Best High Capacity SSD Upgrade

Carl DaBeast · June 26, 2020

I'm planning to upgrade my storage as I am slowly running out of space. I currently have a 128 GB SSD and a 2 TB 2.5" 5400RPM HDD (I can explain).

I'm using the SilverStone ML-08 case so I only have space for two 2.5" drives. The SSD I've had since I first built my computer in a tower case and the HDD was the best I could find due to some limitations.

The reason I have the case is because I move it fairly often, so having a HDD might not be the best idea. I've already had a scare because the SATA cable disconnected and briefly thought the drive had broken. It might not be necessary but I wan to replace the HDD with an SSD as it doesn't face the same risks when moving.

I'm most likely going to upgrade both drives to two 2TB SSD's and when looking at whats available in my area there's a lot more to it than I thought.

My main question is if it is worth going for a cache less SSD to replace the HDD or if it would be better to get a QLC SSD to replace the HDD and a TLC to replace the SSD (to not lose much performance).

Whats the performance difference between the three types?

Here are the options I have:

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Meganter · June 26, 2020

Hello,

https://www.webhallen.com/se/product/281341-Crucial-MX500-2TB-SATA-2-5-7mm-CT2000MX500SSD1 very good and well priced compared to the others.

You could also look at M.2 SSD or NVMe if you have an M.2 connector that is.

elon · June 26, 2020

I believe you've done alot of research beforehand. You prob know more than me. Heres what I though.
yeaa, isnt worth going for a cashless ssd. Their really bad at random read write. Quality ssds now goes for cheap on the market. For example the crucial mx500, which is a TLC ssd.

QLC ssd are common on m.2 2230 ssds, or super high compacity ssds like the one linus just reviewed.

QLC ssd are slow while write, fast while read. Prob good for game library.

TLC, most ssd has it. fast read, fast write. though goes for a bit more if its a m.2 drive.

Carl DaBeast · June 26, 2020

3 hours ago, Meganter said:

Hello,

https://www.webhallen.com/se/product/281341-Crucial-MX500-2TB-SATA-2-5-7mm-CT2000MX500SSD1 very good and well priced compared to the others.

You could also look at M.2 SSD or NVMe if you have an M.2 connector that is.

Thank you, I've heard good things about that SSD before and it was one of the top considerations.

I actually already have 2 M.2 SSDs in my system, 1TB and 256GB. I guess they'll be the next components to upgrade.

3 hours ago, elon said:

I believe you've done alot of research beforehand. You prob know more than me. Heres what I though.
yeaa, isnt worth going for a cashless ssd. Their really bad at random read write. Quality ssds now goes for cheap on the market. For example the crucial mx500, which is a TLC ssd.

QLC ssd are common on m.2 2230 ssds, or super high compacity ssds like the one linus just reviewed.

QLC ssd are slow while write, fast while read. Prob good for game library.

TLC, most ssd has it. fast read, fast write. though goes for a bit more if its a m.2 drive.

Thank you for the brief explanation. I forgot that LTT made a video about that recently. I will most likely go for a TLC SSD, the MX500, for better read and write performance.

Highly doubt I will ever reach the max write capacity.