The cheap SSDs thread

[bigi]

Something tells me you don't know/remember jumpers, setting up master/slave/cable selects.

 

[BenJeremy]

Something tells me you don't know/remember jumpers, setting up master/slave/cable selects.

If you want to talk old school storage credentials, let's talk about my 30MB Epson hard disk drive, which was a 20MB, but I used it with an RLL interface card to get 50% more storage.

...or maybe the large 10MB Series/1 mini computer hard drive in a clear plastic case, that I disassembled and labeled the parts to use to instruct my fellow Marines in computer basics back in the mid-80s...

Let's not even get into SCSI terminators in the early days of CD-ROM drives.

 

[Oyeve]

If you want to talk old school storage credentials, let's talk about my 30MB Epson hard disk drive, which was a 20MB, but I used it with an RLL interface card to get 50% more storage.

...or maybe the large 10MB Series/1 mini computer hard drive in a clear plastic case, that I disassembled and labeled the parts to use to instruct my fellow Marines in computer basics back in the mid-80s...

Let's not even get into SCSI terminators in the early days of CD-ROM drives.

Or low-level formatting that took 24hrs to complete.

 

[you2]

All of this is amusing but none of it is cheap.

 

[BenJeremy]

Or low-level formatting that took 24hrs to complete.

Heh... let's not forget using Spinrite to defrag.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Team Group GX1 120GB SATA6G 2.5" SSD $19.99!

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Finally, we're seeing small SATA SSDs (name-brand ones) drop below $20 again.

Not that I would recommend getting a 120GB, I recommend a 256GB-class or 512GB-class SSD for primary OS drives, especially if the user is going to store a few games on there too.

A cheap browser-box might be able to get away with a 128GB-class SATA SSD. (I've been using 128GB/256GB NVMe SSDs for those lately.)

 

[ch33zw1z]

Team Group GX1 120GB SATA6G 2.5" SSD $19.99!

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Finally, we're seeing small SATA SSDs (name-brand ones) drop below $20 again.

Not that I would recommend getting a 120GB, I recommend a 256GB-class or 512GB-class SSD for primary OS drives, especially if the user is going to store a few games on there too.

A cheap browser-box might be able to get away with a 128GB-class SATA SSD. (I've been using 128GB/256GB NVMe SSDs for those lately.)

Surfing the net and banking, streaming services, 128gb should be fine, but won't have much room to save pics or vids.

I agree tho, I'm in no need of something that small. Need at least 512

 

[ElFenix]

1TB QLC version of the microcenter nvme drive is $99

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[BUTCH1]

1TB QLC version of the microcenter nvme drive is $99

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Wow, a full TB of SSD for less than $100, back in '12 I paid $160 for a 128!.

 

[VirtualLarry]

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Team Group GX1 480GB SATA6G 2.5" SSD $46.99

That's about what I paid for my current stash of these drives, like 6-12 months ago, just before SSD and RAM prices started to go up. Now they've come back down, it seems.

 

[mikeford]

Having used all three of the smaller sizes, 120, 240, and 480GB, combined with a larger HD I've been pretty happy. Smaller the SSD and more I try to keep it just as OS and no program files or few. Given the low cost I don't see using less than about 500GB, but other than fairly rare users do people need more or do without a bulk storage HD or maybe a NAS?

Future builds maybe no drive looking SSD, just one M.2 type, a 1 TB HD, and most storage on a NAS.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Team Group GX2 2.5" 256GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) T253X2256G0C101 $28.99

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Glad to see prices coming back down. Under $30 for a 256GB SATA 2.5" SSD. I can see that M.2 NVMe drives are taking their toll on the rest of the market. Oh well, more bargains for me!

 

[VirtualLarry]

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Patriot 2TB SATA 2.5" SSD $187.99

Wow, dipping below $200 for 2TB. I'm going to make a bold prediction, that we'll see (QLC-powered) SATA 2.5" SSDs, 2TB, for under $160 this year.

 

[you2]

Yea but wouldn't it be nice if those nifty 15TB drives were under $200 ?

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Patriot 2TB SATA 2.5" SSD $187.99

Wow, dipping below $200 for 2TB. I'm going to make a bold prediction, that we'll see (QLC-powered) SATA 2.5" SSDs, 2TB, for under $160 this year.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Yea but wouldn't it be nice if those nifty 15TB drives were under $200 ?

