Recommend a 1tb ssd. (sata)

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Looking for a big ssd.
My hardware is old so I think I'm limited to sata.

I have a massive backlog of pictures to sort and I want to move them all to this ssd.

Probably my OS too.

Doesn't need to be amazing. From my experience most ssds are pretty similar?
 
What motherboard do you have? Should confirm what you can actually use 100% first.

But generally yeah lots of 1TB SATA SSD deals about for £60-70.
 
No, there are some differences that are roughly the equivalent of conventional magnetic recording (CMR) and shingled magnetic recording (SMR) on HDDs. You'll see the Samsung QVO drives are much cheaper than EVO and less desirable. I've used Crucial MX500 SSDs for some time and have found them very good.
 
Yup, MX500 would be the go to. Or an 860/70 EVO but they usually fetch more money.

QVO is QLC and can’t remember if it has DRAM.

Edit: it does, but still QLC vs TLC on MX500
 
MrRockliffe said:
Yup, MX500 would be the go to. Or an 860/70 EVO but they usually fetch more money.

QVO is QLC and can’t remember if it has DRAM.

Edit: it does, but still QLC vs TLC on MX500
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Everyone needs a bit of TLC.

Been out of the hardware game for years. Amazing how easy it is to get left behind with terminology

Thanks again. Easy decision this one!
 
413x said:
Thanks again. The qvo was more expensive so thought it was better!
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As rule Samsung SSDs are grossly brand overpriced:
QLC SATA costs same as TLC SATA drives. (= standard TLC NVMes)

Also"updated" 870 QVO is even more crappier brand hype scam than original 860 QVO.
It almost looks as though the 870 QVO was engineered specifically to perform well in synthetic benchmarks to get decent review scores...

If the price is right, these performance numbers could still be justified. Some people might consider the 870 QVO as a large-capacity HDD replacement. The most affordable 1 TB SATA SSDs retail for around $90; our favorites, the Crucial MX500 and Seagate 120, are $115, and last-generation's Samsung 860 QVO is $110. That's probably why Samsung is asking $115 for the 870 QVO. That price is completely unrealistic because pretty much every other SSD you can buy will be faster than the 870 QVO. Most budget SSDs on the market use TLC flash, which operates much faster than the QLC on the 870 QVO. For $115 you can even find decent M.2 NVMe drives that are in a completely different realm performance-wise. Of course, not everybody has a PC with M.2 NVMe support, or your slots are already filled with other drives. I still can't recommend the 870 QVO for that scenario; rather, buy a decent TLC SSD, it'll perform better. If you feel you don't need a lot of performance and can wait a bit, sure, buy the cheapest SSD you can find, you'll save $30 and it will still perform better than the Samsung 870 QVO.
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/samsung-870-qvo-1-tb/14.html​
 
413x said:
Everyone needs a bit of TLC.

Been out of the hardware game for years. Amazing how easy it is to get left behind with terminology

Thanks again. Easy decision this one!
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QLC has much lower write endurance than TLC, that's the main problem with it. They're not really suitable for an OS drive, or pretty much any workload with frequent writes. If you only wanted to store pictures then QLC wouldn't particularly bother me (as long as you don't disconnect it from the PC for lengthy periods) as it's fine for general storage, but the TLC/DRAM MX500 is more suitable as a boot drive.
 
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