✅Best M.2 NVMe SSDs For Gaming 2024

[@Hyperion1722]

Gaming is not at all 100% sequential reads/ writes. Most are random reads and writes so you will not discern big differences between drives. Any cheap drive will do - even a pcie3 drive on a pcie3 slot would just be ok and would have almost the same random reads/writes with their pcie4 counterparts. A tad faster but insignificant and not discernible. pcie4 and gen4 drives are only important if you move frequently large files daily (video editing and content creation) and you do not do that in gaming. Choose nvme with dram as this increases the life of the drive.

[@adheva8911]

So, any recommendations then?

[@Hyperion1722]

@@adheva8911 Just get a decent dramless TLC nvme from known brands like crucial/lexar/wd to name a few. It would do just fine.

[@marviliercarvalho836]

I agree 100% cause honestly.. anything beyond 3500MB/s.. you are wasting money since no major difference is perceived

[@marviliercarvalho836]

@@adheva8911 here is mine recommendation. SSD Kingston NV2 1TB Gen4 M.2 NVMe 2280 (3500/2100MB/s) is as good as any other!

[@51TomasLopez50]

@@adheva8911intel optane. Insane speed ln random low queue depth reads/writes. Insanely expensive tho…

[@jefffy7775]

Which one is better between wd blue sn850 2tb currently at $108 , adata sx8200 pro 2tb at $98 and kingston nv2 2tb at $110?

[@almac1968]

adata sx8200 pro

[@Insgride]

If you mean wd black sn850, then that one. The other 2 are dram less

[@JustAGuy85]

@@Insgride Yeah, you want to go with ones that have dedicated dram on them. But if none of those do, I'd go with the Kingston. Actually, I'd save up and get the 990 Pro, but that's me.

[@sethreign8103]

should've included a results graph at the end.

[@KeepitReal-x6g]

this is like a shit AI ad, just thumbs down and move on

[@thedavesofourlives1]

that would require work, this channel uses AI voice, what did you expect?

[@tonmoyhossain6810]

You forget About Kingston KC3000

[@deadselect]

Yes! I like this SSD! Fast operation, the entire volume of chips is available. But... I bought 2 Kingston Fury Renegade, but they are out of order. Very fast disks with random 4k read speeds. It's a pity that I had such a story with Kingston 😢

[@jeremybroderick9465]

Samsung is just hyped

[@dukeOdeath59]

Literally

[@markhalstead2386]

But yet I have a Samsung Pro that is still running great in my 2011 PC build that I plan to replace with a new 2024 build.

[@mazzingah769]

Mine doesn’t detect anymore for some reason… using it for 5yrs😢

[@iluminarirock]

Can someone help me? I'm Brazilian and I didn't understand the video well. Which was the best, in order, from first to fifth place? What are the main characteristics of each one? What are the disadvantages of each?

[@IPlayGames3]

​@@iluminarirockI'll reply as I watch the video. T500: Has DRAM cache (very good), 232-layer cache (very good), very fast, but NEEDS a heatsink. It is one of the fastest Gen4 SSDS in the market. Its performance lowers once its cache fills up. 990 pro: uses Gen4, a good choice, the single fastest (sequential) drive, 8th Gen vnand and custom controller (very good), very high IOPS (very good), high endurance (very good), heatsink is recommended. I don't think you should buy a Samsung SSD. There are better options and Samsungs are considered less reliable. It's also overpriced. SN850X: Very fast, like previous drives. Recommends a heatsink, and it runs cooler. Includes software with advanced features. It was at about this point in the video that I realized this was completely AI generated. I know this because: 1. It repeats several reviews nearly word for word. 2. It claims that the SN850X has colored lighting, which is false. As such, I stopped watching. I recommend looking at the Tom's Hardware SSD rankings. Let me know if you have more questions!

[@HsinYuLin-i2j]

Lexar NM790 1TB PCIe Gen4x4 M.2 SSD ASUS Sabertooth X79 When inserted into the PCI-E 3.0*8 slot, the speed can only run PCI-E 2.0*4

[@N1C0YA]

I am proud of my FIRECUDA 530 4TB SSD and my 970 evo plus still 😁

[@bryansanchez2465]

At $281 price point for Crucial T705 2TB non heatsink…is that worth it to go Gen 5 for a new build???

