Choose the Right SSD in 2024

The past year has been a roller-coaster year for storage products such as SSD .
Affected by many factors, the price of SSD in 2023 fell to the bottom in June, and gradually rebounded to a reasonable price at the end of the year, and many products that "catch a handful" ran in the middle were born, and also left a real excellent product.
After the price of storage products is stable, they have promoted the research and development of new products, what kind of conditions need to be met for a solid-state hard drive worth buying, who is more cost-effective and worth buying?
0SC00 brings you the current market mainstream high-end PCIe4.0NVMe SSD purchase guide.
Hope to provide some reference for you who plan to install and upgrade your computer in 2024.

SSD How to Choose?

1. First look at the particles

Nowadays, SLC and MLC particles with better performance and life span are almost extinct in the consumer field. If you are looking for extreme performance and stability, it is better to choose a solid state drive with TLC particles.
At the same time, high-quality solid state drives must be original particles, followed by well-known self-sealing particles.
The quality of the original particles is guaranteed by the rigorous testing of the original manufacturer, such as the V-NAND TLC from Samsung or the BiCS FLASH 3D TLC from ArmorX Technology. The self-sealing particles are difficult to identify, if it is produced by a large factory, the quality will be reliable.
It should be noted that although they are "original" and "TLC" particles, there is a gap in technology, and this gap will also be reflected in performance. For example, Samsung used V-NAND TLC particles in mid-range products, and did not use its latest technology, resulting in its solid-state drive read and write speed performance is not extreme.

2. Look at the speed

At present, the price of PCIe5.0 SSD is virtually high, and the related motherboard is not popular. Therefore, PCIe4.0 SSD is the most worth buying, and the most cost-effective.
The mainstream high-end SSD can generally do about 5000~7000MB/s read speed, with this solid-state drive, we can get very good performance in daily work and game entertainment.
For PCIe4.0 SSD, 7000MB/s read speed is basically the limit, want to pursue the ultimate performance, you can choose the nominal 7000MB/s read speed of the product, the speed absolutely took off!

3. With or Without Cache?

SSD with cache will be equipped with DRAM DDR particles .
With independent cache SSD, 4K random read and write performance will be better, but it brings higher heat, extra radiator is necessary, otherwise it will cause performance degradation due to heat accumulation. It is not suitable for thin book installation, and it is not easy to install on many desktop motherboards.
And cacheless solid-state drives, the current mainstream high-end products use HMB without buffer scheme, using the full simulation of SLC speed to improve read and write performance, the actual experience, read and write performance of the difference is basically not perceived, but this solid-state drive cooling requirements are much lower, the price is more advantage, is the mainstream choice.
Comparison of parameters and measured data of mainstream non-slow performance solid-state drives
According to my experience, product exposure and reputation, the non-delay NVMe SSD that meets the above criteria: the more popular products are WD Black disk WD770, ZHITAI induced TiPlus7100, Samsung 990 EVO, ArmorX to the speed of light SD10 and so on. Moreover, the 1TB version is now more balanced in price, capacity and warranty life, and has become the mainstream SSD capacity, which can be used as the first choice.
Next, I will briefly introduce these several models, and make a comparison from the data for your reference!

WD Black SN770

In the early years, the W D B lack disc is a top product, the main high-speed game, this series in today's reputation is also very good. Pci 3.0 SN750, not bad performance. And this series of new SN770, launched 2230 and other specifications, can be installed in the two years of fire SteamOS or Windows handheld expansion.
SN770 is the second flagship of the black disk series, the surface is as always with black label and WD BLACK logo, the appearance level is good.
1TB version:

• Nominal read speed 5150MB/s, write speed 4850MB/s
• The measured read speed is about 6800MB/s, and the write speed is 5000MB/s
• Random 4K read/write (IOPS) of 740K and 800K, respectively, good performance
• Maximum capacity 2TB
• Warranty: 1TB model for 5 years /600TBW

ZHITAI TiPlus7100

The state is the only retail storage brand of Yangtze River storage, needless to say, it is naturally very strict in the selection of flash memory particles, launched solid state drive products in the market has been very good feedback, the player's reputation is also very good. Most importantly, its price is not expensive, both cost-effective and quality.
TiPlus7100 is the second flagship of the PCIE4.0 solid-state drive product line, and all indicators have reached the international first-line level.
1TB version:

• Nominal read speed 7000MB/s, write speed 6000MB/s
• The measured reading speed is about 7400MB/s, and the write speed is 6280MB/s.
• Random 4K read/write (IOPS) of 900K and 700K, respectively, excellent performance
• Maximum capacity 2TB
• Warranty: 1TB model for 5 years /600TBW

Samsung 990 EVO

Samsung's SSD, backed by its own flash memory pellet technology, has been a good reputation in the market, but the price is also the most expensive in its class.
Samsung 990 EVO This is a new product just released by Samsung, friends familiar with his family's products know that the EVO's positioning is lower than the PRO, but the EVO's performance is not bad. Samsung 990EVO as a PCIe5.0 interface SSD, but also support PCIe5.0x2 and PCIe 4.0x4 interface, compatibility is better.
However, from the point of view of reading and writing data, supporting PCIE5.0X2 does not highlight the speed advantage of PCIe5.0, after all, the IO performance of the flash particle it uses has not been improved to the highest level, as a new product, I this old user is actually a little sorry.
1TB version:

• Nominal read speed 5000MB/s, write speed 4200MB/s
• Random 4K read/write (IOPS) of 680K and 800K, respectively, good performance
• Maximum capacity 2TB
• Warranty: 1TB model for 5 years /600TBW.

ArmorX SD10

ArmorX , formerly known as Toshiba memory, has a long history and the quality of its solid state drives is also very stable. I have bought TF cards, SD cards and solid state drives from his family, and the quality and performance are very reliable.
1TB version:

• Nominal read speed 5000MB/s, write speed 3900MB/s
• The measured reading speed is about 5000MB/s, the write speed is 3900MB/s (no surprises)
• Random 4K read/write (IOPS) of 770K and 900K, respectively, excellent performance
• Maximum capacity 2TB
• Warranty: 1TB model for 5 years /600TBW

In general, ArmorX SD10 has the highest cost performance and TiPlus7100 has the best performance. The Samsung 990 EVO is standard, and although it supports the latest PCIe5.0, it has no advantage in speed, mainly because it is too expensive. The west number SN770 black disk and armor man are a bit like, they all use the same particles, the quality is excellent, but the price is slightly more expensive.
In fact, the above several products in the actual experience are similar, especially the warranty time and write amount are the same, when we consumers buy, only need to look for the big name, and then according to the budget to buy more cost-effective products on the line. For the ultimate experience, buy high performance. Buy cheap when you are looking for cost performance. You can buy according to the need.

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