870 EVO

“One important thing to know: the BX500 is a DRAM-less budget SSD, so it’s perfectly fine for game storage, general use, media, or reviving an older PC, but it’s not as strong for heavy write workloads, VM use, or a main high-performance OS drive compared with something like a Samsung 870 EVO or a g

Your counterfeit suspicion is probably correct. The EVO 870 is one of the most cloned SSDs on the grey market and the missing vent holes plus the extra tab are both red flags. Genuine 870 EVOs have a specific PCB layout and the housing is dimensioned to standard 7mm 2.5" specs - anything that won't

This is what I just did. You can get used Intel DC S3610 800 GB SSD on eBay for about $100 each. “eBay refurbished” with 12 months warranty. The difference in rated durability between the 800GB DC S3610 and a 500GB Samsung 870 EVO is absurd. 5.3PBW at 3DWPD vs 150TBW at 0.3DWPD. The Intel drives als

It's a pretty hot topic. I also base my setup on two 2TB Samsung 870EVO SSDs, and honestly, I've never had any problems, even with very long sessions in Prores Raw HQ at 5.9K. I haven't encountered any problems even when updating. Samsung EVO SSDs differ from Samsung Pro SSDs in how they manage writ

I use a Samsung 870 EVO 1TB SSD and it works great. I paid a little over $100 last year at Best Buy. Not sure about the price these days though.

Yup, surprisingly chilly for a 90nm RSX - it's actually about 10c better than my 2008 CECHH (-1GB 90nm, which does run cooler than most 90s) although this and my CECHB are set to run on 31-32% fan speed. An audio tradeoff I'm willing to take to keep them alive as much as possible. And surprisingly t

5+ years easy on a decent TLC ssd. avoid QLC drives, samsung 870 evo type stuff is solid. backup your seed though, drive matters less than that

The biggest performance upgrade IMO is replacing the HDD with a SSD. Watch out for cheap SSDs though, they likely will not have a DRAM cache, the unbranded or obscure branded ones particulary. Personally I'd always go for a known performance brand with a DRAM cache, e.g. Samsung 870 EVO or WD Blue S

Check what slot type you have first, M.2 NVMe, M.2 SATA, or 2.5 are all different. Once you know that, Samsung 870 EVO for SATA or Kingston NV2 for NVMe are both reliable and cheap.

One of my friends is going through the same nightmare. He got a 870EVO 4TB. Samsung had him sent in his drive immediately, then the RMA process was stuck in limbo for a month. Now, they are offering a 870QVO (worse drive), or a 550CAD refund (the drive is now 2820CAD plus tax). This is against Samsu