cheap $20 ssd or $40 wd blue ?

[amdorintel]

looking at 250gb, cheapest is $20 but the wd blue is $40

i have not been able to find any tests that compare the cheapest ssd's to the mean average line for ssd brand names like barracuda, wd

 

the mx500 outlasted the specs by a long shot but the test only had 4 specific ssd's and the mx500 is same price for wd blue consumer grade

 

internet, basic games that require no graphics, no open world games, w7 now and w10 in a month,

youtube, steam games as prev mentioned

 

 

 

[Firewrath9]

get the cheapest, if you aren't hammering it it'll work fine

[Jurrunio]

depends on what that cheap SSD is... MX500 is supposed to be better than WD Blue and match the SN500

[amdorintel]

3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

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attached a snippet from pcpartpicker

 

Patriot, ADATA, PNY, TEAM

bottom of the barrel from $20 to $35'ish, but there comes a point in a consumers choice to spend extra for name brands. I say $20-$29 for myself.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jurrunio]

SU800 is the cheapest decent one, get that

[amdorintel]

$7 more is wd blue price point.

 

crucial mx500 as well

https://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/WD-Blue-250GB-vs-Crucial-MX500-250GB/m191455vs3951

[Firewrath9]

35 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

SU800 is the cheapest decent one, get that

the BX500 is decent tooalong with the hynix one

[Jurrunio]

2 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

the BX500 is decent tooalong with the hynix one

S31 maybe, havent checked performance of its controller but BX500 isn't since it's DRAM-less

[Firewrath9]

34 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

S31 maybe, havent checked performance of its controller but BX500 isn't since it's DRAM-less

For a interenet browsing machine, it doesn't matter.

[The Torrent]

1 hour ago, amdorintel said:

looking at 250gb, cheapest is $20 but the wd blue is $40

i have not been able to find any tests that compare the cheapest ssd's to the mean average line for ssd brand names like barracuda, wd

 

the mx500 outlasted the specs by a long shot but the test only had 4 specific ssd's and the mx500 is same price for wd blue consumer grade

 

internet, basic games that require no graphics, no open world games, w7 now and w10 in a month,

youtube, steam games as prev mentioned

 

 

 

if ur putting os on it,

ssd by a long way,

otherwise blue.

[Jurrunio]

16 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

For a interenet browsing machine, it doesn't matter.

well worth the $4 extra if you ask me

[amdorintel]

3 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

well worth the $4 extra if you ask me

that is half the cost of a beer at the stadium

 

3 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

BX500 isn't since it's DRAM-less

got no clue, but i guess dramless is better

[Jurrunio]

4 minutes ago, amdorintel said:

that is half the cost of a beer at the stadium

 

got no clue, but i guess dramless is better

no, those with DRAM are better. Samsung 860 Evo and even the Qvo carry DRAM.

[Firewrath9]

1 hour ago, Jurrunio said:

no, those with DRAM are better. Samsung 860 Evo and even the Qvo carry DRAM.

The QVO still sucks, no matter how much DRAM it has. Same thing with all current QLC drives. I'd much rather have a TLC Dramless using HMB than a QLC with a tiny bit of cache. Or spend 10$ more and get a SM2262(or whatever controller the SX8200 has)/E12 drive.

[Jurrunio]

42 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

The QVO still sucks, no matter how much DRAM it has. Same thing with all current QLC drives. I'd much rather have a TLC Dramless using HMB than a QLC with a tiny bit of cache. Or spend 10$ more and get a SM2262(or whatever controller the SX8200 has)/E12 drive.

I never recommended the Qvo, I'm just trying to show that DRAM helps performance so much that Samsung uses it on their cheapest consumer grade SSDs