[@mirandabak7597]

Nope, unless ur gonna do heavy and i mean HEAVY workstation work, gen 4 is perfectly fine

[@JustAGuy85]

@@mirandabak7597 Yeah. Technically, Gen 3 is fine. TECHNICALLY, a plain old SSD loads games just as fast as M.2 NVME drives UNLESS the game is using DirectStorage. That's the only time it's beneficial to have an M.2 NVME drive to load a game. Forspoken loads 6-7 times faster with an NVME drive than an SSD because DirectStorage only works with M.2 NVME drives.

[@Laconic-Spartan-GR]

First, I've got the 990PRO as main Windows drive and the SN850X as secondary disk. I use SSDs since the legendary Samsung 830, then 840/850/860 and then, NVME 970 EVO Plus and now the ones I mentioned. I think in the latest years going from magnetic spinning disks to SSDs was the best upgrade we've had. Feel free to call me 'SSD-Enthusiast'. I was getting all those while none was broken. I bought my SSDs WITHOUT heatsinks. Having a silent, but good fan blowing on them naked is the best temperatures you can get. Right now, my 990PRO while Windows are obviously on report temps: 35C - 35C - 42C and it is still really summer here in Europe, especially in my country, Greece.

[@Antihero82]

What about MSI Spatium M480 Pro?

[@FirasAlmakssosi]

Thank you so much Love your video Therefore I Subscribed 🎉

[@PetarBanicevic-j8t]

KC3000 in our test is the best. Fastest multithread writing. Fastest reader. Neither Samsung nor WD black are fast as video advertized!!!

[@Felix_Tan]

Shouldnt the fury renegade be better then, considering the Fury Renegade is a better KC3000

[@PetarBanicevic-j8t]

I have about 10 if these so called top models. KC3000 then corsair. Its simple anything with : phison is almost always a winner (unless no dram). Wd is slow. Samsung slow but runs cool. KC3000 need thernal pad. Honestly, i dont care, not afiliated with kingston, just saying what i see.

[@JustAGuy85]

I have a Samsung 970 Evo Plus. The only logical choice for my next SSD is the 990 Pro because it's the fastest of the bunch and my motherboard has great NVME heatsinks already on it. My 970 runs cool as a cucumber. The Samsung 990 Pro has 226GB cache on the 2TB model.... so it's always gonna be blazing fast. The 2TB 970 Evo Plus has 2GB of LPDDR4 3733 RAM on it, too. Not sure what the 990 Pro is sporting, but it's things like this that make the difference between the higher quality models... And the cheaper models with NO onboard RAM that wants you to dedicate your system RAM to the NVME. Plus... Samsung is just the king of memory. It's what you want to find on your RAM (DDR), it's what you hope your GPU memory is, etc. etc. Samsung is top tier when it comes to anything memory.

[@luwii94]

Whats the best ssd for gaming laptop? WdSn850X? Kc3000? Adata legend 960 pro? Or the samsung 980 pro?

[@JustAGuy85]

Do any of them have DRAM built onto the chip? Do you have PCI-e 4.0 x2 for your M.2 NVME drive? I dunno your laptop. If you have PCI-e 3.0 x2 (they're all x2), go with a Samsung 970 Evo Plus. The larger the drive, the more DRAM you get. I have a 2TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus with 2GB DRAM. If your M.2 drive doesn't have dedicated system RAM, in some cases, it uses your system's RAM, instead. If you have a laptop with 8GB RAM or something, well.. you need all the RAM you can get lol... and you don't want your M.2 NVME "sharing" your system RAM. Just my opinion. Other than that, Samsung makes the best memory. Unfortunately, the 980 loses to the 970 Evo Plus, but that's another story. The 980 is 3.0 and 980 pro is 4.0. When the cache is exhausted on the 980 Pro (which has dedicated DRAM), it drops to still over 2GB/s. A 980 without dedicated DRAM built on the drive drops to like 300-350MB/s. So, in short, if you have PCI-e 4.0, go with the 980 Pro. And go with at least a 1TB if not a 2TB. That way you're set for a long time. Solid state drives start losing speed BIG TIME after you get 50% full. So don't go buying some little 256MB or 512MB drive and have it running at 80% capacity all the time. You'll lose performance. That's how solid state works. SSDs, phone memory, etc. 50% and more usage = slow down. And it gets slower and slower the more you get passed 50%. Slower than a hard drive? No, I don't mean that, but you lose a lot of performance, regardless if it is still "fast".

