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Would one even notice the difference in everyday usage?
I have the P1 with QLC and Dram, It's fine until the SLC cache exhausts, then its slower then a mechanical drive. SLC is portion of the drive-free space, I've only got 150GB free so only 15GB cache which isnt much. They say lack of dram can hurt performance and not recommended for OS drives, cant comment on that part but take their word for it.
I have the P1 with QLC and Dram, It's fine until the SLC cache exhausts, then its slower then a mechanical drive.
Slower than a mechanical drive?!
Are you like really sure about that?
That doesn’t sound right at all! 😃
@firecall: It does for writes. That's the thing about Crucial QLC SSDs. If you were to clone or write large amount of data to it, you will notice a huge drop in speed once the SLC cache runs out. The write speed plummets from 3.2 GBps to 100 MBps (Tom's Hardware). You could argue a lot of consumer grade 3.2 inch HDD probably goes over 100 MBps only a little bit.
Definitely would.
Most regular users, no of course not. Transfer lots of large files constantly? Then this isn’t the drive for you.
It’s kind of ridiculous on here the rhetoric that these DRAMless drives aren’t good to use for most people. Because honestly, most people would rarely notice it anyway.
Cheap drive from a good brand with a long warranty. Gets a tick of approval from me! 👍
Or more likely, the average user wouldn't suspect the ssd be the cause of the slow down, nor would they know where to check. Computer would just present itself as "slow" with any obvious cause being obfuscated with the ominous "Please Wait" on the screen.
Warranty is 5yrs or 220TBW, whichever occurs first.
No :-)
Depends.
The main issue right now is the WD $20 e-gift card promotion. SN570 1TB is more attractive and performs better.
Not all dramless qlc is bad, Intel’s QLC often matches other TLC flash when writing direct to flash, Micron QLC however is pretty trash
Why would you add whisky to RAM?
I'm new here,can you explain what's the difference between QLC vs TLC, I heard that a lot when it comes choosing nVme SSD
TLC = 3 bit of data stored per cell, QLC = 4 bit of data store per cell
In a nutshell, when there is more than 1 bit per cell, it affects speeds & lifetime.
Good for running your OS and playing games.
Is this the same as https://www.amazon.com.au/Crucial-CT1000P3SSD8-PCIe-NAND-350…
its $88 on amazon?
Yeah I think it's the same product
$75 for the western digital one after $20 voucher thingy. I think that one is better or maybe the same, dunno
SN570 is better but more importantly is cheaper.
SE shipping is no joke (actually wait no, is joke).
SYD 9.90
CAN 11.60
MEL 12.50
BNE 12.50
ADL 12.50
PER 15.10
HOB 21.40 (wtf)
DAR 30.30
Rural is extra too.
thanks, very useful info, cheers!
I feel like everytime someone says "oh this ssd is not good, it's not fast enough" it's basically asking someone to always buy a porsche because a Toyota isn't as fast as a porsche. There's a reason why there's a price difference between the two, plus no one drives a car fast all of the time. Why pay for top speed when you hardly use it all the time?
yeah yeah yeah wha-ever
The reality is both opinions have their merits. On the one hand:
On the other hand:
Bottom line: you get what you paid for. The sustained write of this is worse than T5 (which is a SATA based external SSD). It's understandable some people would simply go "QLC and DRAMless - nah". The DRAMless part isn't really relevant in this price bracket though.
yeah this is true, these are 'el cheapo ones and that's cool
Highly recommend Crucial, bought some RAM and had some fail on me last year, prompt support and shipped me a new one fairly quickly.
dram-less QLC, I'll pass.