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Reliable budget SSD

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wandplus

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I don't need the fastest, I'm asking which SSD would you consider reliable for a reasonable price.
 
wandplus said:
I don't need the fastest, I'm asking which SSD would you consider reliable for a reasonable price.
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Again, need definitives as one persons “reasonable” is another persons “overpriced”

What’s your budget? Then go from there
 
I always used to go for the Kingstons for longevity and low price. Issued out hundreds, all still trucking. But I have also bought plenty of SPower too. Maybe had one of those go a few years ago but law of averages...
 
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I just mean general usage, some gaming.
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Is it going to be the system and/or home directory disk? Aka C: for Windows. Linux it's more like /var and your home dir, plus /tmp if it's not a ram drive. I'd want a TLC drive if it's doing any of those. If it's just general storage, apps and games QLC is fine.
 
I have been using Patriot ssd's for a little while now without any problems. Been getting them off Ebay and they are pretty cheap.
 
If you are this worried about everything then why are you just after reasonably priced drives? These are commodity items now. It's not 2012. Pay your $50, use it and if it fails 2 years from now buy another.
 
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Is there a chart anywhere that shows temperatures for various SSDs?
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Here you go, $242, pretty much on par $/GB with the 2TB version, $120
It's single sided and fits in my Legion Go with the vertical adapter.
If you're worried about NVME heat, get some cheap heatsinks.

Team Group MP44 M.2 2280 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 with NVMe Laptop & Desktop & NUC & NAS Internal Solid State Drive (SSD), (R/W Speed up to 7,400/6,900MB/s) TM8FPW004T0C101​

https://www.newegg.com/team-group-4tb-mp44-nvme/p/N82E16820985038?Item=N82E16820985038
Operating Temperature0°C ~ +70°C
Storage Temperature-40°C ~ +85°C
Operating HumidityRH 90% under 40 celsius degree
Max Shock Resistance1,500G / 0.5 ms
Max Vibration Resistance80~2,000 Hz / 20G
Performance
Max Sequential ReadUp to 7400 MBps
Max Sequential WriteUp to 6900 MBps
4KB Random ReadUp to 650,000 IOPS
4KB Random WriteUp to 660,000 IOPS
Terabytes Written (TBW)2000TB
MTBF 1,600,000 hours
 
Get one with TLC NAND and DRAM. I have stuck with those SSDs and they been doing great for me.
 
For us with worldwide fleet of 1400+ desktop PCs in VFX/gaming industry, with heavy daily usage, it's Crucial > Intel > Samsung > Kingston for reliability.

As a generalized statement, Kingston's are not reliable - we see mass amounts of failures under 12 months, Crucial in the early days (5+ years ago) were also terrible, and Samsung's typically get 2-3 years of usage. However in past 3 years both Crucial and Intel's we've seen single digit failures, and almost always get 3 years out of them.

So for "budget" I'd go Crucial, and stay away from Kingston.
 
In my company we have sold 500+ Kingston SSDs (A400, NV2, NV3), some of them more than 5 years ago. Only 2 of them have failed within the warranty period. I can't agree that they are less reliable than Samsung. Samsung are overrated and have a much higher fall-our ratio.
 
I have used several Netac drives for basic storage and an NVME Netac is in my couch computer as a boot drive. They aren’t the best. They are ho hum, but they are cheap and they work
 
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