Which SSD (PC Storage) Should You Buy In 2022?

[@HighTierMike]

I miss this style of videos. Very informative and its coming from someone who’s actually used all these types of drives.

[@ashforghani5109]

yes!

[@negativaura]

😂

[@StefanEtienneTheVerrgeRep]

Why the bias toward Solid State? Why not any reviews on Liquid State Drives? Or Gaseous State drives?

[@djshortsleeve9132]

How prevalent are they in the market? That's the answer to your question

[@randocrypto1678]

I’m a big fan of plasma drives

[@negativaura]

😂

[@marijanovic191x7]

I want a quantum state drive. XD

[@Just_a_Tool]

Solidus State is fastest

[@albal156]

These type of videos are how I discovered your channel and its nice to see someone who has used this much stuff explain everything as it makes trust that your recommendations are going to with for someone. Is this going to be a regular thing because I would love it.

[@zn9219]

1. TLC NAND 2. SLC CACHE 3. DRAM BUFFER All 3 of these are musts?

[@voluntarism335]

Yes

[@bullyakker]

You can get away with a cheaper drive without, however having these 3 attributes are very pleasant to have

[@lonewolf5316]

@@bullyakker i used a samsung QVO drive and it was utter crap. i never seen so much computer stutter in my life to the point it crashed the pc!!!! more than likely a bad drive DOA

[@bullyakker]

@@lonewolf5316 sounds like an odd issue.. did you tune it or run it stock?

[@bullyakker]

Also, QLC how much ram do you have? My current 12400 (i'm on at the moment) has 32G ram got an uber fast boot drive, an HDD for many games and a crap assed 1TB silicone a60 for games which performs stellar for such an inexpensive, junk drive

[@bobsmiley06]

Getting back to your roots. I like it

[@forum42087]

Ha if you hadn't said this was B.S.T I never would have guessed, its such a classic Tech Deals format video! I do really miss those, especially the builds😋❤

[@Ladioz]

Thank you for never changing your style of videos. These videos with the white background take me back!

[@HeyitzSnoop]

I’m totally sold on buying Samsung for the software.

[@adnanerochdi6982]

Glad I went with 970 Evo plus when I built the PC. Is this thing fast. The sequencial read came to practical help for me. Not with file copy alone always, but in rendering large master files, mainly from after effects.

[@adnanerochdi6982]

Also I heard the 970 Evo Plus have changed a bit for worse. Well, feeling lucky I bought the first editions. Maybe not practically noticeable but good to know

[@I_Am_Hateful]

my first big PC upgrade was from a 1050ti, 4670k, and a HDD to a 1080 ti, 3900x, and a 970 evo plus all big changes in user exp but the SSD was 100% the most noticeable.

[@英語わかりません]

I went with 960 evo 4.5 years ago. Good stuff.

[@adnanerochdi6982]

@@I_Am_Hateful I even went from a 3rd gen laptop with SanDisk SSD to this 10850k with that Evo SSD and it was still so noticeably snappy and crazy fast. Even though they're still both SSDs. Noice

[@wolfshanze5980]

Hey... stop being so BAD!

[@diyi75]

The only issue I have is what exactly is a name brand? If you're a relatively new computer world you may have never heard of crucial or sabrent? I've used a brand called team group that's been flawless for the last few years, yet I've had a sandisk and a silicon power take a dump in less than a year.

[@Rivenrock]

I put a Samsung 980 Pro in as main drive and it is soooo fast! When I restarted my 5950x the first time after installing the new drive my monitor went black and I looked at the rig to see the RGB and fans go off and come back on, but they didn't! The POST screen came up and I realized that this is so fast I never even see the flicker! And moving large files from one folder to another doesn't even give the 'status bar' time to come up. They just go! I'm serious, the 5950x driven by 980 Pro on a B550 Unify-X with 64GB RAM is a really good combination that runs sooo fast and sooo stable and actually runs nice and cool.

