Question Advice is required: upgrade from Samsung 970 Pro

[abrilevskiy]

Hello,

Could you please help me to find a good upgrade option for the current using Samsung 970 pro?
It is required to increase capacity from 512 (Samsung 970 pro) to 1 TB at least.
I am concerned about new Samsun models due to: TLC memory type instead of MLC, firmware issues and fake drives.

The replacement will be done in Lenovo Yoga 920 laptop with PCIe 3.0 x4. The laptop has some battery issue: Windows booted at a low battery level (for example the laptop was not used for a while) and then the laptop gets powered off by itself without Windows power-off mechanism - so-called hard shutdown - therefore data safety is a priority.

Thank you in advance!

 

[bniknafs9]

why not give Adata a try ?

 

[sonofjesse]

850X was on sale.
ADATA works fine just be careful they been known to change things.
Love Sabrent drives

so many good choices if you want to try a new brand.

 

[USAFRet]

why not give Adata a try ?

Given the shenanigans with ADATA, why?

 

[abrilevskiy]

I see 970 Pro 1TB - available for around 310 USD - is it a good choice in 2023?

 

[sonofjesse]

That is a terrible price.

970 EVO lus is 60 bucks
980 PRO is 80

But if you dont' want samsung that is cool too. Did you check the other drives out we talked about?

HYNIX gold p31 is 72 bucks
acter predator gm7000 is 70
sabrent rocket 90

 

[abrilevskiy]

HYNIX gold p31 1TB is 324 USD https://www.amazon.pl/SK-hynix-Zloty-PCIe-wewnętrzny/dp/B08DKB5LWY
I am in Poland

 

[Pextaxmx]

if you can't prevent sudden power loss, you might want to take a look at this article
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/sk-hynix-sabrent-rocket-ssds-data-loss

I get an impression that dramless drives are actually less data-loss prone. Maybe that's something quite obvious... DRAM is a volatile memory type after all.