[SOLVED] Is SSD NVME PNY CS1031 good for me

[hakim.homecentra]

I'm looking for a budget SSD for my storage and right now PNY CS1031 is the closest one to my budget for 2TB NVME
for some reason, other SSD 2TB prices are almost double than PNY CS1031 2TB, maybe because it's much slower
but then again 1.000MB is more than enough for me anyway

But I'm suspicious, I mean it's too good to be true since this is the only SSD NVME 2TB with much cheaper than other SSD, is there a catch here?

I'm only looking to store my PC game mostly
Also, my Motherboard is MSI Tomahawk B550, is it compatible? since the web only shows B660

 

[Why_Me]

PNY CS1030 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD Review

In our PNY CS1030 1TB NVMe SSD review, we find a low-cost M.2 SSD that often performs better than a higher-end model from the company

www.servethehome.com

 

[Aeacus]

is there a catch here?

Yes. If you pay peanuts - you will get monkeys.

Looked around and PNY CS1031 drives, at best, have half, or worst, 1/4 of performance rating compared to other M.2 NVMe SSDs,
bench of 512 GB: https://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/hdd.php?hdd=PNY CS1031 512GB SSD&id=28142

And that is just performance. Reliability is another big factor. For 1TB drive, it only has 240 TBW as endurance,
official specs: https://www.pny.com.tw/en/products-detail/CS1031-M2-SSD-NVMe-Gen-3/

That's terrible endurance.
For example, Samsung 960 Evo 1TB, has 400 TBW endurance (960 Evo is my old OS drive, but mine is 500 GB in size).
While Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1TB, has 600 TBW endurance (970 Evo Plus is my current OS drive, but mine is 2TB in size and has endurance of 1200 TBW).

So, if you want terrible performance and terrible endurance, feel free to pay peanuts for that PNY drive.

 

[hakim.homecentra]

And that is just performance. Reliability is another big factor. For 1TB drive, it only has 240 TBW as endurance,
official specs: https://www.pny.com.tw/en/products-detail/CS1031-M2-SSD-NVMe-Gen-3/

That's terrible endurance.

damn you're right, Endurance is the most important thing for storage

welp, time to save up