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Question Fastest SSD and best bang for the buck 1TB?
- Thread starter Shyatic
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Very helpful, thanks -- when do you expect the 4.0 drives that are worth it to start hitting the market? I'm not going to build my PC until around April, so I'm content to wait for a little bit.
It's going to be a while yet. Likely Q3.
So then the Samsung 970 Evo is the best bet?
EVO Plus. The EVO is outdated. Still, it depends on what you need. If you're just gaming and doing light content creation there's the very real possibility something like the SX8200 Pro will be just as fast or even faster.
fralexandr
Platinum Member
AORUS NVMe Gen4 SSD 1TBï½AORUS - GIGABYTE Global
Form Factor: M.2 2280Interface: PCI-Express 4.0 x4, NVMe 1.3Total Capacity: 1000GB*Sequential Read Speed : up to 5000 MB/s**Sequential Write speed : up to 4400 MB/s**Wear Leveling, Over-Provision technologiesTRIM & S.M.A.R.T supportedFully Body Copper Heat SpreaderWarranty: Limited 5-years*Note...
Amazon.com: Gigabyte AORUS NVMe Gen4 M.2 1TB PCI-Express 4.0 Interface High Performance Gaming, Full Body Copper Heat Spreader, Toshiba 3D NAND, DDR Cache Buffer, 5 Year Warranty SSD GP-ASM2NE6100TTTD: Computers & Accessories
Amazon.com: Gigabyte AORUS NVMe Gen4 M.2 1TB PCI-Express 4.0 Interface High Performance Gaming, Full Body Copper Heat Spreader, Toshiba 3D NAND, DDR Cache Buffer, 5 Year Warranty SSD GP-ASM2NE6100TTTD: Computers & Accessories
www.amazon.com
How does this compare to the 970 Evo Plus? I mean, looking at CrystalDiskMark it seems better but practically speaking they are almost the same price too. Like I said, my primary use case is gaming, and the $200 price point is not too bad for me.
AORUS NVMe Gen4 SSD 1TBï½AORUS - GIGABYTE Global
Form Factor: M.2 2280Interface: PCI-Express 4.0 x4, NVMe 1.3Total Capacity: 1000GB*Sequential Read Speed : up to 5000 MB/s**Sequential Write speed : up to 4400 MB/s**Wear Leveling, Over-Provision technologiesTRIM & S.M.A.R.T supportedFully Body Copper Heat SpreaderWarranty: Limited 5-years*Note...www.aorus.com
Amazon.com: Gigabyte AORUS NVMe Gen4 M.2 1TB PCI-Express 4.0 Interface High Performance Gaming, Full Body Copper Heat Spreader, Toshiba 3D NAND, DDR Cache Buffer, 5 Year Warranty SSD GP-ASM2NE6100TTTD: Computers & Accessories
Amazon.com: Gigabyte AORUS NVMe Gen4 M.2 1TB PCI-Express 4.0 Interface High Performance Gaming, Full Body Copper Heat Spreader, Toshiba 3D NAND, DDR Cache Buffer, 5 Year Warranty SSD GP-ASM2NE6100TTTD: Computers & Accessorieswww.amazon.com
Muadib
Lifer
If speed is your major concern, wait for Samsung's pci4 drive due later this year. If you can't wait, then take a look at the Corsair Force MP600, or the Aorus in your post. They both are faster than the 970 Evo Plus. Take a look at the webpage below. I like it because it covers speed & best bang for the buck.
Fernando 1
Senior member
Yes, this SSD has a much better performance than the Samsung 970 EVO Plus. Here are the benchmark results I got with this PCIe 4.0 supporting NVMe SSD:
I have tested them both. Here are the results (above: 500 GB Samsung EVO Plus, below: 1 TB Sabrent Rocket 4.0):
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First off i would seperate your gaming drive and boot drive.
Dont mix the two.
The reason is, while yes, theoretically a boot drive you want to be the fastest, a gaming drive you wont notice much of a difference at all between a gen3. and gen4.
Even a Standard SATA SSD will give you 95% of the speed difference in gaming, which to me isnt worth the $$$ premium over space.
So my recommendation, get a 512GB Boot drive, and find a Intel 660p 2TB or a WD Blue 2TB for about 200-230 dollars as a dedicated game drive.
Because you will honestly not regret having that extra second in load times (at extreme most) over having that extra 1TB for more games.
Dont mix the two.
The reason is, while yes, theoretically a boot drive you want to be the fastest, a gaming drive you wont notice much of a difference at all between a gen3. and gen4.
Even a Standard SATA SSD will give you 95% of the speed difference in gaming, which to me isnt worth the $$$ premium over space.
So my recommendation, get a 512GB Boot drive, and find a Intel 660p 2TB or a WD Blue 2TB for about 200-230 dollars as a dedicated game drive.
Because you will honestly not regret having that extra second in load times (at extreme most) over having that extra 1TB for more games.
you can get a fast nvme for 240$ /2tb
i alwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaays need more space and actually made this same thread. altho a little bit different, i went with the 950ex hp 2tb for about 225$ i think the 1tb evo plus is 220+ (i cant check price right now very well)
i am running 3x1tb hp 920ex already and they have had no issues. Not going to try any QLC yet or maybe ever.
aigomoria suggested PM985 which is a 3.84TB NVMe, U.2 for 425$ 😛 to bad my use was for laptop but nvme prices are almost the same if you have enough slots/ adapters or lanes.
i alwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaays need more space and actually made this same thread. altho a little bit different, i went with the 950ex hp 2tb for about 225$ i think the 1tb evo plus is 220+ (i cant check price right now very well)
i am running 3x1tb hp 920ex already and they have had no issues. Not going to try any QLC yet or maybe ever.
aigomoria suggested PM985 which is a 3.84TB NVMe, U.2 for 425$ 😛 to bad my use was for laptop but nvme prices are almost the same if you have enough slots/ adapters or lanes.
Which drive is that, where I can find it, please?
ebays! they suggested buy new so you know what the usage is. if it was enough discount i might buy used idk. kinda close to the price of nvme and i dont have u.2 so i didnt look into it.
Which drive though?
i think your pranking me! PM985 which is a 3.84TB NVMe, U.2,
Review - The ever so Infamous Samsung PM983 NVMe and all its Glory.
As you guys know i am on a never ending quest for uber fast storage at the best price / cap possible, and it has lead me here. I present you the not so well known to most PM983. This is a U.2 Form factor NVme. That means, this will not fit in the typical M.2 slot without the proper adapter...
forums.anandtech.com
I would never buy a used enterprise SSD regardless of how cheap it is.
The intel P4500 is also a good runner up with 3dxpoint.
Basically makes the drive almost fault proof, because they get slower as the drive degrades, instead of just straight up dying on you.
I am not pranking you 🙂 When I Googled PM985 U.2 couldn't find anything. Now that aigomorla posted it seems you meant 98-3-, not 98-5.
Thank you!
oh sorry they gave the wrong drive number in my post then..
i just cut and past oops, so you wouldnt use the enterprise ssd if it was free? /shrug i dont use a laptop for anything that exciting ;"(
they gave you it for free for a reason, so no.
i like to give away my headaches, not take more on.
they asked fora 1tb and you suggest a 500gb? strange. it is not a great deal and is to small
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