All time low
CT4000P3SSD8
Controller: Phison E21T
Memory: Micron 176L QLC
DRAM Cache: None
Sequential Read: 3500 MB/s
Sequential Write: 3000 MB/s
Random Read: 650,000 IOPS
Random Write: 700,000 IOPS
Endurance (TBW): 800 TB
Warranty: 5 Years
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Same.. once u see it, you can't unsee it
I'd like to get some feedback / experience from someone who has used that PNY SSD (or this one) and put more than 3TB of data on it on one go.
I currently have 3 QLC SSDs, they are all shockingly back when writing in QLC NAND mode. Read performance is fine. It's just annoying that 480GB QLC took 3 hours to fill whereas a cheap TLC 1TB took less than 50 minutes.
I get QLC SSDs are fine for gaming (since our NBN is sloooow), but as a backup SSD, it could be painful.
It’s just that it’s the cheapest way to get 4TB of SSD for my Plex server, even sata is more $$$, weird world
I had an equally poor experience with the QLC drive (Samsung QVO). Trying to avoid QLC now, the price difference is not as large compared to much lower QLC mode write speed and ~2x lower reliability (even before TBW is reached).
@DmytroP: Thanks for this. I've been tempted to get Samsung QVO. Before actually trying QLC, I thought how bad could QLC be? They can be quite annoying in large writes. Also found the performance can be inconsistent at times.
The price difference is not worth it. Samsung at least let you know which of their SSDs are QLC. Kingston just swaps the NAND (the reviewers got the TLC version).
Also adding my own terrible experiences here with this drive. I imagine it's fine if you don't need to write to it regularly, but for my use it's constantly bottlenecked. Should've paid the extra and gone with 2x TLC drives instead
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crucial-p3-ssd-review/2
About halfway down the page they smash it with data for 15 mins and chart the results
@idjces I hadn’t thought of 2 x TLC (RAID 0?). That is an interesting idea. More $$ granted but 2 x KC3000 (for example) in RAID 0 would make spending the extra cash much easier to digest.
Raid 0 for backup is a dangerous move.
Not for backup. All good.
If RAID 0 is dangerous for you, then you're doing something wrong !
When one of the drives dies and the array is toast, you should simply be able to replace the faulty drive and restore a backup.
Your backup routine needs to be able to cope with any and all drive failures, because all drives fail eventually.
SOme peeps don't have proper backup routines.
Wrong post
will this be okay to be used in my PS5?
It's a bit slow, Sony recommends speeds of 5,500mb/s+
This is a PCIe NVMe Gen 3 SSD; Sony recommends a PCIe NVMe Gen 4 SSD (with a heatsink).
If you prefer local stock, also similar price from Computer Alliance eBay with eBay Plus Code 'PWE22'
Holding out for $229 PNY