Budget nvme, wich one?

[lautaro_busto]

Hello, im looking to change my raid 0 of 2*120gb ssd. and im looking a few models.

 

• https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Internal-Security-SA2000M8-500G/dp/B07VXCFNVS
• https://www.amazon.com/-/es/ADATA-Extrem-Performance-hasta-560MB/dp/B07H5355JF
• https://www.amazon.com/Blue-SN500-500GB-NVMe-Internal/dp/B07P7TFKRH

wich of those should you recomend?

[boggy77]

9 minutes ago, lautaro_busto said:

Hello, im looking to change my raid 0 of 2*120gb ssd. and im looking a few models.

 

• https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Internal-Security-SA2000M8-500G/dp/B07VXCFNVS
• https://www.amazon.com/-/es/ADATA-Extrem-Performance-hasta-560MB/dp/B07H5355JF
• https://www.amazon.com/Blue-SN500-500GB-NVMe-Internal/dp/B07P7TFKRH

wich of those should you recomend?

none of those. will you order off amazon.com? i can make a few recommendations based on what site you'll use.

[Lorant]

I wouldn't run small SSD's in RAID, why not get a larger unit instead of 2 smaller ones?

[Juular]

12 minutes ago, lautaro_busto said:

Hello, im looking to change my raid 0 of 2*120gb ssd. and im looking a few models.

links 512GB models

You're not gonna find good 120GB SSDs. These 512GB ones are decent, i'd go with WD SN500 if we're choosing just between these three. And running RAID0 is just a terrible idea regardless of what you're trying to achieve.

3 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

none of those.

Why so ?

[lautaro_busto]

1 minute ago, boggy77 said:

none of those. will you order off amazon.com? i can make a few recommendations based on what site you'll use.

damm, no im from argentina  i listed those cause those are the ones i can get on  my country for the price im able to spend

[lautaro_busto]

Just now, Juular said:

You're not gonna find good 120GB SSDs. These 512GB ones are decent, i'd go with WD SN500 if we're choosing just between these three.

Why so ?

i currently have  2 samsung evo 840 120gb, thery are good, but  want to move from that raid and sata for bootdrive. im looking on 500/512 gb ssds

 

[lautaro_busto]

3 minutes ago, Lorant said:

I wouldn't run small SSD's in RAID, why not get a larger unit instead of 2 smaller ones?

i had those from older computers, and im trying to move from using 2 120 sata ssd to 1 nvme 500gb

 

[Fasauceome]

To be honest, those are all pretty solid picks. Which is the cheapest for you?

[mariushm]

The cheap 120 GB drives have few NAND channels, so the maximum performance will be limited. It's like with dual channel on computers: the 120 GB SSDs will probably like using computer with a single stick of memory, while bigger capacity drives will work like a computer with dual channel memory.

A bigger capacity SSD will also have higher IOPS (due to more nand channels and due to controller not having to work so hard to find places to put data in, without wearing out the nand memory too soon)

 

You shouldn't do RAID 0.

 

First of all, figure out if the SSDs are M.2 SATA, or M.2 NVME.

Then, figure out if your motherboard has TWO nvme or  TWO SATA M.2 connectors.

Then, figure out if you can even do RAID with nvme SSDs.

 

Kingston A2000 is NVME , pci-e x4 probably (because x2 is 2x970 MB/s)

Adata model seems to be M.2 SATA, so max 560 MB/s

SN500 is - if I remember correctly - NVME pci-e x2  (so max 2 GB/s)

 

Out of those 3, I'd trust the SN500 the most, as it uses Sandisk TLC memory and an ok controller.

 

If you go with a bigger NVME drive, you don't need RAID, they'll be faster than 2 drives in RAID.

 

If you want it for backup purposes, you can add a mechanical drive later and do a disk image of the ssd every day or whenever you need to.

 

Maybe give some links to stores you can buy from or mention the other models you may have available around, maybe there's better models we can suggest.

[boggy77]

if you find a corsair 510, teamgroup 34, sabrent rocket, silicon power a80, inland premium, hp ex950, these are all better than the ones you picked.

but if they are much more expensive, the ones you chose are OK as well

[lautaro_busto]

thanks to all answers, first i want to clarify something. I now HAVE 2 120gb in raid 0 i DO NOT WANT to keep using them, i want to REPLACE them with ONE nvme ssd.

Second, i didn't tell the use it will have, im a software developer, and apart from being boot drive the ssd would be to install all IDEs and libraries for development. For games i have an hdd and im completly fine with its performance. What im looking for is a stable and reliable , also kinda fast storage.

[lautaro_busto]

2 hours ago, Fasauceome said:

To be honest, those are all pretty solid picks. Which is the cheapest for you?

kinston one

 

[Fasauceome]

Just now, lautaro_busto said:

kinston one

 

you'd not be disappointed then that's for sure

[warmmilk]

3 hours ago, Lorant said:

I wouldn't run small SSD's in RAID, why not get a larger unit instead of 2 smaller ones?

 

3 hours ago, Juular said:

You're not gonna find good 120GB SSDs. These 512GB ones are decent, i'd go with WD SN500 if we're choosing just between these three. And running RAID0 is just a terrible idea regardless of what you're trying to achieve.

Why so ?

 

3 hours ago, mariushm said:

-snip-

 

You shouldn't do RAID 0.

 

-snip-

y'all need to go back and read the OP... he has raid 0 now, he wants 1 nvme drive to get replace the raid 0 setup.  and he repeated that like 3 times in later posts...