[@christopherp.8485]

You really are my go to guy for SSDs.

[@wolfshanze5980]

6:13 is all you need to know... thanks for the summary!

[@ej4219]

Watched this guy when I was building my first PC 3 years ago. Still the best set of teeth amongst KZbinrs.

[@Deece_95]

Building my first PC mainly for using Blender. I need some guidance on finishing this out Cpu- Intel 10th gen core i7 10700k GPU- XFX Speedster Qik308 Radeon RX 6650XT RAM- Corsair Vengeance PRO 16gb Motherboard- MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Plus Need ssd cards for that set up, reccomendations?

[@mikemoore5270]

You never got enough credit for balancing being a personality and presenting information.

[@UC241]

Creating a comparison chart might prove helpful!

[@locosmuevenmundo]

awsome video mate, for an old laptop i5 8250U with sata m.2 and 2.5 inch bay which ones you would recomend?

[@udayvickyka1366]

Sir you have so many SSD thanks for testing genuine

[@thomas1699]

I just installed an SK Hynix Gen 3 drive in my Acer Aspire laptop. I like it, but some say the 970 Evo Plus is better. I have a 980 Pro for my Acer Predator (Next in the agenda) to replace the OEM drive. That IS a LOT of drive boxes. 😮

[@lastechocorp1841]

ooh it has been a while since the last ssd vid. these are always helpful videos thanks tech. QUESTION: i have a MSI B450 Tomahawk Max with a 3600 cpu, and a 3070. i already have a an 850 wat psu and 32gb ram. the R9 5900x is £357 atm should i upgrade? edit: i game at 1440p and have 3 monitors

[@onomatopoeia162003]

yes. have fun updating the UEFI if you haven't. when you do

[@user-dg5is1gj4v]

hi, thanks for vid. just a couple of questions you might know, what could be the best possibilities for external ssds for those with laptops with limited m2 slots? what kind of performance could you get mapping a usb 3 (type A and/or C) external ssd for game installs?

[@blindshot709]

there are sabrent rocket Q 1tb on amazon 48% off from over 200 to 129 now

[@ByteSizeTech]

That’s not a deal, you can get TLC drives for less

[@blindshot709]

@@ByteSizeTech yeah thats CDN not usd,

[@jazon9]

For large data storage i used Samsung 8TB 2,5" SATA SSD 870 QVO. It is SATA SSD but for storage and even for the most game is very nice SSD TB/price. For the most games, i use SSD for my previous PC ADATA SX950 1TB. For Windows i use NVME Corsair Force MP510 1TB.

[@lonewolf5316]

i had a sammy QVO drive i hated it. the EVO and pro are far better drives.

[@jankarlocagalpin4385]

when's the next livestream?.. been itching for some techdeals lately..

[@rezwananis7999]

Thanks tech! I was just exactly looking for this video. Need some ssds

[@johnpaulbacon8320]

Thanks for this well done video.

[@CageyLeigh]

I just bought a Beelink Ryzen 4700U. Which Sata SSD would you recommend for the secondary storage on this mini pc?

[@yusophmangondato7781]

I don't know why I keep looking into your eyes since you said no script at the beginning😊, but anyway it's a great vid. very informative to me thanks and keep the good work bro.

[@noxeal8963]

Hey there, I'm looking to buy a new SSD for my PC, where I'd store my games (the games are stored on a very old HDD at the moment). I noticed that my motherboard had an M.2 slot, so i'd rather take an M.2 SSD. At the moment, i'm looking at the Evo 970 Pro which is at 180€ on Amazon's Prime Day, or a P5 Plus which is at 200€. My motherboard doesn't support PCIe 4.0, but i'm leaning towards the P5 Plus for future upgrades. Do you think the P5 is a good option ? Or the 970 ? Or maybe another one ? In case that could help, here are my pc specs : Motherboard : MSI B450 Tomahawk Max CPU : AMD Ryzen 5 3600 GPU : Nvidia Geforce GTX 1660Ti Actual SSD : CT 250 MX500

[@lonewolf5316]

get a sammy 970 EVO pro. it will blow your skirt off of you and if your coming from an HDD your brain will explode. do you have dual channel or single channel ram??? if single channel id'e upgrade the ram as well🙃🙂🥰. my personal with the sammy QVO line of SSD'S has been crap over the EVO and the pro line!!!

