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ak22

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ak22

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Currently building a PC and looking for 500GB SSD, M.2-2280 drive would be a bonus are their any brands which I should avoid? I used to use Samsung but looking to save some money. I am looking for reliability not fused about super speeds
 
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nvme ssds are nearly reaching price parity with sata ssds. so if you can afford/if your board supports nvme, just get it.
corsair mp510 is the best value, in price and in performance nvme ssd around currently (obviously not from ocuk - overpriced as usual when compared to other etailers)
i wouldn't touch the QLC nand drives (ie crucial p1 or intel 660p) - unless solely for static mass storage with minimal writes.
 
tamzzy said:
nvme ssds are nearly reaching price parity with sata ssds. so if you can afford/if your board supports nvme, just get it.
corsair mp510 is the best value, in price and in performance nvme ssd around currently (obviously not from ocuk - overpriced as usual when compared to other etailers)
i wouldn't touch the QLC nand drives (ie crucial p1 or intel 660p) - unless solely for static mass storage with minimal writes.
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Was looking at the 660P.. I think i might just get 250GB m.2 drive and hardrive games are so big these days 500gb ssd will fill up in no time.
 
ak22 said:
Was looking at the 660P.. I think i might just get 250GB m.2 drive and hardrive games are so big these days 500gb ssd will fill up in no time.
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what is your budget?
can't really recommend getting smaller than a 500 gb class ssd these days. much less pairing a 250gb ssd with a hdd for games! that's the worst combination ever.
the lag spikes from texture loads/load times on a hdd when gaming would make me jump off a building and commit suicide.
 
Crucial MX500 CT1000MX500SSD1(Z) 1 TB (3D NAND, SATA, 2.5 Inch, Internal SSD)
£98.50 with free shipping included.

if you can't afford to stretch to nvme, then just get a sata 3 ssd.
real world difference between sata 3 ssd and nvme ssd is minimal in real world usage outside of a few niche cases (eg heavy video editing, same drive file copying etc - ie stuff that hammers the storage subsystem)
 
tamzzy said:
what is your budget?
can't really recommend getting smaller than a 500 gb class ssd these days. much less pairing a 250gb ssd with a hdd for games! that's the worst combination ever.
the lag spikes from texture loads/load times on a hdd when gaming would make me jump off a building and commit suicide.
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Haven't decided on budget i suck when trying to keep budget wasn't meant to build a PC until September... lets say £60 for 500 gb? I will be getting the MSI B450M Tomahawk max which supports M.2, I will be gaming and using Blender, solid works
 
I found Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 for £55.52, Crucial MX500 500 GB M.2-2280 for £60 whats the difference between M+B and M? Will i need to buy a heat sink for the it?
 
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro 512GB M.2-2280 NVMe PCIe SSD

I have the 256GB version of this and it works fine, no issues at all, very fast.

Can't say I honestly notice a difference between this and my 500GB Samsung 970 Evo Plus to be fair
 
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