[@JustAGuy85]

@@shaipacheco3743 I know that Samsung, Western Digital, Kingston and Crucial all make good quality, reliable memory. Kingston and Crucial probably cost the least out of those, but they really are top notch brands. Been around forever. I always see the brand "ADATA" when looking at the absolute cheapest models. I personally wouldn't use them but it's because I have no experience with them, the price seems too good to be true, and losing all your data from a dead drive is just awful. I wasn't able to quickly find if your laptop has 1x or 2x M.2 slots, if they are SSD or NVME or anything. I saw on some earlier models, they used all kinds of mix and matching. So, first, I'd make sure whether you have M.2 NVME or M.2 SSD. And since I'm unfamiliar with it, there's different lengths, the most common being "2280". Depends if your laptop can fit that size or not. But, yeah, depends on the price you want to spend and the amount of space you're looking to have.

[@claypepa]

Watch in 1.25. No need to thank

[@heyolorenns]

No thank you

[@deadselect]

990 Pro and SN850X forever ❤

[@LstWS]

Are all ssd compatible with windows 11 ? Or we have to do something , sorry im kind of new on this i have a 250gb ssd im thinking of getting a 4tb

[@wojciechszeler2]

yes

[@DTheDuude]

yes

[@Earthball_Productions]

Get a 4tb one

[@JonKirst]

Just make sure you get the right form factor for your motherboard, but they're just plug and play...also if you can swing it, go 4TB.

[@AngelSuprem]

¿What do u think about RAID 0 on gaming for reduce waiting loadtime?

[@EnderPrinceLive]

It’s generally not worth it, it’s barely faster as ram becomes the bottleneck, and if one drive fails you lose all your data so it doubles the chance of data loss.

[@JustAGuy85]

RAID 0 with SSDs and M.2 NVMEs only increase straight up throughput. It actually increases seek times which is what game loading is all about. A single M.2 NVME will load a game faster than 2x M.2 NVMEs in RAID 0. Same thing with SSDs. HDDs are different because they are so much slower to begin with. RAID 0 HDDs DO load games faster 99% of the time. But, RAM isn't a bottleneck... I mean, RAM (as long as you have two sticks) can read at speeds of at LEAST 50 GB/s. And that's DDR4 RAM. My DDR4 3600 C15 dual rank kit benchmarks at 62GB/s read speeds in AIDA64. Not to mention, a good M.2 NVME drive will come with its own dedicated RAM. My Samsung 970 Evo Plus has 2GB DDR4 on it. NVMEs without their own RAM will sometimes come with software that will allow you to dedicate a portion of your system RAM to the NVME drive, but obviously it's better to just get a quality NVME drive with its own dedicated RAM for cache.

[@jong7258]

@@JustAGuy85 I have 2 desktop pc (Asus MB. in both) 1 have 2 M2SSD in Raid 0, the other one have 1 single. The one whit Raid 0 Start the game faster, loading in and out from the game faster and also get a little higher FPS in games. @EnderPrinceLive No different if You have 1 ore 2 disk, if a disk fail in any of those setup, You loose all Your Data anyway.!

[@makxzyrun2934]

I will order for my main storage a crucial t500 and for second storage the KC3000. Both are 2TB. Hope it will be good !

[@starvideochannel5562]

NVME M.2 SSD Benchmarks for creators usage. But is it possible to make a video for Gamers base on game storage drives and also tells us.

[@lucasrem]

We need faster I/O for gaming needs Faster write read speeds too. why no Gen 5 drives in 2024, why is this market still slow ? too slow for gamers now. these drives are for normal people, not for 2024 gamers ;)

[@iluminarirock]

Can someone help me? I'm Brazilian and I didn't understand the video well. Which was the best, in order, from first to fifth place? What are the main characteristics of each one? What are the disadvantages of each?