[@nathe0923]

is ADATA GOOD?

[@brianmiller1574]

You seem to be among most genuine reviewers and for that, you have my respect Thank you

[@sahilrawat421]

How's WD Black SN770 1tb?

[@oxy84]

Cheap n good ssd for a ps4 slim with good milage wich you recommend ? Plz help out

[@TlelocGaming]

Awesome man, you are the best!!

[@mer1boss_883]

is the Crucial P3 Plus 1TB M.2 PCIe Gen4 good?

[@robwhitmore3040]

I did a lot of research before buying a 2TB WD Black SN850. It's crazy quick for video editing. I used to use a Samsung 980 and the speed difference scrubbing through heavy video files is huge. 980s now my priority games drive. I wish I had the money to try one of those high end Optane drives.

[@voluntarism335]

Is ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade 4TB a good drive?

[@spetauskas]

looking for ssd 2.5 (sata) should I go with budget variant (like patriot p210) or go with premium (samsung evo) which costs twice the price? mainly it would be game drive.

[@alaskanassassin7332]

Keep it up tech and fam. For the algos, I run a T force cardea z440 gen4 5k/4.4K read write, and a mushkin pilot gen3 for game drive.

[@ByteSizeTech]

The Z440 is awesome, we have that as our 2TB boot drive on our R9 5950X video editing PC. Crazy fast!

[@alaskanassassin7332]

@@ByteSizeTech mine too is the 2tb model running boot drive on my 5950x CAD render home machine

[@TreenighetMaranata]

I have a Samsung SSD 980 NVMe M2 SSD 1TB as gaming SSD! Is it any good, if not, which one do you recommend?

[@nathalyberko1139]

You are so underrated, following you for some years now and you are so right at many things. Love your rant on subjects like Ram and Cores (the more the better for gaming), so true! Now I've got a question. What m.2 ssd is the best for laptop for your battery? I know the SK hynix Gold P31 m.2 SSD was a very good m.2 ssd for your laptop, but that was some time ago. Hope to hear from you. Thanks in advance!

[@geotag1272]

Cant find the product listing you mentioned on the vid disc :/

[@jonathangarcia2643]

Hey how you guys doing, I came across your channe seeing you guys help Viewers with various question about pc gaming l, and just thought I could seek out your guys help. I’m up recently upgraded my systems cpu and motherboard, but for some reason I can’t get any post, and I’ve narrowed it down to my ssd, or 2.5 sata.I’ve tried re installing Gpu, cpu, ram( also have another pair of working ram sticks and tried those as well) making sure all power is connected firmly along with anything connected to motherboard. Once I took out my nvme or 2.5 sata, pc boots up fine to bios, I plug in my windows installer via USB key, and it boots fine, problem is I can’t install windows because I’m unable to post with any sort of storage device. I’ve bought numerous nvme’s brand new, and still same situation. And it’s not the motherboard, cuz I’ve bought 2 other motherboards and same situation. So I counted out the motherboard, and also cpu works completely fine on my old motherboard. I’ve checked QVL list and my nvme’s both compatible with motherboard along with cpu. Only thing that isn’t, is my ram sticks, would thought cause system incompatibility with other components? Below is my old build that functions perfect. Cpu: i7-10700 Gpu: rog strix Rtx 3060 Motherboard: ASROCK b460 steel legend Ram: G.skill ripjaws f4-3200C16D-32GVK Also have hyper x fury HX426C16FB/16 x2 Power supply: EVGA gt series 850w Storage: Team mp33 pro 2tb Samsung ssd 980 1tb New build: i9-10900k Gpu: same as old build Motherboard: Msi z490 tomahawk Ram: same as old build Power supply: same as old build Storage: same as old build And for a note, both those ram sticks aren’t on my new Mobos QVL list, so I’m thinking it’s causing some sort of incompatibility issues throughout the motherboard. Please help 😭

[@boozysheep6888]

The only drive I have is a 1TB intel 660p I was wanting to add a 1TB drive and move the OS. I have a i7-12700k with ddr4. What drive would you suggest?

