 QVO.

      • hamwhisperer on 12/09/2022 - 08:12
        +1

        Oh how I wish I was stupid overpaid, the 8TB would make an excellent external for the PS5.

    • irev1 on 11/09/2022 - 21:16

      just be mindful the crucial executive software is broken for mx500
      if that doesnt concern you then yes it's a better drive then the QVO

  • MelBorn on 11/09/2022 - 18:51
    +5

    8TB ssd's are a thing now

    • FireRunner on 11/09/2022 - 18:54
      +2

      Exciting times!

    • geosta on 11/09/2022 - 20:53
      +1

      Yeah I just put one in my workstation, replacing a 5TB 3-disk HDD RAID array and wow, life is so much better!

      • ctg on 11/09/2022 - 20:56
        +1

        Bad redundancy though! SSDs shouldn’t be used for long term data storage, especially a QLC drive like this garbage.

        Cheaper on the regular.

        • incipient on 11/09/2022 - 21:59
          +1

          QLC is perfectly suitable if you're using it as a mostly read-only archive - common use case is media (videos, photos, music etc) or for large binary storage (…Linux ISOs)

        • geosta on 12/09/2022 - 07:46

          Sorry should have specified I was using RAID 0 for the speed bump, not redundancy. This is working data on hot storage, no redundancy required but speed is of the essence. RAID 0 with spinning disks used to be the only way to get a significant volume of storage with any sort of speed out of directly attached storage. That's not the case anymore these large capacity SSDs. Absolute game changer for my work, particularly at a sub $1K price point.

        • Nom on 12/09/2022 - 14:38
          +1

          SSDs shouldn’t be used for long term data storage, especially a QLC drive like this garbage.

          Wut.

          Used for something like a Steam library - long term storage, low number of writes compared to reads - is the perfect use case for a QLC drive like this.

          • OMGJL on 12/09/2022 - 17:33

            @Nom: except QLC drive has way less heat resistant, and the bit stored in its cells is more vague meaning the drive have to wipe and rewrite the cell to freshen up the data again. This will cost drive life (TBW) more than a TLC drive and the designed TBW is way less in the first place.

            • Nom on 12/09/2022 - 21:25

              @OMGJL: It really doesn't matter.

              There is still a gazillion times more drive life than any normal user will ever need.
              Total write capacity is absolutely not an issue for normal use cases.

              Just to give a data point, I have a 2TB 860 QVO used as a download drive. It just downloads massive files and not much else.

              Stats right now :
              Power on time : 1112 days, 16 hours
              Lifetime writes : 15.68TB
              Drive health 98%

              In the past 3 years it's used just 2% of it's write allowance…

              • OMGJL on 13/09/2022 - 09:49

                @Nom: "if I don't put the drive in hot environment, and I don't write to the drive extensively, and not to fill the drive too muh, then it's a good drive"

                I wonder how many "if statements" we need to make something bad good enough.

                • Nom on 13/09/2022 - 10:10

                  @OMGJL: Nobody is saying it's a premium drive.

                  We're saying it's absolutely fine. It will work just fine as a normal SSD, lifetime and drive reliability are not the issue that you're making them out to be.

                  If you just need some bulk storage and you don't want the performance of a mechanical drive, then these drives are absolutely OK.

                  Your desktop PC isn't too hot, and under normal usage you aren't going to write to the drive anywhere close to extensively enough to wear it out.

                  There is a place in the market for basic SSDs ! If you need specific ultra-high-write tolerance, then this isn't the drive for you.

                  • OMGJL on 13/09/2022 - 10:23

                    @Nom: Before you purchase the 8TB SSD, MX500 won't have any of those issues with tis TLC chip for lower price.

                    talking about premium drives.

    • hamwhisperer on 12/09/2022 - 08:12

      Read it and weep.

      https://www.kitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/anton-shilov/t…

      Things haven't progressed as they were meant to :/

  • B3 on 11/09/2022 - 18:57
    +1

    latest? These were released 2 years ago.

    • FireRunner on 11/09/2022 - 18:59
      +6

      Well if they haven’t released anything since then yes, it’s the latest

    • buckster on 11/09/2022 - 19:00

      Technically they haven't superseded the 870QVO/EVO yet

  • Lune on 11/09/2022 - 19:05
    +29

    If you have another store local to you and you want to pay by card or PayPal and not have to wear the 1.5% surcharge, there are a wide range of better or competitive alternatives available.

    —-1TB (advertised: $119 + 1.5% = $120.79)—-

    Umart at $119: https://www.umart.com.au/product/samsung-1tb-870-qvo-2-5in-s…
    Computer Alliance at $119: https://www.computeralliance.com.au/parts?id=28583
    Other options around at $129 or less (Megabuy, CPL, SkyComp, PLE).

