Which 1TB SSD

ChrisD.

ChrisD.

ChrisD.

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I want a new SSD for my computer. I currently use an NVMe one which has really high bandwidth.

I'm not sure I use it all, I only play TF2 and some other games.

I'm after a 1TB drive with good transfer rate and cooling, around the £400 mark. Any suggestions please?
 
NeilFawcett said:
Why are these 1TB SSDs so expensive. I'll swear year(s) ago they weer about to duck under £200!
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Year before last I bought 2 SanDisk 1TB drives for £150 each in the black friday sales. It's normal price around then was in the £180-220 region. They're relatively slow SSDs but fast enough for steam library or something.

Recently bought a 4TB Samsung... don't want to remind myself how much that was.

For a general use 1TB drive... I'd always recommend Samsung or Intel - they have the best long-term reliability history from what I've found.

SanDisk, OCZ (including post-Toshiba) and Kingston have a very poor reliability history.

WD are usually good and I know the latest ones carry good recommendations... but I haven't had personal experience with them like the brands above.
 
WD = SanDisk on all the new SSDs they're putting out. The new 3D nand ones are identical under the casing I believe? I'd go Samsung, maybe Crucial if you find them a bit cheaper.
 
crinkleshoes said:
Year before last I bought 2 SanDisk 1TB drives for £150 each in the black friday sales. It's normal price around then was in the £180-220 region. They're relatively slow SSDs but fast enough for steam library or something.

Recently bought a 4TB Samsung... don't want to remind myself how much that was.

For a general use 1TB drive... I'd always recommend Samsung or Intel - they have the best long-term reliability history from what I've found.

SanDisk, OCZ (including post-Toshiba) and Kingston have a very poor reliability history.

WD are usually good and I know the latest ones carry good recommendations... but I haven't had personal experience with them like the brands above.
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So how are those two Sandisk ones doing then?
 
Still going well, although they have had very low usage... downloaded Steam library twice and just read from and then they were replaced with the 4TB.

They're now VM storage in my home server and that change was only a month or so ago.

No complaints other than their slowness... for the price, still value... I only bought them over a spinning drive to lose any noise in my system.


Crucial is one I forgot... they have a good reliability history and were used in many servers at my last place of business. Very good value for money as they tend to be quite cheap.
 
I have 2x Crucial MX300 1TB Drive, one in 2.5” and one in M.2 configurations. Both SATA3. Both great, going strong and price per pound is good for the performance. The management software (Crucial Executive) look after them as well.
 
I had issues with my previous Samsung drive and I believe the current one to be the source of my problems, so it's a brand I want to avoid.
 
crinkleshoes said:
Year before last I bought 2 SanDisk 1TB drives for £150 each in the black friday sales. It's normal price around then was in the £180-220 region. They're relatively slow SSDs but fast enough for steam library or something.

Recently bought a 4TB Samsung... don't want to remind myself how much that was.

For a general use 1TB drive... I'd always recommend Samsung or Intel - they have the best long-term reliability history from what I've found.

SanDisk, OCZ (including post-Toshiba) and Kingston have a very poor reliability history.

WD are usually good and I know the latest ones carry good recommendations... but I haven't had personal experience with them like the brands above.
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2 sandisks going fine, still have OCZ Agility 3.
SSD's are still relatively new, the scare stories about reliability appears to be anecdotal and historical, new technology always faces reliability problems first launched.
 
No, SanDisk, OCZ/Toshiba & Kingston still have a high failure rate... I've dealt with 1000s of them through both new installs and upgrades of old spinning platter - those brands were popular because of the price point. I've seen a much larger percentage of them fail vs the other brands I mentioned... the most popular budget option now is Crucial. Samsung have the best reliability of any device, from both my data and various sources online - despite a previous poster's unfortunate experience with them.
 
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