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Some say he lays SSDs like chickens lay eggs, others, he’s a robot from the future that has been decommissioned by an alien race. All we know, he’s Sean and he’s here to learn you some storage.
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Professional Storage Reviewer
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Intel i7 9700K @5GHz
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ASRock Z390 Taichi Ultimate
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16GB HyperX Predator RGB @4GHz
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AMD RX570
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Fractal DesIgn R6
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More SSDs than I can count
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Are there any PCIe NVMe enclosures that allow gen 4 speeds?
SSD Sean replied to lestat's topic in Storage Devices
USB4 is 40Gbps or about 3GBps real world. Its the same as TB3 and TB4. You want TB5 (80Gbps), but that’s not out until next year. -
You should read them through because everything is clearly stated. Windows already does a TRIM every week for SSDs and monthly defrag and reTRIM as per its default behavior. It is written in the links newmaxx and I provided you. I am simply providing the correct information to future readers, not opinions.
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Where's your source that states TRIM once a week is too often? I never heard such and been testing drives for over a decade now. These are the sources newmaxx linked you earlier and you glanced over. https://windowsarea.de/2020/12/windows-defragmentiert-ssds-monatlich-im-hintergrund https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/defrag
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support Windows wont detect my M.2 Correctly
SSD Sean replied to NaoKindaCool's topic in Storage Devices
Did you configure the slot for M.2 SATA SSDs so that it works correctly with them? Or did you leave the default setting which is normally for M.2 PCIe NVMe SSDs? Probably what your issue is or maybe a UEFI update is needed or the drive just isn’t good and you need another. -
Poor USB 3.2 gen 2 Write speed through Motherboard port
SSD Sean replied to healthyboy's topic in Storage Devices
You need to enable write caching in disk/device management. Windows disables it by default and that’s why you get poor write speed. It’s safer for the data during a power-loss event, which is why they changed the setting. Newer drives are shipping with chipsets that force write caching enabled by default now because of this. -
Read errors…media is failing. You RMA and they send you a replacement…no retuning it to you. Not for this. Lol. You’re just way overthinking it. The drive is failing - backup as much as you can, RMA, and move on.
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Samsung T7 and T7 touch external ssd question.
SSD Sean replied to HesCalledTheStig's topic in Storage Devices
The T7 and T7 Touch are the same dimensions…the next gen one is larger…but I can’t say anymore than that. Lol -
Errors on read is a failed drive or the data is/was corrupt. Does the issue happen on another storage media with the same files? I’d RMA it.
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Yeah, I recommend it. It’s a nice drive. They are now shipping with 176L TLC, boosting performance over the original batches that had 96L.
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Cultist network has bad data. The mobo /PCIe lane allocation was limiting the performance of that sample.
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Are there any PCIe NVMe enclosures that allow gen 4 speeds?
SSD Sean replied to lestat's topic in Storage Devices
Sabrent’s enclosures are pretty reliable in that regard. What specific drive? -
Would You Rather QLC w/DRAM or TLC without?
SSD Sean replied to Generalkidd's topic in Storage Devices
Don’t get a DRAM-less SATA SSD. They are garbage…you can also take my word for it as I’m a world leading SSD reviewer. -
Elaborate? Because I review SSDs and don’t see how this is an issue. I’ve used the 980 Pro with every firmware variant on 5 test platforms with and without ASPM. OPs issue is simple. CPU lane speed and width allocation. Mobos are dumb. You can’t force how many lanes will get allocated to your x4 devices, you can only change speeds. Clear CMOS is the way to fix it as OP described.
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SLC caching and HMB are two different things entirely.
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What does “locked” refer to? Got screenshots?