[@Sabre912]

i feel horrible that i finally found this channel just now! subbed!

[@sbrahma0]

Hi I am trying to upgrade from 2Tb to 30 TB storage, in my ThinkStation P620 PC. Please can you suggest the best way to do it, would like to get best transfer speeds.

[@liquidwawan7114]

low end ssd plus sandisk and wd green dont have dram cache, it is still good to buy?

[@shawnoxo]

black sn850, 980 pro or 970 evo plus?

[@bigbiscuit6751]

I’ve used a few sk Hynix drives They perform really well.

[@JGComments]

Finally ditching my Intel Optane (yes, you read that right, it was free lol) + HDD setup, so this was perfect. Thanks!

[@lonewolf5316]

i only buy the sammy EVO or pro lines😳. after 10 years i havn't seen a dead sammy drive yet

[@4gbmeans4gb61]

Ok lol then whats the best 2tb drive for the money? Something fast enough to not notice it not being the Fastest, thats also cheap. Samsung ones seem to went up, like 250 bucks now.

[@KunalVaidya]

Very good video advice, showing the real device purchase/use example and real world recommendation. Dont worry about SSD life and a common user is unlikely to use up so much and go for premium known brands for peace of mind. also, You get what you pay for

[@lonewolf5316]

i always go with the sammy drives for there performance!!! just installed a 2 TB sammy 970 EVO plus in a buds gaming rig. his cpu is a AMD RYZEN 5 3600 along with a 1060 super GPU and a single 8GB of ram. and his PC freaking smokes after adding the sammy drive. it will be interesting to see how hid pc behaves when he gets his new ram sticks later this week🙃

[@mahomisawa4172]

Curious why its not on the main channel but anyway. I'm still wondering whats the difference between a "cheap" ssd with no dram vs a ssd with dram. Like yes we know one is better and one is worse, but by how much? At what cost would it take to justify? Though admittedly at the current state of pricing they've probably already made that choice for us.

[@lonewolf5316]

it's like night and day. i had a cheap drive it wasn't as responsive as a 970 EVO pro. computer smoothness is better with dram vnand ect ect than with out. i installed windows in 3 minutes on a 970 EVO pro

[@carleynorthcoast1915]

anyone heard that crucial had quality control issues or "bad batches" what it just during lockdown?

[@Mangotunde]

Was thinking about getting 2 SSDs - One would be a 500gb boot drive (not sure if this amount is necessary) - and then my main SSD would be a 2TB drive. Wouldn't mind just having my Windows being booted on my main 2TB drive but im not sure if that impacts performance whatsoever. I'm unsure which brands to go for and what to get so some tips would be really helpful!

[@simplybeans290]

I'm thinking about getting an ssd as well. I'm am having some trouble figuring out what to get. Any luck for you?

[@polyroguegames5820]

I think if you go with the latter just remember to partition the drive so operating system has its own one!

[@Mangotunde]

@@polyroguegames5820 ohhh OK. tysm

[@malachkah]

For me 500gb ssd boot and 500gb extra ssd storage works well

[@boz1la33]

Byte size tech can u do 5800x3d review since we have it released now

[@akawiangel]

He hates it. Pretty much says to skip that and get a 5900x instead.

[@shaikansaree6657]

Which ssd is best for 1TB

[@jedpratte]

My older pc I built is still rocking Intel 660p lol. My wife’s new pc has a Samsung 970 evo plus 2tb

[@Intelwinsbigly]

Why do the boxes for ssds look exactly like VHS boxes?

