SSD Dram or Dram less?

[rocker0]

I have been looking at getting a new ssd (as i think my current is dying as i find random game files deleted all the time constantly re validating stuff is a pain)

So I have been looking and have found 2 in my price range, a Patriot ssd burst that has a dram cash and gets 540mbs or a Intergral P series dram less that does 560mbs

which do I pick is the dram but slower one better or worse as I thought it was better?

[LukeSavenije]

I'd pick the dram

 

those numbers are unrealistic anyways

[APasz]

The amount of cache is insignificant for the average user.

It's only of relevance if you are consistently dealing with huge amounts of data.

[pizapower]

MX500

[NunoLava1998]

MX500, but the patriot burst is also a really decent option that's pretty close to the MX500

[rocker0]

why the mx500?

[hojnikb]

Please avoid Patriot. Their track record with SSDs is well... less than stellar. 

 

Ignore sequential performance, as it's mostly meaningless and most sata ssds saturate sata interface anyway.

 

 

 

[hojnikb]

On 7/28/2019 at 4:38 PM, APasz said:

The amount of cache is insignificant for the average user.

It's only of relevance if you are consistently dealing with huge amounts of data.

 

Not really. DRAM cache is essential, if you want a consistently performing SSD. Ie, it won't bog down, if you hammer it with large amounts of random writes for example.

 

As for amount of dram cache; thats always tied to the size of the SSD. For example, an 1TB SSD if it has DRAM will always have 1GB of DRAM.

[hojnikb]

On 7/28/2019 at 4:18 PM, rocker0 said:

I have been looking at getting a new ssd (as i think my current is dying as i find random game files deleted all the time constantly re validating stuff is a pain)

So I have been looking and have found 2 in my price range, a Patriot ssd burst that has a dram cash and gets 540mbs or a Intergral P series dram less that does 560mbs

which do I pick is the dram but slower one better or worse as I thought it was better?

Which SSD do you currently have ?
 

It could be fixed with some internet magic. Sometimes even a simple secure erase can fix issues like that.

[rocker0]

I have a ocz vertex 460a 120gb i got second hand a few years ago (and I am having the odd issue with detection and random files deleting but that may be windows 10) I have found that for ssd's at 250gb for the price range of around £25 i have only seen the two ssd's I already mentioned or a bx500 crucial, and I cant see if the intergral has dram, partiot does have dram though. what is up with there rep then as you say less than stellar. 

I have done a fresh install on my current ssd multiple times and i get the issues still so I am looking for a new cheap ssd thats also a little larger. what i would like is a dram model ssd that is super cheap as I have been looking at.