CT2000MX500SSD1
Controller: SMI SM2258
Memory: Micron 64/96L TLC
DRAM Cache: Yes
Sequential Read: 560 MB/s
Sequential Write: 510 MB/s
Random Read: 95,000 IOPS
Random Write: 90,000 IOPS
Endurance (TBW): 700 TB
Warranty: 5 Years
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You're never going to be similar performance to a Samsung T7 from a 2.5" SATA SSD no matter which enclosure that it's in. Samsung T7 portable SSD is 1050MB/s read, 1000MB/s write whereas Crucial MX500 is 560MB/s read, 510MB/s write.
I'd wait for another 2tb T7 deal then.
you can buy a 2tb NVME for $190 plus an NVME enclosure for $30 - $40. It will give you the same speed as a T7 while being cheaper and smaller
alternatively, get the Crucial X8 for $230 - also same performance as T7
@Danny N: Then makes me wonder why one would buy a 2TB SATA SSD for $209.89 from this deal when you can get that 2TB NVMe SSD with its massively better performance for slightly less money. Also with NVMe is way better future proofing.
@hollykryten: my experience with NVMe is horrible when you try to use it as a portable. If you have active cooling and installed on a bigger surface area like a motherboard, it's okay.
i've experimented with different thermal pads and portable enclosures that looks like heat sink… throttling always happens.
SSDs are more consistent ones for now.
@slowmo: I've got a Kingston NVMe 1TB SSD in a Sabrent portable enclosure working just fine. Granted the enclosure is basically one whole aluminum heatstink also with a built in thermal pad. I wouldn't trust it with a plastic enclosure. But this enclosure is limited to USB 3.2 so you don't get full NVMe speed on it so there's no throttling. It doesn't go fast enough to heat up too much.
@hollykryten: i used kingston and crucial ones with this: https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B07TJT6W8K
it's a whole heat sink, and used it for the PS4 pro, it's unuseable. The speed throttles after it heats up. It's a throttling issue, because when I cool the exterior of the casing itself, the speed recovers.
so the case is doing it's job quite well, from my experience, i find that passive cooling is insufficient for longer periods of use (> 20mins)
@hollykryten: In most cases the cheap 2TB NVMe would have the lower end QLC memory. If you need to copy the larger files MX500 would maintain 500MB/s write speed, while for QLC drives after a few GB it may drop to as low as 100-200MB/s or even less.
Here for example, 50GB copy test:
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crucial-p2-m-2-nvme-ssd…
@hollykryten: When you have a machine without a spare M.2 or PCIe slot to put a NVME SSD into but do have a SATA port available, you go with what you can get.
e.g. Pulling out the DVD drive of a laptop gets you a SATA port and a $20 adapter lets you slip a 2.5 inch drive; or an older machine without native NVME support and only SATA to work with at all.
Things look a lot more favorable for SATA when you look at prices for 4TB and 8TB SSDs, with prices closer to AUD$110 per TB for 2.5 inch SATA SSDs far undercutting the prices for everything I've seen to date using NVME above 2TB in size.
@hollykryten: That's easy to explain, you will need a SATA SSD when there's no spare NVME slots:
- A typical motherboard has only 1-2 NVME slots but 6-8 SATA ports.
-Older computers don't even have an NVME slots but they always have several SATA ports.
@Nom: and drivers hell.
i can't imagine hating myself that much to inflict a PCIe card of anything that isn't originally designed for.
a whole build for purpose PCIe SSD card, i can get on board with that… but an 'adapter' card? No bueno.
been there, got the teeshirt, no thx.
@Nom: If the old computer has UEFI yeah it can boot from it. Only if it has an old BIOS that it can't. A lot of older generation computers from say within the past 10 years has UEFI.
T7's speed is double to the MX500's so there's no such magical enclosure
Ta.
great deal
Waiting for under $200
Hodl for black friday deals
So you will lose so many months of this product just to save $10? Its almost 2023 and it still hasnt been lower than this
I forget which is the better one,
for reliability, MX or BX ?
MX
Thanks.
I am not looking for speed, because I need something
which needs be for archival purposes,
but also be SSD, so that there's no moving parts.
SSD may not be the best choice for long-term archival storage, it's worth having at least one extra copy at HDD. For important information worth to have multiple copies.
@DmytroP: "Long term" for me, is about 3-4 years,
and I would keep a copy of it on another HDD anyway.
It won't be for a lot of read/writes either,
but more for transportability in case.
Doomsday preppin!
I have 4 x 2TB portable spin-drives,
and I just wanted to move some files to an SSD type of storage,
so that it's portable enough to move it around.
before going down this path, i suggest researching more.
ssd doesn't mean the bit rot don't happen.
@whyisave: i am a lazy person, i use whatever is available that's free… speedfan has smart features as part of its system info things.
Too slow for SSD.
Not at all. Its almost maxing out the SATA interface.
download more speed.
Any good enclosure that can make this thing performs similarly to Samsung T7?