Are you building a new computer or just want to overclock the old one? Then you need a good hard drive. Only not magnetic HDD is the day before yesterday, but a modern and fast Solid State Drive. We picked the best models of solid-state drives for PCs - from small 32 GB cache devices to spacious monsters of 2 terabytes. Today they are considered the fastest and most productive SSD-drives.
Content:
- Samsung 850 EVO - high-volume reference model
- Plextor PX-M8SeY 512 Gb - very fast SSD at a reasonable price
- Kingston HyperX Savage (SHSS37A / 960G) - capacious solid-state computer with MLC-cells
- PNY CS2111 XLR8 is a great choice for upgrading older PCs.
- Intel Optane MEMPEK1W032GA - "accelerator" for HDD
Samsung 850 EVO - high-volume reference model
With this disc, it is not the first year that all appearing flash drives have been compared. And the Samsung company continues to improve the technology of the "three-dimensional" memory V-NAND.
The third generation of SSD 850 EVO has entered the market, where TLC-cells are located in 64 layers. And these drives were again the best.
Pros:
- Ability to choose a model with a SATA III or M.2 connector.
- The amount of memory of the older model in the line 2 TB.
- High read / write speed of 540/520 megabytes per second.
- A full set of useful features: background garbage collection, TRIM with the ability to manually send a command and support for SMART.
- TurboWrite mode instead of SLC-caching allows you to accelerate writing to disk, but without a subsequent drop in speed when filling the buffer.
- Low power consumption (3.4 W in operation and 0.5 in standby).
- The advanced V-NAND technology increases the TLC-memory resource - so far only Samsung has managed to achieve sufficient reliability from it.
- Powerful software support thanks to the informative Magician application.
- Five-year warranty, however, limited to 300 terabytes of recording.
Minuses:
- The price of 45 thousand rubles "bites", although in terms of the amount of memory it is not so small.
Plextor PX-M8SeY 512 Gb - very fast SSD at a reasonable price
The model uses TLC-type memory cells that store 3 bits of information each. The solution is compact, but it will have to pay for it by reducing the resource to 1000 rewriting cycles.
However, with a disk capacity of 512 GB, it will not be exhausted soon, but the computer will actually “fly” under any load. Plextor SSD comes in a rugged aluminum case with radiators and a mounting plate.
Pros:
- High-quality assembly without backlash and squeaks.
- High speed writing and reading - 1.0 and 2.45 GB / s.
- DRAM is allocated to the memory buffer - a whole gigabyte, so that the SSD can store and instantly execute the most frequent commands.
- Excellent performance indicators - the disk easily handles 165-170 thousand operations per second.
- Support TRIM function.
- The voltage converter inside the box protects the circuit from any interference and surges from the computer electrics.
- The radiator cap not only increases the mechanical strength of the disc, but also really eliminates overheating. Even under heavy load, its temperature does not rise above +52 ° C.
Minuses:
- Too little memory is allocated for the “fast” SLC recording mode (not more than 1.5%). However, even after the reserve is exhausted, the speed of work still remains decent.
- The disc is not recognized by proprietary Plex support programs, since the manufacturer has not yet updated their last year versions.
- The cost of 19-20 thousand rubles is clearly overstated.
Kingston HyperX Savage (SHSS37A / 960G) - capacious solid-state computer with MLC-cells
This SSD can be used not only to speed up the computer, but also as a very capacious file storage of 960 gigs.
A new series of HyperX can not be called, but the manufacturer has seriously worked on the filling of solid-state drives.This year, under the same name, Kingston released a completely different device - with a double crystal capacity, current process technology, and new features.
Pros:
- Popular form factor 2.5 ″ and connection through the "top three" SATA.
- A good recording rate of 490 MB / s.
- The type of MLC NAND memory cells with a 15 nm process technology is all done to reduce the physical size of the capacious disk and maintain its speed.
- Very weak heat, which barely reaches +40 degrees.
- The lack of SLC-caching, which allows you to maintain a constant write speed.
- Autonomous cleaning of unwanted cells works without switching on TRIM, until the backup capacity of 14 GB is filled.
- Excellent software support and the most detailed self-diagnostic reports.
- Rich equipment - in the basic version there is a foam rubber frame for installing the disk in the 3.5 ″ slot, and in the extended version there is even a case with a USB connector.
Minuses:
- High power consumption during downtime (more than 1.2 W), although in the case of stationary PCs this is not a disaster.
- Price 22-23 thousand rubles.
PNY CS2111 XLR8 is a great choice for upgrading older PCs.
This model from the premium segment was so in demand that the manufacturer decided to update it a little and make minor changes to the design.
The drive comes in a universal form factor of 2.5 ″, connects to the system board via the SATA III interface and is backward compatible with the second generation of connectors. Simply put, it can be used to upgrade any old cars.
Pros:
- Sturdy metal case.
- MLC cells with a two-bit cell writing system have sufficient working resources.
- The read and write speeds are stably maintained at the same level of about 300 MB / s.
- I / O performance is 70-75 thousand IOPS.
- The garbage collection function with a 3 GB backup area can work even when no TRIM command is received.
- The disk is practically not heated - the temperature rises to a maximum of +48 ° C during peak loads.
- Comes with an adapter frame for fitting a 7 mm disc into a 9.5 mm socket.
- 3 years warranty from the manufacturer.
- The cost of 8-10 thousand rubles.
Minuses:
- The SSD has a good speed, but the manufacturer decided to lie in the characteristics for some reason, indicating 470 MB / s for recording and 560 for reading.
- On sale comes with interruptions.
Intel Optane MEMPEK1W032GA - "accelerator" for HDD
This disk should not be considered as a full drive. Its 32 GB capacity opaquely hints that this is only a caching device designed to complement the hulking hard drive.
Intel SSDs are distinguished by high processing and transfer speeds, as it uses the most advanced PCI-E connection bus and the latest memory cell architecture.
Pros:
- Compact form factor 22x80 mm.
- Although the recording rate is not transcendental (290 MB / s), the reading is almost lightning fast - at a speed of 1.3 GB per second.
- Connecting through the universal connector M.2 allows you to insert the circuit into any free slot on the motherboard.
- Stable speed, regardless of the degree of filling the disk.
- Low power consumption of 3.5 watts.
- The new technology of cells 3D Xpoint allowed to get a disc with a huge number of rewriting cycles (up to 30 thousand).
- Excellent build quality and 5 year warranty from the manufacturer.
Minuses:
- Overpriced - only real enthusiasts can pay for 32 gigabytes of 5000 rubles.
- Limited scope - Optane will work correctly only on new motherboards and paired with HDD.
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