What 2TB SSD Upgrade For My System?

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Hi, I am currently running a Samsung 860 Evo 500GB Sata SSD. Given how big games are getting I need more storage. I have read good things about the Samsung 970 M2 NVME, Adata SX8200 Pro and Sabrent Rocket.

Any recommendations?

Thanks
 
Squidward said:
Hi, I am currently running a Samsung 860 Evo 500GB Sata SSD. Given how big games are getting I need more storage. I have read good things about the Samsung 970 M2 NVME, Adata SX8200 Pro and Sabrent Rocket.

Any recommendations?

Thanks
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if your willing to spend the money for a high capacity 970 i believe they perform very well. I've had one in my system for a few months and its great, can't say much about longevity based on my experience but i've heard good things
 
simpoc said:
i believe that the wd blues are DRAMless which is something to take into account
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"Unlike many others, it's interesting that WD continues with a DRAM-less design for its mainstream NVMe SSD, helping cut costs without any apparently inhibiting performance. WD gets around the need for onboard DRAM by using the Host Memory Buffer (HMB) feature that's been enabled since NVMe 1.2. Specifically, HMB caches mapping information on the host system side instead of on the drive, and WD says that allocating just 16MB of host memory is sufficient to achieve a 95 percent cache hit rate."
 
Are you looking for pcie 3.0 or 4.0? I've been running a 970 Evo+ for about 18 months as an OS drive. Rock stable and very fast.

Sabrent Rocket (not the q) is great in pcie 3.0 and 4.0 (had both versions) for the money. If you shop around, you may get a good price on a Gigabyte Aurous, which uses the same controller as the Sabrent.
 
ASMB said:
"Unlike many others, it's interesting that WD continues with a DRAM-less design for its mainstream NVMe SSD, helping cut costs without any apparently inhibiting performance. WD gets around the need for onboard DRAM by using the Host Memory Buffer (HMB) feature that's been enabled since NVMe 1.2. Specifically, HMB caches mapping information on the host system side instead of on the drive, and WD says that allocating just 16MB of host memory is sufficient to achieve a 95 percent cache hit rate."
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oh ok, i wasnt aware of that. I imagine using host memory is still a bit slower than having its own DRAM cache, however I think I read somewhere that it had a small amount of memory inside the controller.
 
If this is just for gaming then the SN550 mentioned above is a good budget option. I would give the Adata SX8200 Pro a miss, as they changed the controller/nand without telling anyone.
 
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