[@gameotic1]

I've got 1x250gb 970 plus for OS and 1tb 970 evolution plus for games and obviously for other stuff I've 2tb Seagate barracuda. just need to know why my OS drive drops to 96% health within 11 months(18TBW). It continuously writes data everytime as I've seen in task manager. how can I avoid it? It want it to last longer. Don't want to spend more on storage.

[@claudest-gelais8456]

I haven't checked but if the endurance is 600 TBW which is the most common, it would still last you for 30 years at this rate!!!

[@bealvis9786]

@@claudest-gelais8456 lol no ssd can reach 30 years in real life

[@claudest-gelais8456]

@@bealvis9786 In theory yes. Probably not in practice though. My 7 year old Intel SSD with an endurance of 128 TBW has close to 46 TBW on it, and it shows 96% health (been at this number for at least 3 years). At this rate it should last approximately 19.5 years. I use my computer daily, although I have also a 2 TB Crucial SSD and 4 HDD (3 * 2TB and 1 * 6TB). So my writes are spread out except for the boot drive of course (the intel one). Back ups are done to the HDD's.

[@lonewolf5316]

iv'e always bought the samsung drives. i know the reliability and there performance!!! it's worth a few bucks more in the long run!!! having a pc one is happy with is priceless😉

[@pusongaming9860]

Which ssd is best for long time use like 20-30 year

[@purpleey]

probably none cause ssds have limited read/writes before they die

[@lonewolf5316]

@@purpleey with tech changing there's no way i would want to own an SSD for 20-30 years that's insane😁🤣

[@peanutbutteroneverything1537]

Crucial P5 is Gen 3 😁

[@zangbook1099]

hello Byte Size fam ,I got a budget question coming from Philippines ..currently I have a ryzen 7 2700x with a 5500xt 8gb , is it good to switch to a 2nd hand ryhzen 7 3700x with 1070ti ? im playing on single monitor 1080p with 32gb ram 2400mhz and an aorus b450 pro wifi mobo . games i play are warzone ,valorant,apex legends,dota 2

[@onomatopoeia162003]

what's the budget range?

[@zangbook1099]

@@onomatopoeia162003 i was planning to swap out ryzen 7 2700x with 5500xt 8gb to a 2nd hand ryzen 7 3700x with 1070ti , so im wondering if its a good choice

[@onomatopoeia162003]

​@@zangbook1099 Have you updated the BIOS? (From what I see from their site for the CPU support. Since F40 version, for the 3700X)

[@artyomloukashov636]

tl'dr: buy 870 evo plus or oem samsung.

[@niciassmith1204]

Does having a heatsink matter?

[@voluntarism335]

no

[@bullyakker]

Depends. I have an older pc without and being gen 3 it doesn't seem to matter. I have a gen 4 with and it does seem to matter in heavy use scenarios as that one gets a bit hot

[@Cxs1a3]

yes

[@bullyakker]

970 evo plus is great for gen 3 but the SkHynix is about the same price and a bit faster. The 'Gal' has 970 evo plus and I have SkHynix on 10th gen Intel cpu's. At home I have a WD-850 because.. well, 12th gen and the Kingston Kc3000 wasn't out yet. Tech, I do have a question... for a gaming only drive, is it worth saving the money to go dramless? $160 vs $200 and I have 3 pc's to add storage to.. (me and my dang hobbies! lol)

[@lonewolf5316]

just bought a 970 EVO plus for 85.00 on amazon. now that's bargan 🤑

[@bullyakker]

@@lonewolf5316 I grabbed a silicon lottery, i mean, power a60 to try as a game drive.. Stinking cheap and for gaming, I see zero differences though I'd not want to use it as my boot drive. 1TB is $65, 2TB is $145. Time to replace some older drives SO.... M.2 it is!

