Kingston A2000 vs KC2000 (1TB) vs CORSAIR Force MP510 960GB

[Baterka]

Hi, I need larger SSD to my ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 1.

 

My current SSD is Intel 7600 series 256GB.

 

I want something what have at least similar or better performance but not spend too much on it.

 

I am choosing between Kingston A2000, KC2000 (1TB) and CORSAIR Force MP510 (MLC 960GB).

 

Should I just go with A2000 or get better KC2000?

How much faster will MP510 be than KC2000?

 

I mostly do programming (lots of small files, indexing, libraries, etc) and light gaming.

[Mateyyy]

If you're on a budget then the A2000 is good enough.

 

The MP510 uses TLC NAND by the way, not MLC.

[Baterka]

2 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

 

The MP510 uses TLC NAND by the way, not MLC.

They claim in my local store that its MLC:

 

https://www.scomphw.cz/CORSAIR-Force-MP510-SSD-960GB-M.2-NVMe-PCIe-Gen3-x4-MLC-(cteni-max.-3480MB-s,-zapis-max.-3000MB-s)-72503

[Baterka]

2 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

If you're on a budget then the A2000 is good enough.

I am but I want same or better performance as Intel I already have inside.

[spartaman64]

4 minutes ago, Baterka said:

They claim in my local store that its MLC:

 

https://www.scomphw.cz/CORSAIR-Force-MP510-SSD-960GB-M.2-NVMe-PCIe-Gen3-x4-MLC-(cteni-max.-3480MB-s,-zapis-max.-3000MB-s)-72503

some people call TLC 3 bit MLC which is technically true since MLC just means multi level so both 2 bit and 3 bit and 4 bit are all MLC but its convention to call 2 bit MLC and 3 bit TLC

[Mateyyy]

6 minutes ago, Baterka said:

I am but I want same or better performance as Intel I already have inside.

Are you using an Intel 760p? The KC2000 and MP510 should be slightly better, but not by an amount that you're actually going to notice in real-world tasks. Similar story with the A2000 - slightly slower, but you're not going to notice a difference in most tasks.

[Baterka]

6 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

Are you using an Intel 760p?

Yes. Its OEM, original what was when I bought it

 

14 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

...in most tasks.

For example? 

[spartaman64]

4 minutes ago, Baterka said:

Yes. Its OEM, original what was when I bought it

 

For example? 

 

[Mateyyy]

2 minutes ago, Baterka said:

For example? 

..most tasks? Gaming, photo editing, I don't know, pretty much whatever.

This is pretty much the reason why PCIe 4.0 SSDs aren't recommended that often yet. They can be useful if used as a scratch disks in video editing for example, for better timeline performance, but other than that you're really not going to notice much of a difference.

[Baterka]

7 hours ago, Mateyyy said:

..most tasks? Gaming, photo editing, I don't know, pretty much whatever.

This is pretty much the reason why PCIe 4.0 SSDs aren't recommended that often yet. They can be useful if used as a scratch disks in video editing for example, for better timeline performance, but other than that you're really not going to notice much of a difference.

My main concern is small files. I do lots of indexing in IDE, module installing, building, etc...