[@douglasmartins4688]

Does Samsung 990 pro w/o heatsink gets too hot while playing on a gaming laptop? I will use it just for games, I won't transfer heavy files or anything, but I'm afraid of it getting too hot

[@kentpachi143]

just buy a heatsink for nvme dude

[@adheva8911]

@@kentpachi143 Do heatsinks even fit?

[@kentpachi143]

@@adheva8911 theres alot in online shops now

[@YourMother6yrsago]

@@adheva8911depends on the case

[@jessevelazquez7088]

@@adheva8911 yes, laptops are known to have all types of extra space. He should all an aircooler as well.

[@alternativa3313]

Hola, tengo un 980 pro1 1TB para sistema operativo y programas, adicional un 970 Evo Plus de 1 TB para juegos, pero quiero comprar un SN770 de 2tb por $120 para instalar juegos únicamente, sera una buena compra?

[@Trdr787]

Cómo te fue?

[@alternativa3313]

@@Trdr787 Compré el SN770 de 2 tb y todo va excelente fue una muy buena elección

[@moroccan-gamer9]

please tell me which one is better *wd blue sn580* or *crucial p3 plus* ??????????

[@anti-macro]

The SN580 is faster in general

[@moroccan-gamer9]

@@anti-macro crucial p3 plus has 5000 read and 3600 write but for wd blue sn580 it has 4150 read and 4150 write so one is better at read and one is better at write

[@king_nonzt.v6826]

Great ! Now i know what is the best SSD's 9f mine .

[@tjboolin363]

What did you get ? And let me know how is the gaming performance

[@iluminarirock]

Can someone help me? I'm Brazilian and I didn't understand the video well. Which was the best, in order, from first to fifth place? What are the main characteristics of each one? What are the disadvantages of each?

[@boxydial]

can anyone tell me , which is best for gaming in hp victus ram and ssd both

[@jeremybroderick9465]

techpowerup ssd-specs/kingspec-xg7000-pro-2-tb.d1419

[@iluminarirock]

Can someone help me? I'm Brazilian and I didn't understand the video well. Which was the best, in order, from first to fifth place? What are the main characteristics of each one? What are the disadvantages of each?

[@JustAGuy85]

@@iluminarirock The best is the Samsung 990 Pro. It doesn't overheat, it maintains max speeds due to its 226 GB cache on the 2TB model and... it's Samsung. The best brand for memory hands down. If you want to save a little money, then Crucial makes great products, too. Those are the only two brands I'd trust.

[@alexandernigthzz4156]

For the budget the crucial p3 or t500 second option is 990 evo plus or 850x WD. Also the solodigim (I think) is the name of the brand.

[@SW-ud1wt]

I also need 2TB SSD for hp victus ci5 13 gen 4050 card model, which one do you recommend? Please reply

[@Phoenix42.0]

Do you actually list the prices at all? That's very important going to go find another review that lists the prices at the start of every product.

[@pokenino6944]

Nah its made with AI and chatgpt cant list prices

[@Phoenix42.0]

@@pokenino6944 Lol that's why I found the reviews so mehhhh

[@luimu]

Listing prices here is meaningless since they get outdated and are not accurate for most countries.

[@Phoenix42.0]

@@luimu Lol no it's because it's AI made and chatgpt can't look up prices

[@ferrancabrer]

Attention all: This NVMe drive has a 60-80% chance of failing within the first few days of normal use. In our short and limited 2023-24 experience of 15 units FANXIANG > BLUE > Samsung 990/1080 Pro > WD BLACK drives and we don't know the rest. The read and write speeds (CRYSTAL BENCHMARK) achieved in Windows 11 on a PENTIUM i9K 128GB DDR5 XMP are approximately three times faster than regular SSDs. Additionally, external adapters must have a fan, as they tend to overheat if not properly ventilated.

[@Fleeezz]

why nobody is talking about the fury renegade ssd? Is it bad or worth buying it for gaming?

