MLC vs TLC

[Leonard]

Hello all,

 

Which is better for just the main drive of a high end gaming PC?

[PillowSmoke]

MLC- Multi Layer Cell
Lower endurance limit than SLC
10,000 program/erase cycles per cell
Lower cost
A good fit for consumer products. Not suggested for applications which require frequent update of data.
TLC- Three Layer Cell
Higher density
Lower endurance limit than MLC and SLC
TLC has slower read and write speeds than conventional MLC
5,000 program/erase cycles per cell
Best price point
A good fit for low-end basic products. Not suggested for critical or important applications at this time which require frequent updating of data.

[BrightCandle]

They both support 100's of TB of writes such that you'll be hard pressed to tell the difference in longevity. Go on the basis of price/performance rather than MLC v TLC, its for the most part a non-issue.

[wpirobotbuilder]

Technically MLC will last longer. However Samsung has shown that it will take many years to wear down one of their TLC drives, by which point you'll probably have a new SSD anyways.

 

If you are using it as a target for high-quality game recording 24/7 or hosting hundreds of virtual machines on it, you could wear it down within a few years. But otherwise you're pretty much okay with a TLC drive.

[Rheinwasser]

They both support 100's of TB of writes such that you'll be hard pressed to tell the difference in longevity. Go on the basis of price/performance rather than MLC v TLC, its for the most part a non-issue.

no. 10000 writes per cell.

[Leonard]

MLC- Multi Layer Cell

Lower endurance limit than SLC

10,000 program/erase cycles per cell

Lower cost

A good fit for consumer products. Not suggested for applications which require frequent update of data.

TLC- Three Layer Cell

Higher density

Lower endurance limit than MLC and SLC

TLC has slower read and write speeds than conventional MLC

5,000 program/erase cycles per cell

Best price point

A good fit for low-end basic products. Not suggested for critical or important applications at this time which require frequent updating of data.

 

 

They both support 100's of TB of writes such that you'll be hard pressed to tell the difference in longevity. Go on the basis of price/performance rather than MLC v TLC, its for the most part a non-issue.

 

 

Technically MLC will last longer. However Samsung has shown that it will take many years to wear down one of their TLC drives, by which point you'll probably have a new SSD anyways.

 

If you are using it as a target for high-quality game recording 24/7 or hosting hundreds of virtual machines on it, you could wear it down within a few years. But otherwise you're pretty much okay with a TLC drive.

 

 

no. 10000 writes per cell.

Thanks for the replies. I asked because i have wanted to add an for a year now to my gaming rig but found that other things took precedence than an pricey PC upgrade like home bills but when i saw the price of these.....

1) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BQ8RM1A/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=419CPRZ90JL7&coliid=I3JWRPQTRXK2YH

2) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007RHT4K6/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=419CPRZ90JL7&coliid=IXW8GN78SWCNU

 

i decided that a RAID is very possible. I am leaning towards the M500 at the moment and i will be buying Tuesday this week once the price stays the same.

[hojnikb]

TLC in samsung drives is good for around 1k p/e (officially) not 5k as someone stated above..

[BrightCandle]

As far as I know the latest MLC drives are more like 3k and the TLC drives are 1k. Which on a 256GB drive is still enormous amounts of reads and writes in total, Petabytes of them. The fact that MLC is 3x as much as TLC isn't really an issue for a normal home PC. Its not any good for a heavy use server, it will wear out too quickly, but its perfectly good for PB's of writes as the techreport tests are showing.