4TB SSDs now 5 cents per GB, Samsung drives on Sale

[Admin]

This spring deals season, you can get a high-capacity SSD for a great price.

4TB SSDs now 5 cents per GB, Samsung drives on Sale : Read more

 

[sergeantsped]

"5 CeNtS pEr GB" just post the price in the header. That's so annoying.

 

[USAFRet]

"5 CeNtS pEr GB" just post the price in the header. That's so annoying.

Seeing as the writeup speaks to multiple drives, putting it in the header is a bit problematic.

 

[cyrusfox]

No interest till I see them down at $140 personally. otherwise I'll go with used/cheap 2tb drives at around the same price and keep using cheap HDD for long term backup.

 

[JTWrenn]

That header feels bait and switch. It implies the Samsung drive is down to that price and it's actually 6.5 per. That didn't feel nice.

 

[sergeantsped]

Seeing as the writeup speaks to multiple drives, putting it in the header is a bit problematic.

Then why click bait with a math equation? It seems a bit silly to me.

 

[das_stig]

and the report should state that these are NVMe PCIe drives and not "SSD" as that term is most frequently referred to SATA interface for 2.5in units.

TH needs to do an chart of 1TB-4TB SATA SSD prices.

 

[JTWrenn]

and the report should state that these are NVMe PCIe drives and not "SSD" as that term is most frequently referred to SATA interface for 2.5in units.

TH needs to do an chart of 1TB-4TB SATA SSD prices.

What? never heard that before. When someone says ssd now I generally think NVMe. It's the standard for most SSD's now. SSD has only meant sata ssd when that was the standard.

 

[USAFRet]

What? never heard that before. When someone says ssd now I generally think NVMe. It's the standard for most SSD's now. SSD has only meant sata ssd when that was the standard.

I'd still like it to be specified.

SATA SSDs are still a thing.
My current system has 4x SATA III and 2x NVMe.
Next system will have 3x SATA III and 3x NVMe.

 

[JTWrenn]

I'd still like it to be specified.

SATA SSDs are still a thing.
My current system has 4x SATA III and 2x NVMe.
Next system will have 3x SATA III and 3x NVMe.

It is in the article. Saying it needs to be in the title is a little much I think. You shouldn't assume either really but that title has bigger issues than it saying ssd and then it actually being about the faster ssds. Sorry that to me is oddly nitpicky when it is in the article. If it was the other way around you might have an argument...ie they post it and it is sata not nvme but the fact it is nvme not sata to me means it is actually better than you might have thought for a 4tb drive.

In short it's not a bait and switch. The samsung sale right after the price to me is.

The article says in the 2nd paragraph "Below, we've listed the lowest current price on half a dozen popular models of 4TB NVMe SSD, starting with the Silicon Power UD90 and going up to the WD Black SN850X and Samsung 990 Pro."

It says what they are just not in the title. SSD means both technically but the current standard is nvme. So ssd in title then explanation in the article makes sense.

 

[JamesJones44]

I'd still like it to be specified.

SATA SSDs are still a thing.
My current system has 4x SATA III and 2x NVMe.
Next system will have 3x SATA III and 3x NVMe.

This is especially true in enterprise/cloud storage where it's tiered based on cost, performance and size. NVMe realtime/time sensitive/etc. data (lower capacity/high cost/high performance), SATA SSD fast moving non-critical data/warm standby/etc. (medium capacity/medium cost/medium performance), HDD backup/slow moving data/etc. (high capacity/low cost/low performance).

 

[Makaveli]

I'd still like it to be specified.

SATA SSDs are still a thing.
My current system has 4x SATA III and 2x NVMe.
Next system will have 3x SATA III and 3x NVMe.

This.

My system is 2x NVMe and 2x SATA III
I use the SATA's in Raid 0 for my games and will only install a game on my NVMe if it will benefit from the additional speed. Haven't had a HDD in my build since prior to 2019 I have a NAS that they live in now.

 

[KryptonQuark]

Price is good. Header is annoying clickbait.

 

[eldakka1]

It is in the article. Saying it needs to be in the title is a little much I think. You shouldn't assume either really but that title has bigger issues than it saying ssd and then it actually being about the faster ssds. Sorry that to me is oddly nitpicky when it is in the article. If it was the other way around you might have an argument...ie they post it and it is sata not nvme but the fact it is nvme not sata to me means it is actually better than you might have thought for a 4tb drive.

In short it's not a bait and switch. The samsung sale right after the price to me is.

The article says in the 2nd paragraph "Below, we've listed the lowest current price on half a dozen popular models of 4TB NVMe SSD, starting with the Silicon Power UD90 and going up to the WD Black SN850X and Samsung 990 Pro."

It says what they are just not in the title. SSD means both technically but the current standard is nvme. So ssd in title then explanation in the article makes sense.

It is a very bad title, as others have noted, SSDs can be SATA, SAS, NVME (M.2, U.2, U.3, and others), and while being a consumer site I wouldn't expect such a vague title to include enterprise-type SSDs (not at 4TB anyway), how hard is it to have an accurate title like:

"4TB M.2 NVME SSDs as low as 5c/GB on sale"

?

 

[endocine]

would like to see endurance ratings with the drive specs in the table, that would be really nice to have

 

[Stomx]

Prices of 4TB NVME drives actually were as low as 3.4 cents per GB in November 2023.
https://i.postimg.cc/nzKQWwNX/Screenshot-from-2023-11-26-00-01-47.png

 

[LabRat 891]

None of these come close to the value that the KLEVV CRAS C910 4TB offered, @ $180-193

 

[das_stig]

It is a very bad title, as others have noted, SSDs can be SATA, SAS, NVME (M.2, U.2, U.3, and others), and while being a consumer site I wouldn't expect such a vague title to include enterprise-type SSDs (not at 4TB anyway), how hard is it to have an accurate title like:

"4TB M.2 NVME SSDs as low as 5c/GB on sale"

?

It's TH, accuracy is not required when reporting, sucking up too some manufacturers and suppliers is !

 

[JTWrenn]

It is a very bad title, as others have noted, SSDs can be SATA, SAS, NVME (M.2, U.2, U.3, and others), and while being a consumer site I wouldn't expect such a vague title to include enterprise-type SSDs (not at 4TB anyway), how hard is it to have an accurate title like:

"4TB M.2 NVME SSDs as low as 5c/GB on sale"

?

Sure no biggy there but I think the Samsung part is the bigger deal here. That is bait and switch to me. The other is just less informative.

 

[dalauder]

This.

My system is 2x NVMe and 2x SATA III
I use the SATA's in Raid 0 for my games and will only install a game on my NVMe if it will benefit from the additional speed. Haven't had a HDD in my build since prior to 2019 I have a NAS that they live in now.

I grew up in the 90s. Everything since SATA III SSD's has been "instant" fast for me. I mean, I do run my system on a good PCIe 4.0 NVME drive, but I haven't bothered with RAID 0 since 2012.

Back in the day, I did a triple RAID 0 short-stroked system and primary game drive (~300GB) that was nearly indistinguishable from the SSD I replaced it with.

 

[dalauder]

Does it really matter if it's $200 for a 4GB NVME SSD if it's QLC?

Wake me up when it's TLC below $200.

 

[Geef]

I think the writer of this article wasn't trying to sell us on getting a new drive. His goal was to make sure each of us still knew our math skills. He made it complex to get our brains going before we started the calculations!
🤔 🤓

btw, 990 Pro rules as a boot drive. I use a 2TB version.