[@bullyakker]

@@lonewolf5316 HEck yeah and a fantastic drive! I don't see a difference between the 970 plus and adata s70 blade which is 2x the speeds (also at a great price)

[@tetra3000]

Agreed you definitely want your boot drive to be the best possible because that is essentially what your whole PC is running from.

[@441milachik]

I buy 2,5" SSD WD Red SA500 1TB version declared write speed is 530MB/s (of course i do not expect that) but real sustained write speed is much worse than i expected 269 MB/s. This is straight up lying from manufacturers.

[@TrigrH]

crucial p5 is gen 3 might wanna correct that :/

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi62]

the crucial p5 plus is a gen 4 drive, the crucial p5 is gen 3

[@tombouie]

Thks, It comes from god, he tells you, & you spoon out SSD info to the rest of us.

[@shinukage8573]

i use a sn 750 se and it performs great

[@lewislane1143]

I always buy no name brand. They work just as good and alot cheaper. I use to buy name brand and they died within a year.

[@voluntarism335]

No they're not

[@lewislane1143]

@@voluntarism335 STFU. Don't tell me what happen. You may have a different experience and thats fine. I will buy no name brand and save my money.

[@voluntarism335]

@@lewislane1143 If the ssd's you're buying don't have these 3 things then your buying trash 1. TLC NAND 2. SLC CACHE 3. DRAM BUFFER No name brands is just an awful idea to save money

[@brandonflorida1092]

Thanks for not defining any term. Of course, we watch these videos because we're already experts.

[@niknikmoore]

Don't forget to LIKE the video

[@whiskyGerman]

you re the best

[@ryanvtec3885]

I only buy pcie gen 5 nvme drives

[@dallesamllhals9161]

SSD for storage - why? WD REDs here and the oldest is from 2013! EDIT: OS drive, Game+ drive = another story

[@cicada3312]

he got a beard!!

[@relaxingnature2617]

You repeated stuff and rambled

[@Thorsanbauer]

Love the beard it's the push-up bra for dudes my wife says

[@shorty808100]

But I want a good cheap 120gb drive guess I’m on the wrong video I know the good brands are good duh

[@AintPopular]

nothin under $100

[@flimermithrandir]

The Samsung 970 EVO was 80 Euro in November at (around?) Black Friday. I didnt get one back then…. Now they are back to 115+ Euro lately and i will rather buy an cheap 4.0 SSD for 120 Dollars than an old 3.0 Drive. Also… why the Fuck are SATA SSDs so extrem expensive? Compared to HDDs and M.2 i mean. There are some really cheap ones there as well (M.2) who only can read about 1500MB but they are cheaper than SATA. ßthat i dont get. I know there was some Issue in the only Factory that makes NAND (that’s Dumb to begin with but yeah…) but this Price Issue has been persistent for a really long Time now. In my Opinion an SATA SSD should not be more expensive than 50 Dollars for 1TB. But they kinda start at that Price and go up to around 100+ Euro. Its really stupid.

[@ByteSizeTech]

The NAND in the SSD doesn’t care about the interface, it’s the same NAND. Expensive SATA drives tend to have premium NAND and actually are faster than the cheap east NVME drives in real world use

[@flimermithrandir]

@@ByteSizeTech Its still strange here in EU right now. There is no real Reason why the 970 Evo Plus should be 116 right now and the Seagate Firecuda 520 should be 120. Ok, to be fair it was just a short Time. Its now back to 140. Still, i could have gotten it for about 4 Days. Kingston KC3000 here is 143 on the other Hand and that one is at least using he 4.0 PCIE good with 7000/6000.

[@midnightclub7629]

4tb samsung 860 pro gang

[@ItsCeels]

Don’t buy from Patriot Memory!

[@C0d0ps]

Commenting for youtube algorithms1

[@XMaiev]

best ever

[@xione0825]

Thank you for making this video! I am starting my new build after 8-9years on my old reliable. You just saved me hours and hours of research! The hard drive was the most confusing part of my old build next to the Video card. You just made it the easiest!🥲 Thanks