[@smyykk]

no its vert slow

[@iluminarirock]

Can someone help me? I'm Brazilian and I didn't understand the video well. Which was the best, in order, from first to fifth place? What are the main characteristics of each one? What are the disadvantages of each?

[@ФилиппБаранов-ы4т]

He said that these were not in any particular order. Personally, I'd go for WD Black SN850X

[@Omar13t]

1 crucial t500 2 samsung 990 pro 3 wd black sn850x 4 fireCuda 530 5 lexar nm790 6 sk hynix platinum Be sure to get a 1tb ssd or higher because some of these ssd's don't have d ram for capacities below 1tb and some of these ssd 's don't have d ram at all but top 3 have it , i have the t500 2tb and it's perfect, and i also got it for much cheaper than the Samsung

[@antwanmeave8504]

could be a video made by AI

[@JRskatrPvP]

@@antwanmeave8504this is a video made by AI I think

[@naapsuvaimne740]

i will get WD Black SN850X 4 tb

[@MuhammadZukermi-bg3vc]

I am proud of my 990 pro 4tb

[@divin3-_-shotzz621]

How much it cost

[@PC-vx2er]

Same, picked mine up on the black friday deal for £222

[@user-ir9uj3oc3d]

😂 bro proud of sudden 40% health drop after a 2 tb write

[@icehousemuzik]

Yo are you serious. Elaborate you scared me from buying this now ​@@user-ir9uj3oc3d

[@lucasrem]

MuhammadZukermi-bg3vc why you say proud, you show it of, girls like that ? only PCIe 4.0 in 2024 ? Why you need it, old Notebook ?

[@LiljamezZz]

Yall are sleeping on the teamgroup cardea a440 pro its 7400 read and 6900 write with 2TB for only $120 and you can get it under $100 if you wait for some deals

[@Tanguylecoutre]

Yeah unfortunately this one is trash as it doesn't have dram cache which will negatively impact iops

[@iluminarirock]

Can someone help me? I'm Brazilian and I didn't understand the video well. Which was the best, in order, from first to fifth place? What are the main characteristics of each one? What are the disadvantages of each?

[@wilsonl3911]

​@@Tanguylecoutre u gotta give a better reason. U do realize that lexar nm790 is recommended in this video which is a dram-less ssd?

[@Tanguylecoutre]

@@wilsonl3911 no dram = bad endurance, rapid performance drop and much slower than those that have dram. It's a trojan horse. If you want a good and stable ssd look for it to be tlc (not qlc) have dram and read/write speeds that matches your motherboards pcie capabilities. But these ssd's are also expensive af. Samsung 990, firecuda 530 are good for example

[@kahindimoses4547]

I have been using the PS5 for a year but with no idea of whats build inside.Amazing am enlightened now.

[@iluminarirock]

Can someone help me? I'm Brazilian and I didn't understand the video well. Which was the best, in order, from first to fifth place? What are the main characteristics of each one? What are the disadvantages of each?

[@tjboolin363]

Need help, I got a gaming laptop that got great reviews from Amazon but I am still having trouble with figuring out which SSD is best suited for gaming and art animation.

[@iluminarirock]

Can someone help me? I'm Brazilian and I didn't understand the video well. Which was the best, in order, from first to fifth place? What are the main characteristics of each one? What are the disadvantages of each?

[@Omar13t]

For you i think the kingston nv2 is enough or a similarly priced ssd

[@VEEZER1]

Solidigm p44 pro for the win

[@peterdavies4122]

Gotta get them ☕🐝

[@Barny87chuys]

Смотрю ssd m2 там пишут в описание pci-e 3.0 × 4 что бы это могло значить

[@100waysofexcersies3]

which generation is latest

[@Qwickxilver]

5 nd 4

[@100waysofexcersies3]

@@Qwickxilver thank you

[@Dan..K..wymI6]

This sounds like the script for this video was written by chatgpt and goes hard on 2x speed

[@HideNameMe]

Lexar NM790 is the cheapest among those

[@iluminarirock]

Can someone help me? I'm Brazilian and I didn't understand the video well. Which was the best, in order, from first to fifth place? What are the main characteristics of each one? What are the disadvantages of each?

