QLC or DRAM-less? Pros & Cons?

[denniskrq]

Looking to finally retire the ol' WD Blue HDD, currently have eyes set on 860 QVO or a BX500 since their 1TB/960GB versions fit my $150 budget. I just wanted to ask what will I be sacrificing in each case compared to an EVO/MX500? For the purposes of game & general media storage (not the kind of critical data I would even bother backing up, so longevity really isn't a concern) which is the better option? Or, given the $150 budget and the ~1TB space requirement, is there any better-value alternatives?

EDIT: I should clarify that this is a CAD$150 budget, not USD.

[minibois]

2 minutes ago, denniskrq said:

Looking to finally retire the ol' WD Blue HDD, currently have eyes set on 860 QVO or a BX500 since their 1TB/960GB versions fit my $150 budget. I just wanted to ask what will I be sacrificing in each case compared to an EVO/MX500? For the purposes of game & general media storage (not the kind of critical data I would even bother backing up, so longevity really isn't a concern) which is the better option? Or, given the $150 budget and the ~1TB space requirement, is there any better-value alternatives?

I'm assuming this is not US dollars, or at least not US market, right?

Since I see the SSD's you're talking about - the 860 QVO and BX500 - are cheaper than 150 USD - 110 and 100 USD respectively.

 

Either way a Crucial MX500 or 860 EVO makes more sense in my mind. Or a budget NVME like a 660p (if your board supports M.2 NVME/PCIE).

QLC drives have a shorter life-span in terms of writes to it and a DRAM-less SSD will become slower once filled up more.

[Shooterdude34]

1 minute ago, denniskrq said:

Looking to finally retire the ol' WD Blue HDD, currently have eyes set on 860 QVO or a BX500 since their 1TB/960GB versions fit my $150 budget. I just wanted to ask what will I be sacrificing in each case compared to an EVO/MX500? For the purposes of game & general media storage (not the kind of critical data I would even bother backing up, so longevity really isn't a concern) which is the better option? Or, given the $150 budget and the ~1TB space requirement, is there any better-value alternatives?

The qvo has fast read speeds but worse write speeds, and the evo has less disparity between the two, leading to a faster overall ssd. I personally have a samsung 860 evo and its really fast, definitely would reccomend going with the evo. The bx500 has similar read speeds to the qvo but has a write speed thats 23mbp/s faster than the qvo, and the evo has slightly faster read speeds with the write speeds being 40mbp/s faster than the bx500

[minibois]

7 minutes ago, Shooterdude34 said:

The qvo has fast read speeds but worse write speeds, and the evo has less disparity between the two, leading to a faster overall ssd. I personally have a samsung 860 evo and its really fast, definitely would reccomend going with the evo. The bx500 has similar read speeds to the qvo but has a write speed thats 23mbp/s faster than the qvo, and the evo has slightly faster read speeds with the write speeds being 40mbp/s faster than the bx500

Straight up looking at the (by the manufacturer) reported read/write speeds is definitely not the way to go in comparing SSD's of three different technology types (TLC + DRAM, TLC and QLC).

There is a much larger difference between the drives when it gets to filling up the drive further or when working with large transfers (when not having the cache will be noticeable).

[The Torrent]

dont fill qlc over halfway. never. never.

dont buy dramless never never never

[Kilrah]

Between the 2 I'd definitely go for QLC rather than DRAMless.

The scenarios where QLC slowdowns will be significant are not that common, maybe when installing a game or writing a large file once in a while, however a DRAMless is a PITA constantly with every random access being slowed down if there are multiple concurrent accesses - and there always are. 

 

Here a TLC 1TB SX8200Pro is $160. Definitely go for that instead if it's an option where you are.