    —-2TB (advertised: $229 + 1.5% = $232.44)—-

    Probably the best price going, but some availability around at $239 e.g. Umart, PCCG.

    —-4TB (advertised: $469 + 1.5% = $476.04)—-

    BPC Tech at $479 if they're closer to you: https://www.bpctech.com.au/product/mz-77q4t0bw-samsung-870-q…

    —-8TB (advertised: $939 + 1.5% = $953.06)—-

    Computer Alliance has been selling the 8TB at this price since July. https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/7Qvqqs/samsung-870-qvo-8…

    $939 looks like the standard price right now.

    From CA with free delivery: https://www.computeralliance.com.au/8tb-samsung-2.5-870-qvo-…
    From CA via Amazon with free delivery: https://www.amazon.com.au/SAMSUNG-870-QVO-SATA-MZ-77Q8T0B/dp…
    From Centrecom with free delivery: https://www.centrecom.com.au/samsung-870-qvo-mz-77q8t0bw-8tb…

    From Scorptec: https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/hard-drives-&-ssds/ssd-2…
    From CPL: https://cplonline.com.au/storage/ssd/samsung-mz-77q8t0bw-870…

    • xdivino on 11/09/2022 - 19:36
      +1

      ^ this guy Math's

      • Sapper50 on 11/09/2022 - 19:54
        +3

        Quick Maffs

    • customundo on 11/09/2022 - 20:42

      State Debate Champion 2022

      • shkippy on 11/09/2022 - 21:37
        +4

        Maths-debate? 😆

    • KnifeEnthusiastBoi on 11/09/2022 - 21:11
      -1

      Surcharge? That's pong

  • pinchies on 11/09/2022 - 20:33
    +1

    I'm still dreaming of an actual discount on 8TB. As posted by others, this is the current market rate. Not a bargain.

    I didn't like paying so much money for slow QLC SATA SSD, so went for these guys instead.

  • Sleepycat3 on 11/09/2022 - 20:44

    Why is the 870 QVO 4TB similar in price to the 870 Evo 4TB from other shops when on sale?

  • digitalaxon on 11/09/2022 - 20:52

    I think the QVO range for what they offer compared to others is overpriced.

    While I know total bytes written is not the only metric to judge a solid state drive by, 1Tb with a warranty of 3 years and 360Tb for $120 is hardly a bargain compared to other TLC versions for a few dollars more and longer warranty.

    Perhaps if you're someone who does a lot more reading then writing I can see this being a value proposition as a game/archive drive until 4Tb/8Tb NVME's become more affordable as they currently command a price premium.

    • Nom on 12/09/2022 - 14:29

      Perhaps if you're someone who does a lot more reading then writing

      This is the use case for 90% of the people reading this…

  • Tk11 on 12/09/2022 - 02:54
    -1

    I would not touch any SSD without dram. Better go with a MX500

    • BargainEnjoyer2022 on 12/09/2022 - 06:56

      The 870 QVO has DRAM

    • FireRunner on 12/09/2022 - 06:58
      +1

      These do have dram. MX500 is better though being TLC instead of QLC

  • LoserScott on 12/09/2022 - 05:53

    Old disk drives are fine, they don't read and write much less wear &tear, but if your complaining to much just get a intel optane style 3700 sad, it's enterprise grade with insane read and writes for the os.

    Or get a sad ministick

  • CrawlB4uBall on 12/09/2022 - 08:05

    What is the best technology for reliability for SSDs in terms of max read/write?

    • [Deactivated] on 12/09/2022 - 08:49

      Optane. It wasn’t profitable to keep making though unfortunately :( Despite being $$$.

      • CrawlB4uBall on 12/09/2022 - 08:59

        What is the best that is available? Or are they marginally similar?

        • [Deactivated] on 12/09/2022 - 09:48

          Outside the data centre something like https://www.newegg.com/global/au-en/intel-800gb-optane-ssd-d…

          Like I said $$$.

          endurance - 146,000 TBW (100 DWPD)

          And that’s for the 800gb.

          They’re also extremely fast at random reads/writes of small blocks of data, even if they don’t get as fast at moving large sequential files as some other flash.

          • CrawlB4uBall on 12/09/2022 - 11:20

            @[Deactivated]: Hek that's expensive! I'll stick to a SSD.

            My scope was my Blue Iris server - write to SSD on server and move daily footage to NAS (7 cameras). Normal SSD will do (or multiple over the lifetime of the server for Optane level money :D )

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