[@HideNameMe]

@@iluminarirockit doesn’t matter which one u buy. They all are extremely fast. Just buy the one which was on sale.

[@alexraw627]

Hdd are good for torrent download especially 100gb over with 1gb broadband over. If you do this on Nvme your cpu will go Berserk € Don't believe that Nvme are the best thing for you .Nvme is good for short high speeds but for long copying and large files Nvme are way to slow and give a strain on cpu. I know because I have an 7800x3d and 7900 xtx.owner of hdd and Nvme

[@kilutica3D]

there is no s70 blade here Its with D-ram and trumps most on this list

[@ghvcvvcccfg3834]

Samsung is the best ofc

[@sn0ww0]

I have Samsung 980 pro 1t I think it's enough

[@ghvcvvcccfg3834]

It’s good

[@deeprock3080]

amazing best m.2 nvme ssd for gaming

[@iluminarirock]

Can someone help me? I'm Brazilian and I didn't understand the video well. Which was the best, in order, from first to fifth place? What are the main characteristics of each one? What are the disadvantages of each?

[@Ram-lp6qi]

Find Gen 4

[@Nordic-sm3ur]

I hope your #2 Seagate is better than their POS Hard Drives.

[@N1C0YA]

I agree. Had a seagate SSHD from them and not even 3 months in the spinning needle started clicking and lost all my data. Never got their HDD again. But their Firecuda 4TB M.2 SSD has been working like a charm. Hopefully this SSD will restore some faith in Seagate.

[@DK.S725]

Kc3000?

[@PetarBanicevic-j8t]

KC3000 is absolutely the fastest drive, big big difference in multitasking write. I have tested 50% of ssd advertized here. KC3000 is a lot faster than Samsung

[@bartjandejong9412]

for me i dont care about multitasking, just for gaming is it still really that mutch better than the WB black sn850x?? I am building sick pc 4090 ryzen 7 7800x3d but i am looking at 3 ssd's. samsung ssd 990pro, kc3000, sn850@@PetarBanicevic-j8t

[@kokkeonglee8005]

1.50 500TB?what.

[@foremostpicks11]

Apologies, it is an error; the correct capacity is 500GB.

[@AntonioGarcia-xk6jd]

@AntonioGarcia-xk6jd 0 seconds ago I know you have made videos on NVME M.2 SSD Benchmarks for creators usage. But is it possible to make a video for Gamers base on game storage drives and also tells us what's important for gamers relative to purchasing a Top Tier & High Endurance TWB / PWB, M.2 NVME'S Gen 4. Is it possible to use these specific drives listed below with out heatsink: 1 - Seagate FireCuda 530 without heatsink 2TB 2 - WD Black SN850X 2TB 3 - Samsung 990 Pro without heatsink 2TB 4 - TeamGroup T-Force Carder Pro Z440 2TB 5 - Kingston KC3000 2TB 6 - Solidigm P44 Pro 2TB

[@iluminarirock]

Can someone help me? I'm Brazilian and I didn't understand the video well. Which was the best, in order, from first to fifth place? What are the main characteristics of each one? What are the disadvantages of each?

[@JustAGuy85]

You know that little piece of paper that comes on every M.2 NVME drive? That is actually a "heatsink" lol. Don't tear it off. But, the faster the drive, the more power it's going to use and the more you're gonna need some form of an actual heatsink. They'll all be fine without a heatsink if you're just talking about loading games and general PC usage. It's when you start transferring files at 7GB/s for a few minutes that the heat will slow them down. PCI-e 4.0 M.2 NVME drives draw a decent amount of power. Besides, any halfway decent motherboard comes with heatsinks already on the M.2 NVME slot. If not, you can just buy one for cheap. I'd say it's definitely a worthwhile investment, man.

[@mcroman-superfeat]

NEED SPEED CHECK THIS OUT : Kingston FURY Renegade PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD 1 TB or 2 TB

[@zodiacbtk]

non fiable

[@kingbaboon1145]

Patriot Viper Gaming

[@SamS-ef5ez]

What about SB-RKTQ4-4TB Rocket Q4 NVMe SSD

[@iluminarirock]

Can someone help me? I'm Brazilian and I didn't understand the video well. Which was the best, in order, from first to fifth place? What are the main characteristics of each one? What are the disadvantages of each?

