Spec me a cheap 500gb SSD for a media player?
- Thread starter Ice Tea
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LOL , i was almost tempted to post a captain obvious gif. 
You hear of people complaining about M2 drives getting hot and throttling or normal SSD's having appalling small bit reads ( media players have very little cache ) so i wondered if there was a preference between the two when running on a external USB socket?
You hear of people complaining about M2 drives getting hot and throttling or normal SSD's having appalling small bit reads ( media players have very little cache ) so i wondered if there was a preference between the two when running on a external USB socket?
ah ok...a bit more detailed answer 
essentially when running over usb, your sequential read/writes are limited by usb.
nvme m.2 would be pointless because of it.
slow random read/writes are (mostly) ancient history now, as all newer ssds have decent enough controllers not to be worried about this.
hence my throwaway comment about getting the cheapest one lol
i'd get one of the 3 below.
teamgroup has the cheapest cost-per-GB
intel/gigabyte have the largest capacity
intel is the quickest of the lot...of course gains here are marginal, and intel also has the longest warranty of the lot
if gigabyte and intel warranties are similar to their mobo and cpu counterparts respectively, then both should be easy to deal with, should the ssd cause any problems.
My basket at Overclockers UK:
essentially when running over usb, your sequential read/writes are limited by usb.
nvme m.2 would be pointless because of it.
slow random read/writes are (mostly) ancient history now, as all newer ssds have decent enough controllers not to be worried about this.
hence my throwaway comment about getting the cheapest one lol
i'd get one of the 3 below.
teamgroup has the cheapest cost-per-GB
intel/gigabyte have the largest capacity
intel is the quickest of the lot...of course gains here are marginal, and intel also has the longest warranty of the lot
if gigabyte and intel warranties are similar to their mobo and cpu counterparts respectively, then both should be easy to deal with, should the ssd cause any problems.
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x TeamGroup 480GB L5 Lite SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £52.99
- 1 x Gigabyte UD Pro 512GB SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Toshiba 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £64.99
- 1 x Intel 512GB 545s SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps TLC 3D NAND Solid State Drive (SSDSC2KW512G8X1)= £69.95
Total: £196.63 (includes shipping: £8.70)
