PCIe 4.0 SSD's

[Stahlmann]

Hello good people,

 

if i were to buy a PCIe 4.0 SSD, which ones can i choose from?

 

The ones i know of:

Sabrent Rocket 4.0

Samsung 980 Pro

Corsair MP600

Gigabyte Aorus NVMe Gen4

Seagate Firecuda 520

 

Are there any more i don't know of yet? (WD, ADATA, etc...)

Are there significant differences or is it safe to say go for the cheapest at said capacity if i were to buy one?

 

Disclaimer: I'll not buy any of these, so i don't need a discussion if i need one or not for my needs and workloads. Just interested what all the options are out there.

[Shimejii]

I mean those are pretty much the ones that most people buy. Really isnt a point in buying a super low end PCIE 4 SSD o.o

[GoodEnough]

1 minute ago, Shimejii said:

a super low end PCIE 4 SSD o.o

only kind you might be able to get would be a dram less one

[Stahlmann]

Just now, GoodEnough said:

only kind you might be able to get would be a dram less one

3 minutes ago, Shimejii said:

I mean those are pretty much the ones that most people buy. Really isnt a point in buying a super low end PCIE 4 SSD o.o

I mean IS there really a low-end PCIe 4.0 SSD? Aren't they pretty much all the same?

[GoodEnough]

Just now, Stahlmann said:

I mean IS there really a low-end PCIe 4.0 SSD?

could probably find a $20 2tb one off of ebay, although if you tried using it, it will probably just explode upon use

only kind of SUPER low end ones would be the knock off sorta works sorta notta works kind of ssd

[Shimejii]

Just now, Stahlmann said:

I mean IS there really a low-end PCIe 4.0 SSD? Aren't they pretty much all the same?

There are differences, Quality, speeds, controller, Thermals.  Samsung tends to be the Best balance of Speed and reliability, Corsair just rebrands all their crap, Think WD has a 4.0 Drive as well.

 

Generally its all about Balancing out what exactly you need and getting the best one for that. If you need the Fastest speeds AND reliablity, id go with the samsung one if you just need the best quality ones.

 

Sabrent is a good budget option, they tend to be slower, but generally a good chunk lower in price too

[SavageNeo]

Tier A (Ultra High-end)

• Adata - S50 (Phison E16), S70 
• Addlink - S90 (Phison E16)
• Apacer - AS2280Q4 (Phison E16)
• Corsair - MP600 PCIe 4.0 (Phison E16)
• Essencore - ECT455 (Phison E16)
• Galax - HOF Pro (Phison E16)
• Gigabyte - AORUS PCIe 4.0 (Phison E16)
• Goodram - IRDM Ultimate X (Phison E16)
• Inland - Performance (Phison E16)
• MSI - Lightning (Phison E16)
• Patriot - Viper VP4100 (Phison E16)
• PNY - CS4040 (Phison E16)
• Sabrent - Rocket 4.0 (Phison E16), Rocket 4 Plus (Phison E18)
• Samsung - 970 Pro (Samsung Phoenix), 980 Pro (Samsung Elpis)
• Seagate - FireCuda 520 (Phison E16)
• Silicon Power - US70 (Phison E16)
• Team Group - Cardea Zero Z440 (Phison E16), Cadea Ceramic C440 (Phison E16)
• Western Digital - Black SN850 (WD Proprietary)'

from those samsung 970 pro is the best

it uses MLC which is better than TLC

 

[SavageNeo]

6 minutes ago, Stahlmann said:

I mean IS there really a low-end PCIe 4.0 SSD? Aren't they pretty much all the same?

yes but you should not get them really.

 

16 minutes ago, Stahlmann said:

Hello good people,

 

if i were to buy a PCIe 4.0 SSD, which ones can i choose from?

 

The ones i know of:

Sabrent Rocket 4.0

Samsung 980 Pro

Corsair MP600

Gigabyte Aorus NVMe Gen4

Seagate Firecuda 520

 

Are there any more i don't know of yet? (WD, ADATA, etc...)

Are there significant differences or is it safe to say go for the cheapest at said capacity if i were to buy one?

 

Disclaimer: I'll not buy any of these, so i don't need a discussion if i need one or not for my needs and workloads. Just interested what all the options are out there.

for mthose rocket 4.0 and mp 600 are great. 980 pro just overpriced.

 

[mahyar]

10 minutes ago, GoodEnough said:

only kind you might be able to get would be a dram less one

being dramless is not as important in pcie ssds because they can use system ram as cache 

[Stahlmann]

3 minutes ago, SavageNeo said:

 

Thanks, i didn't even know the SSD Tiel list existed! 

But it doesn't talk about what SSD is PCIe 4.0 at all from what i see. Could be a little dangerous imo because with some SSDs you may not get the full speed if you don't have the right mobo/CPU.

[SavageNeo]

2 minutes ago, Stahlmann said:

Thanks, i didn't even know the SSD Tiel list existed! 

But it doesn't talk about what SSD is PCIe 4.0 at all from what i see. Could be a little dangerous imo because with some SSDs you may not get the full speed if you don't have the right mobo/CPU.

if I remeber right the tier A was called ultra high end (pci e 4.0) or something. can not remember. Have to contact Vexicus about this.

[Stahlmann]

1 minute ago, SavageNeo said:

if I remeber right the tier A was called ultra high end (pci e 4.0) or something. can not remember. Have to contact Vexicus about this.

There are a few SSDs in Tier A that are just PCIe 3.0, like the Samsung 970 pro.

[SavageNeo]

1 minute ago, Stahlmann said:

There are a few SSDs in Tier A that are just PCIe 3.0, like the Samsung 970 pro.

yeah. I contacte dVexicus about this. We need to make the list easier to read etc.