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That was the other option that I was looking at but the IOPS is higher on the WD.Seagate 4TB FireCuda 530 is another good option.
Does Seagate actually manufacture those drives? Whose controller? Whose memory chips?Seagate 4TB FireCuda 530 is another good option.
Just 1 drive with OS, games, vr, and used for unreal development. I don't need an enterprise drive as it won't be storing long term storage.What are you going to be doing with the drive? High capacity NVME storage I start looking at Ebay enterprise gear. Open box unused U.2 7.68 TB drives were nearly the same price as 4TB M.2. Prices have jumped some since I last looked. I picked up 23 TB of PCIe gen3 for $1,320 + $60 in adapters. All zero hour use drives. If you don't need the crazy sequential performance.
For the most part, users are unable to tell the speed difference between most SSDs unless they have some specific use case for the high speed storage. With that said, I've got a nice Gen4 NVMe GM7000 Predator drive for sale if you want it But I would be fully comfortable recommending almost any 4TB non-QLC drive as meeting your needs.Just 1 drive with OS, games, vr, and used for unreal development. I don't need an enterprise drive as it won't be storing long term storage.
Other options would be 2 2TB in raid 0 but I don’t want to do that.The SN850x, Firecude 530, Kingston Fury Renegade, and Sabrent 4TB Rocket 4 Plus look like options. Last I knew most 4 TB drives had parts on the back side with no airflow. That would concern me on a real fast drive.
Why? At this point it now makes sense to go NVME since next year we will start getting games that actually make some use of it. Plus it is so nice and clean not having SATA and power cables. I just went with a 2 TB Corsair MP600 NH for boot and two 4 TB versions of the same drive for games. I am about to put my 4 TB 850 Evo and 4 TB 860 Evo drives up for sale.For anything over 2TB, I'd go with a regular 4TB SSD like the Samsung 870 Evo, over a 4TB NVMe. I have the 4TB 860 Evo in my new build.
M.2 does allow for a clean build. The problem is the M.2 2280 form factor. When high capacity means they have to put parts between the PCB and the motherboard. It's not hot swap. The little screws are horrible (I've lost two and have a baggy of spares now for that reason). I hate that the components are exposed and think a 2.5" or 1.8" enclosure would be great.Why? At this point it now makes sense to go NVME since next year we will start getting games that actually make some use of it. Plus it is so nice and clean not having SATA and power cables. I just went with a 2 TB Corsair MP600 NH for boot and two 4 TB versions of the same drive for games. I am about to put my 4 TB 850 Evo and 4 TB 860 Evo drives up for sale.
Its a good choice, i also bought one =)I went with the SN850x 4TB.
Why do you say that? I like M.2 for boot drive and other partitions, replacing 2.5" SSDs and spinning rust.I have no issue with M.2 for grandmas machine and sales guy's laptop. I don't like it for serious data storage.
AFAIK they aren't outsourced and it's Seagate. Phison E18 controller. Micron 176L TLC NAND.Does Seagate actually manufacture those drives? Whose controller? Whose memory chips?
I have this and it's awesome. I have 3 actually.I am thinking about getting the 4TB WD SN850X. Does anyone know when the Samsung 990 Pro 4TB comes out? Should I wait for that, get the WD, or something else?