At this point, I'm going to file that under "wishful thinking".

Anyways, a year or so ago, when the Intel 660p came out, and it was discounted to around the same price or lower than SATA 2.5" SSDs (QLC being new and all), the 2TB drives were going for $180. For NVMe.

 

[pcmax]

Wow, a full TB of SSD for less than $100, back in '12 I paid $160 for a 128!.

I paid $550 for my 960GB Crucial M500 back in 2013! Still rockin' it as my dedicated data drive.

 

[BUTCH1]

I paid $550 for my 960GB Crucial M500 back in 2013! Still rockin' it as my dedicated data drive.

File that under -WOW- but then again, we've all got a few of those. My 1st VCR, a Sanyo Beta unit, was $395 in 1983, close to $650-700 in today's dollars.

 

[mikeford]

My first was Quasar VHS, $1k and included membership in the stores video club allowing rentals, but not free.

Today's world though, cannot be predicted, but it would not surprise me if prices stayed about the same, not even Black Friday stuff, until 2021.

Personally I would rather see an increase in variety and supply than a drop in prices, and I very much like drops in prices.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Personally I would rather see an increase in variety and supply than a drop in prices, and I very much like drops in prices.

The industry is a lot more consolidated and vertically-integrated. Controller mfgs under the same roof as the NAND fabricators. Turnkey controller + NAND package deals, waiting to be branded and sold by Jonny-come-lately. (Like Inland pro.)

I for one, do NOT miss the pre-Toshiba-merger OCZ, they were like the wild-west of SSDs. Now the industry is a lot more "civilized" (reliable, and easy to use, without having to know 'incantations' to get them to work properly).

And the rise of SMI, one of the best budget controller mfgs IMHO, way better than SandForce. SMI drives were reliable.

 

[Ranulf]

Yea but wouldn't it be nice if those nifty 15TB drives were under $200 ?

I saw Linus was talking about a new 8TB QLC drive for $1500. So, maybe another 5 years till they hit $200.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Patriot 2TB SATA 2.5" SSD $187.99

Wow, dipping below $200 for 2TB. I'm going to make a bold prediction, that we'll see (QLC-powered) SATA 2.5" SSDs, 2TB, for under $160 this year.

I'm really thinking about one, or perhaps two, next month, for a Steam drive. I don't own a lot of games (yet), so even a cheap 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM HDD would be fine, but I much prefer SSD, for a multitude of factors.

Would it be wise to wait, possibly, for the prices to come down more?

Edit: I think that I'll probably just use the 2x 1TB NVMe SSDs for my two Ryzen R5 3600 rigs, for now, and wait for prices to come down some more. Even with 2TB (RAID-0) in this box, I'm only using 500GB, and that's because I have like 5-6 Steam games installed, and some downloaded Linux ISOs.

I need to consider re-formatting my drives and starting over fresh soon. I think that I have some multi-partite malware, some sort of APT (look those up, they're nasty). Not sure how many hosts on my network are afflicted, possibly my NAS units too. Not sure what to do about those.

Anyways, I now have two Ryzen R5 3600 CPUs, with my main rig has 2x 660p 1TB NVMe SSDs, and the other PC has a 240GB TLC SATA SSD as primary OS drive, and a 4TB spinner for extra stuff.

Was thinking of re-configuring the storage, getting 2x 2TB SATA, putting one in each PC as the secondary storage drive, and then splitting the RAID-0 and re-allocating the 1TB NVMe drives, one to each PC.

No AMD RAID driver BS, fresh Win10 2004 edition. I should probably move the GTX 1660 ti cards (all 6x I own), onto a dedicated mining frame rig, I have almost enough to put one of those together. Then stick something low-powered into my main rigs. That way, I can isolate the mining rig software onto a GUEST wifi connection, and keep it off of my main LAN, and hopefully keep the viruses out.

 

[you2]

The one thing that really scares me about very large ssd was the recent hp firmware bug where ALL drives would brick at the same time.

 

[DesiPower]

1tb $93

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[Shamrock]

I just bought this Sabrent 1tb for $119. It is QLC

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[thigobr]

I don't really see the point of QLC drives yet... With prices so close to TLC I don't see them making sense right now.