Question M.2 NVMe SSD: recommendations on a specific manufacturer ?

[Manuel Jordan]

Hello Friends

According with your experience in general for M.2 NvME PCIe for 512GB, 1TB and 2TB

Do you have any special recommendation on a specific manufacturer?

It about performance, failures (time of Live)

Thanks in advance

 

[Aeacus]

but in other thread in this network I read the suddenly "dead" of one SSD "Samsung evo". It seems it is a very rare scenario. But it happened.

If you read my last reply, i also said that my first Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2TB did die on me. But that was due to manufacturing error. Hence the very reason why brand new hardware comes with a warranty. Whereby, when manufacturing fault appears within set time frame (within 5 years for 970 Evo Plus), the manufacturer replaces the hardware cost free.

I had never has a pendrive failure, but I've hear many times SSD failures .

Maybe you haven't bought "budget" USB thumb drive or used it regularly.

My 1st USB thumb drive, 4TB in size, from Adata, did die on me less than 1 year of use and i didn't use it that regularly either. Afterwards, went with Kingston USB thumb drives. Now, i have 3x different ones, in varying sizes and price points. All three work just fine, even after 5+ years.

 

[logainofhades]

Pls, Can you share your experience a little more for each manufacturer?

There are only 3 companies that make the actual Nand flash used in SSD's. Samsung, Micron (the parent company of Crucial), and SK-Hynix. Who better to pick a drive from, than the companies that actually make the storage itself? Samsung has been top dog for quite some time. My personal rig is using 2x Cruical P5's. SK-Hynix drives have reviewed really well.

 

[Manuel Jordan]

Again thanks for the replies

If you read my last reply, i also said that my first Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2TB did die on me. But that was due to manufacturing error. Hence the very reason why brand new hardware comes with a warranty. Whereby, when manufacturing fault appears within set time frame (within 5 years for 970 Evo Plus), the manufacturer replaces the hardware cost free.

Yes. I see your point.

Maybe you haven't bought "budget" USB thumb drive or used it regularly.

All Kingston, even one of 2GB used since 2008 until now. Others up to 64GB

My 1st USB thumb drive, 4TB in size, from Adata, did die on me less than 1 year of use and i didn't use it that regularly either. Afterwards, went with Kingston USB thumb drives. Now, i have 3x different ones, in varying sizes and price points. All three work just fine, even after 5+ years.

Just in case, I've heard many times that when either a SSD or pendrive has a big capacity. It has more risk to fail quickly

There are only 3 companies that make the actual Nand flash used in SSD's. Samsung, Micron (the parent company of Crucial), and SK-Hynix. Who better to pick a drive from, than the companies that actually make the storage itself? Samsung has been top dog for quite some time. My personal rig is using 2x Cruical P5's. SK-Hynix drives have reviewed really well.

Thanks a lot for that feedback

 

[Aeacus]

Just in case, I've heard many times that when either a SSD or pendrive has a big capacity. It has more risk to fail quickly

Yeah, No.

Capacity doesn't matter when it comes to reliability. But it can affect durability.

E.g 2.5" SATA SSD. For example: Crucial MX500. The controller unit in it is the same between different capacity options (250 GB, 500 GB, 1 TB, 2 TB and 4TB) but when you have bigger capacity drive and it is full of data, the same controller unit has harder time to access all of the data (takes longer time to read/write), compared to when drive capacity is smaller (or there is less data on it).

Crucial MX500, while good drive (used to be value king when it released) has a con of where when drive is ~80% full, the read/write speeds drop off the cliff. Not to the levels of HDD but performance drop is noticeable.

I have MX500 1TB drive and experienced the performance drop first hand. Though, i now keep it as backup drive and rarely use it. Still, MX500 is a good drive,
review: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crucial-mx500-ssd-review-nand,5390.html

Note, MX500 is now 5 years old, so, price comparison in the review is obsolete.


As far as USB thumb drives go, essentially the same applies as well. But with USB thumb drives, more reliable ones are usually the ones with bigger capacity.
E.g Kingston USB thumb drives lineup: https://www.kingston.com/en/usb-flash-drives

Up to 256 GB versions are the "common" ones, while when you want 512 GB or 1 TB one, then you need to look towards more performance USB thumb drive.
And with USB thumb drives, it matters far more on how many writes you make on it, compared how big of a capacity it has (same applies to SSDs as well).