Best priced 2TB SATA SSDs with 500MB/s+ r/w and ~5 year life

[Metalshark]

Am looking to build a 5 SSD RAID 1+0 array (5th SSD will be hot standby).

 

I wish to use 2TB SATA SSDs that come close to saturating the SATA bus (500MB/s+ r/w would be ideal).

 

Was hoping that the SATA SSDs would last for around 5 years with a medium-low amount of writing and lots of reading the same data.

 

Originally looked at the WD Blue line but they only go up to 1TB.

 

As there will be 5 drives, am looking to do this for the lowest price.

 

Any suggestions? Can be patient, so if there's newer drives coming out then waiting isn't a problem.

 

Thanks in advance!

[rn8686]

MX 300, cheapest I can see on newegg (Dont worry about life span, should last for decades if not centuries with normal usage).  

[BenR31415]

If you're more looking at reliability, the Samsung 850 evo would be a good option (300TBW), which costs ~$750

 

A better value option is the Crucial MX300 with 220TBW, for around $550, but the endurance won't be so good because it's not using 3D nand that I'm aware of.

[Metalshark]

2 minutes ago, BenR31415 said:

If you're more looking at reliability, the Samsung 850 evo would be a good option (300TBW), which costs ~$750

 

A better value option is the Crucial MX300 with 220TBW, for around $550, but the endurance won't be so good because it's not using 3D nand that I'm aware of.

Looks like the Crucial MX300 uses 3D nand:

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Accelerated by Micron 3D NAND technology

and Micron do memory for Intel, so should be good.

 

Had completely overlooked Crucial.

 

Thanks both!

[Simon771]

Samsung EVO 850.

 

It's the most popular SSD, so that must be something.

[TrigrH]

3 minutes ago, Metalshark said:

Looks like the Crucial MX300 uses 3D nand:

and Micron do memory for Intel, so should be good.

 

Had completely overlooked Crucial.

 

Thanks both!

Crucial SSDs are basically intel SSDs that are cheaper and of the same quality.

 

I've ran four MX100 512gbs in raid 0 for two years now without issue.

[BenR31415]

9 minutes ago, Metalshark said:

Looks like the Crucial MX300 uses 3D nand:

Sorry, my mistake. Last time I looked into Crucial they were doing the MX100 I believe, which still had 2D NAND, and while I've heard about tons of SSD manufacturers developing 3D NAND, I thought the only ones that had it in consumer products were Samsung and Adata.

 

Both are pretty much the same price in Australia  and I've got three 850 EVOs in my PC, but that's good to find out for recommendations for friends 

Definitely the MX300 is far and away the best choice if you're not absolutely hammering it, otherwise the 850 EVO will be slightly better, and the 850 PRO should theoretically be much better due to MLC instead of TLC NAND, but both (especially the pro) are ridiculously expensive at the moment.

 

Also, SSD prices are likely to be bloated at the moment due to the worldwide NAND and DRAM shortages, but there's nothing you can really do about that and it's not going away anytime soon, so it's just bad timing that you have to buy 5 high capacity SSDs in the relatively near future.

[Metalshark]

1 minute ago, BenR31415 said:

Sorry, my mistake. Last time I looked into Crucial they were doing the MX100 I believe, which still had 2D NAND, and while I've heard about tons of SSD manufacturers developing 3D NAND, I thought the only ones that had it in consumer products were Samsung and Adata.

 

Both are pretty much the same price in Australia  and I've got three 850 EVOs in my PC, but that's good to find out for recommendations for friends 

Definitely the MX300 is far and away the best choice

No worries, I'd forgotten Crucial even existed a few minutes ago.

 

The MX300 comes out 20% cheaper and due to bottle-necking from the SATA RAID it looks like I'd get the same speed as an EVO 850 (appreciate the EVO 850 is better in a single drive race). Will keep hunting to see if the MX300 can be beaten though in the next 3-4 months (unfortunately can't wait until the predicted Q1 2018 price drop of DRAM and NAND when memory is more abundant).

[BenR31415]

2 minutes ago, Metalshark said:

No worries, I'd forgotten Crucial even existed a few minutes ago.

 

The MX300 comes out 20% cheaper and due to bottle-necking from the SATA RAID it looks like I'd get the same speed as an EVO 850 (appreciate the EVO 850 is better in a single drive race). Will keep hunting to see if the MX300 can be beaten though in the next 3-4 months (unfortunately can't wait until the predicted Q1 2018 price drop of DRAM and NAND when memory is more abundant).

Haha we're basically on the same page (look at my edit)

 

sounds like a good plan, hope you can find a good sale on them