SSD Price Discussion

Thanks man, I was looking at the Crucial T500 if I went the M.2 route.

MORESPACE doesn't work on Centrecom
"The coupon code you entered couldn't be applied to your order"

Even on their Ebay store, you get 10% off if you click on the code yet only shows 5% off and their price is $220 for the T500, CC are full of shite.
The Seaford store is great but the Bundoora store is a shocker. Also the Woolies is up to $20, I think from memory this morning, the WW gift card was $5 with the T500 purchase.

 

I never dropped back into the thread to detail my experiences with the fikwot I mentioned here

Suffice to say it went back to Amazon with extreme prejudice and a nastily-worded description

What a POS! As soon as drive buffer and then HMB filled, it went to zero and just sat there. Relieved to get the money back so easily with Amazon. They CGAF when they're only fulfilling an item, not selling it to you. Absolute piece of...

 

Thank you for the warning!

If only there were a way to go back and edit that post with a brief header or warning from the future to protect others from the search results.
https://forums.overclockers.com.au/posts/19644342/edit/

 

The $8 "MORESPACE" code from Centre Com have expired. But still a good price.
1Tb Samsung Pro with heatsink above is now $167 still decent.

Other deals that are cheaper than mid tier models of known brands or even unknown Chinese brands

• $94 Crucial 1TB T500 ($114 - $20 Crucial Woolworth Gift Card)
  • https://www.shoppingexpress.com.au/...s-pcie-gen-4-nvme-m.2-2280-ssd/CT1000T500SSD8
    
  • in stock with free shipping

• $149 Samsung 1TB 990 Pro without Heatsink (via Amazon Japan)
  • https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B0BPXQ9BDV/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2K69GP4EI3XWZ&psc=1
    
  • Amazon Prime free shipping

• $157 SK hynix Platinum P41 1TB (via Amazon USA)
  • https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09QX6SL2Y/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A4XRJ8S0WXSO0&th=1
    
  • Amazon Prime free shipping

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For those wanting/needing a high capacity mainly read D drive for storage from recognizable brands and Australian retail warranty purposes

4Tb Team T-Force Z44A7
$319 ($15 shipping) PC Case GEAR
https://www.pccasegear.com/products/64943/team-t-force-z44a7-m-2-pcie-gen4-nvme-ssd-4tb

4Tb HP FX700
$342.42 ($439 but use code JUNEOFY22 for 22% off eBay Plus members)
sold by Futnline (bought many pc parts from them for well over a decade)
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/362742536618

Do your own research but these drives will likely...

• 232-Layer YMTC QLC
• HBM
• 7x00mb read
• 6x00mb write (burst likely 500mb when SLC cache is saturated)
• 1500Tb plus TBW
• 5 Year warranty

 

Thanks for posting these ipv6ready. I for one appreciate them.

 

For the brave and adventurous bargain hunter who YOLO for fun

4TB Fanxiang S501Q (Dare I say the cheapest 4TB nvme)
$269 ($336 but use code JUNE20 for 20% off eBay Plus members)
sold by Fanxiang official eBay store 99.7 positive 3800 items sold, so not fly by night
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/315639188708

• QLC
• HBM
• 3200mb read
• 1800mb write (burst likely 500mb when SLC cache is saturated)
• 1280Tb plus TBW
• 5 Year warranty

4TB Fanxiang S770 (Surely the cheapest TLC nand with Dram enabled 4Tb nvme
$296 ($370 but use code JUNE20 for 20% off eBay Plus members)
sold by Fanxiang official eBay store 99.7 positive 3800 items sold, so not fly by night
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/364544898727

• SK Hynix TLC V7 512Gb or YMTC TLC CDT1B 512Gb 128-Layers
• 4GB DRAM
• IG5236 (Rainier) controller
  
• 7300mb read
• 6800mb write
• 2800Tb TBW
• 5 Year warranty

 

Fanxiang and fikwot are from the same company right ?

 

I believe they are a joint venture between Matsumura Fishworks and Tamaribuchi Heavy Manufacturing Concern.
I heard they're disrespectful to data too

 

These days ssd design below cutting edge is dime a dozen and mass produced, and both are using known OEM controllers like phison/Innogrit/Silicon Motion and nand/dram from YMTC/Micron/Samsung/Nanya so the quality is likely to be on par to well know second tier like SP/Team/HP/Gigabyte/MSI/Kingston/PNY etc

The unknown is after sales service and in many cases misplaced expectations by the consumer expecting 990 Pro level performance after buying a $250 4tb nvme with a HBM Innogrit controller matched YMTC QLC nand


Shenzhen Lingde Technology Co., Ltd.

Fanxiang, Fikwot and Ediloca are different brands of https://www.ldcems.com/

https://www.ldcems.com/index.php/aboutus.html

It is the best selling ssd brand in JD.com and fastest growing ssd brand/sales in Amazon

 

that is a good write up but should i expect the same as danyell a few posts from the fanxing ? several years on just how is the 4tb S101 ?

 

True, as long as comparisons are based on real life. Just like I have bunch of Kingston NV2 2tb ssd and they will underperform compared to SS 990pro.

What really matter is the after sales service aka warranty.

Basing on the fact Fanxiang is likely using a reference design and the nvme is likely made in the same/similar factories that produces nvme for Silicon Power, Team Group, Sabrent, Kingston, Gigabyte, MSI, Adata and all other second tier brands, the quality of the pysical hardware is not likely a factor.

 

Grab some EOFY - SSD sales.
Samsung 990 Pro best price I have seen in a while.

 

476 for the 4tb model on amazon ? or is there a perticuler ebay store i should keep an eye out for ? outside of ebay and amazon i guess there probably isnt much thought

 

The Lexar NM790 8TB is on special at a few places currently for $1098.
Scorptec, for example.
https://www.scorptec.com.au/product...d-state-drives-(ssd)/115341-lnm790x008t-rnnng

It would be a good laptop drive as it is not wasting power on DRAM cache, as it's an HMB drive.
I've had the 4TB version in my laptop for a long while now, and it's been good.

https://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=Lexar+NM790+8TB&spos=3

 

Are there any consumer SSD's that are good enough for NAS usage or is the meta still to buy used enterprise stuff?

 

What is the likely data usage pattern;
Database
Continual writing ie video editing
Static storage ie download once but read many times like movie library


Though there is some enterprise ssd on sale here

https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/intel-ssd-clear-out.1355275/

above will likely beat any HDD in performance like for like setup.

 

S/h enterprise gear is very high still, it’s slightly better than it was a few months back but it’s still overpriced ATM.

 

Video editing storage, pretty much daily.

 

MX500 2TB as a torrent drive in my NAS is living well beyond my expectations.
I do try to delete/move files off it and let it have a day or so to sort itself out/trim every couple of months. But I haven't noticed any slowdowns or performance issues, so it's good in my books.


17620 hrs so far