Budget SSD Recomendation

[MiyagiDoKarate]

Hi guys, i want to get a new ssd for my pc, something around 80 dolars more or less, i heard good thing about the WD SN550 and 570, also the TeamGroup MP33, what do you guys think about those? here are my specs:

 

ryzen 3600

b450m ds3h

16gb ram

gtx1070

crucial bx500

 

I want to change my bx500 because when im installing things like games my pc is becomes extremely lagy, literally unusable i dont remember having this problem with my old samsung 840evo back in the day, or maybe i have bad memory.

Do you guys think that i can solve my problem with a new ssd for that money? or should i just save my money? i would like to at least watch youtube on my pc while installing things

 

Thanks!!

[ilikememe]

The 570 is much faster than both the 550 and the MP33 in terms of read/write speed. I'm not sure that the SSD is the problem though as the bx500 is not so awful that it causes any problems like this. I personally don't know what the problem is but if it turns out to be the SSD the WD SN570 would be my choice.

[Aaron_T]

I assume you're capacity expectations are 1tb.

With an $80 budget, you have a lot of choices.

 

Samsung 970 EVO Plus

Crucial P3

Crucial P3 Plus

Intel 670p

WD SN570

Corsair MP600

 

WD is well under your budget, and they're great drives. So if you expect to take advantage of the performance of a Samsung/Crucial/Corsair drive, go for those. If you don't think you'll care(likely won't), then the WD is going to be great. If you stretch your budget a little, you may even be able to get a 2tb WD SN570.

Agree with ilikememe though, I doubt your SSD is the issue, but could be under the following circumstance.

1. You've done a TON of full disk writes to the drive and it is at it's end of life 

2. You have the drive nearly full

#2 could be likely. If you have that bx500 full to the top, the performance is going to suck. SSDs don't do to well when past 80% ish full. So in that case adding a second drive to the system, and moving your bulky data to it, could be exactly what you need.

[Ripred]

I have a WD blue Sn550 and its fine but its discontinued, if your seeing one for sale its old stock, If I was looking for a new drive go with the 570 as its the successor and roughly double the speed

[191x7]

36 minutes ago, MiyagiDoKarate said:

Hi guys, i want to get a new ssd for my pc, something around 80 dolars more or less, i heard good thing about the WD SN550 and 570, also the TeamGroup MP33, what do you guys think about those? here are my specs:

 

ryzen 3600

b450m ds3h

16gb ram

gtx1070

crucial bx500

 

I want to change my bx500 because when im installing things like games my pc is becomes extremely lagy, literally unusable i dont remember having this problem with my old samsung 840evo back in the day, or maybe i have bad memory.

Do you guys think that i can solve my problem with a new ssd for that money? or should i just save my money? i would like to at least watch youtube on my pc while installing things

 

Thanks!!

How much free space do you have on your SSD?

Does the Crucial ssd tool say you have a firmware update available?

Is the motherboard running the latest bios?

What does Hard Disk Sentinel say about the drive health?

[MiyagiDoKarate]

16 minutes ago, 191x7 said:

How much free space do you have on your SSD?

Does the Crucial ssd tool say you have a firmware update available?

Is the motherboard running the latest bios?

What does Hard Disk Sentinel say about the drive health?

my ssd is at 60-80% capacity most of the time (right now 145gb free of 446gb) but the problem is there even when is empty

 

firmware is up to date

 

i only updated the bios once for the ryzen 3rd gen compatibility, so its like 2years old, should i update?

 

acording to Hard Disk Sentinel my ssd's performance is 100% Excellent  and health is 86% Excellent, only 32 TBW at the moment

[191x7]

Update the bios. There's a high chance it will solve your issue. AMD has fixed a ton of stuff in the last year, especially with agesa 1.2.0.7.