[@ritzkola2302]

I have the 2tb 990 pro and it’s taking an hour to download Spider-Man 2 on ps5.

[@AquaLady153]

its your internet

[@markhalstead2386]

SSD drive can only save as fast as they get the data. As already stated, it is your internet speed that is the bottleneck.

[@ritzkola2302]

@@markhalstead2386 sheesh relax

[@iluminarirock]

Can someone help me? I'm Brazilian and I didn't understand the video well. Which was the best, in order, from first to fifth place? What are the main characteristics of each one? What are the disadvantages of each?

[@ajayshelukar1117]

Sata SSD game over

[@EdyKurniawan-ep4lh]

MHRS NRF

[@raq5558]

the Samsung 990 pro have been killing themselves

[@JustAGuy85]

Nah, it was a mistake in the firmware that was giving false lifespan readings. They fixed it. It wasn't ACTUALLY going down in lifespan as reported, it was a false reporting.

[@raq5558]

@@JustAGuy85 are you sure tho?

[@JustAGuy85]

@@raq5558 That's what the news is. I don't have one so I can't say for 100%, but reviewers were saying that was the case.

[@raq5558]

@@JustAGuy85 oh ok dang it’s to late for me to buy that now I already bought the teamgroup mp44

[@jasonswift7098]

Samsung 990 Pro its the only one you should consider. Crucial, lexar, SK and WD are shit.

[@Blackicetac]

Yeah you're smoking. ...

[@jasonswift7098]

@@Blackicetac yes you are a drug addict.

[@Sir.BigBoss]

​@@Blackicetac😂 lol he smoke cigarettes? Or u mean weed lol

[@JustAGuy85]

Crucial and Kingston tend to make good products, but I am with ya... the only one I would get (and the only one I AM getting) is the Samsung 990 Pro. 4TB model. Already have a 2TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus and it's perfect.

[@jasonswift7098]

@@Sir.BigBoss Ive never touched cigarettes or drugs in my life ok.

[@jefffy7775]

Which one is better between wd blue sn850 2tb currently at $108 , adata sx8200 pro 2tb at $98 and kingston nv2 2tb at $110?

[@magisport5198]

I've got adata sx8200 pro 2tb for almost 5 years and have no issues so far! I've been using my PC extensively every day /8-10 hours/!

[@JustAGuy85]

Kingston has always made great memory products. if I had to choose, I'd go with Kingston because of their LONG time excellent reputation. Western Digital is "okay"... but always slower than their competition and overrated if you ask me. However, I've got a Seagate SSD that's 120GB in my rig from WAYYYY back when they were new and it's still perfectly fine. I don't think you can go wrong with any of them because there are no moving parts. What you have to look for is the random read/write speeds and if they can stay cool enough to keep their speeds up. It's also good to know if they have dedicated LPDDR4 on the memory module, itself, instead of buying one without any and having to use the software which will take your system memory and dedicate it to the NVME. Not a HUGE deal if you have 32GB RAM or more, but if you're on a rig with 8GB RAM, it's a definite no no, and if you have 16GB RAM, you're pushing it as many games will push you passed 16GB RAM usage. Look at BF5 with ray tracing lol... pushes me to an average of 24-25GB total RAM usage on my system and I've peaked at 98% RAM usage (32,000MB... just under my total RAM amount). Which, that's an extreme example, to be fair, but still... with all the games coming out with UE5 with the extremely detailed textures and then when you start adding in ray tracing... yeah, 16GB RAM is no longer enough, let alone enough to share 2GB of it for your NVME cache. That's what I like about my 2TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus. It has its own dedicated 2TB LPDDR4 3733 RAM on the module, itself.

[@jefffy7775]

@@JustAGuy85 i heard that they keep on changing the controller.

[@jefffy7775]

@@magisport5198 i think i will go for s70 gammix. Thanks guys

[@jefffy7775]

@@magisport5198 since sx8200 pro is currently out of stock.