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das_stig said:
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.
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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.
 
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JTWrenn said:
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.
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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.
 
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USAFRet said:
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.
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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.
 
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USAFRet said:
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.
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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).
 
USAFRet said:
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.
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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.
 
JTWrenn said:
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.
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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"

?
 
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eldakka1 said:
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"

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It's TH, accuracy is not required when reporting, sucking up too some manufacturers and suppliers is !
 
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eldakka1 said:
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"

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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.
 
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Makaveli said:
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.
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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.
 
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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!
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btw, 990 Pro rules as a boot drive. I use a 2TB version.
 
dalauder said:
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.
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For me the point of the Raid 0 isn't for performance its just to have one large volume for the games and not having to separate the installs between two drives SATA SSDs.
 
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