Is this m. 2 ssd good for casual gaming?

[Bayron]

So I found this drive very cheap WD Blue SN550 WDS100T2B0C (1 TB ; M.2; PCIe NVMe 3.0

Is it good for 97 euros? 

 

 

Site where I found it:  220.lv (have discount there) 

 

 

Or there are better options? Can't use Amazon or eBay cuz high shipping costs+ taxes in my country. 

 

 

Tnx for help

[Tegneren]

Those are under the equivalent of 90€ here in Norway (890 NOK).

Also there was recently discovered that WD had swapped out components on those with weaker ones without changing the model number.

That doesn't mean they will not work for what you need it for.

 

They are Dram-less SSD's so for sustained writing the performance can be bad, but for shorter bursts they should be fine.

My brother just got one for his system, and I haven't heard any complaints

 

 

[Bayron]

12 minutes ago, Tegneren said:

Those are under the equivalent of 90€ here in Norway (890 NOK).

Also there was recently discovered that WD had swapped out components on those with weaker ones without changing the model number.

That doesn't mean they will not work for what you need it for.

 

They are Dram-less SSD's so for sustained writing the performance can be bad, but for shorter bursts they should be fine.

My brother just got one for his system, and I haven't heard any complaints

 

 

Well I currently use hdd(for games) so if it's better than hdd(and my current system ssd kingston a400 240gb) and for price is good enough(yeah there's is no dram but I'm not power user anyway) than should I buy it? My budget is 100 euros. 

[Tegneren]

2 minutes ago, Bayron said:

Well I currently use hdd(for games) so if it's better than hdd(and my current system ssd kingston a400 240gb) and for price is good enough(yeah there's is no dram but I'm not power user anyway) than should I buy it? My budget is 100 euros. 

If you don't mind supporting shady business practices, I think it will be fine for your use case. 

Dram-less SSD's can drop down to HDD level write speeds in some cases, but mostly in heavy sustained writing. Like transferring videos or large files to it. In your case downloading and installing games will probably be the biggest "issue" for it, but during gaming and regular use it will be fine

[Bayron]

1 hour ago, Tegneren said:

If you don't mind supporting shady business practices, I think it will be fine for your use case. 

Dram-less SSD's can drop down to HDD level write speeds in some cases, but mostly in heavy sustained writing. Like transferring videos or large files to it. In your case downloading and installing games will probably be the biggest "issue" for it, but during gaming and regular use it will be fine

So it will be good for gaming? 

[Tegneren]

1 minute ago, Bayron said:

So it will be good for gaming? 

good enough, at least

[Bayron]

49 minutes ago, Tegneren said:

good enough, at least

OK tnx

[Bayron]

On 9/17/2021 at 4:50 PM, Tegneren said:

good enough, at least

What about kingston sa2000 1tb? Found it at the same price and it has dram(at least what I found on Google) 

[Tegneren]

On 9/19/2021 at 12:17 AM, Bayron said:

What about kingston sa2000 1tb? Found it at the same price and it has dram(at least what I found on Google) 

Yes, that one is better. I recommend that one over the WD

It seems to get a bit hot under heavy write sessions, so use a heat sink if available. Some motherboards have them built in for m.2

[Bayron]

On 9/20/2021 at 10:30 AM, Tegneren said:

Yes, that one is better. I recommend that one over the WD

It seems to get a bit hot under heavy write sessions, so use a heat sink if available. Some motherboards have them built in for m.2

OK tnx

[krakek]

If you are open to spending more you can go Samsung, etc.