[SOLVED] Patriot Burst and garbage collection

[sdedu77]

I was looking for a cheap SSD to revive a slow laptop. Since it will be used mainly for Excel and light internet browsing, I decided a Patriot Burst might be just I need (not expensive but has cache and wear leveling).
I couldn't find anything about garbage collection support, but recently I stumbled upon this review (the one left by "Ano") where he got a reply claiming it has garbage collection.
My question is: does it support this feature or not. Or garbage collection is common to all SSDs? Thanks in advance.

 

[USAFRet]

What size are you looking for, and how 'cheap'?

'wear leveling' is a thing all SSD's have.


TRIM:
https://searchstorage.techtarget.com/definition/TRIM

And garbage collection:
https://searchstorage.techtarget.com/definition/solid-state-storage-SSS-garbage-collection


(the backstory on this question)

[SOLVED] - Looking for an SSD for old computer

I'm looking to buy a cheap SSD to revive an old laptop. After some search I narrowed my search to a Patriot Burst or a Samsung 860 evo/Crucial MX500. Now, I'm not going to use it for gaming or write a lot on it. I'm going to give it to a friend that works on Excel and occasionally watch movies...

forums.tomshardware.com

 

[sdedu77]

• initially 120gb seemed just enough, though 240gb is only about $10 more, so it will be wiser
• by "cheap" I mean entry-level, but still having important features (like cache)

'wear leveling' is a thing all SSD's have.

From what I've read all NAND SSDs use GC. That's what you meant?

Anyways, thanks for the reply, it was really helpful!

 

[USAFRet]

120GB is not enough if that is the only drive.
'Cheap' generally refers to a price level.

GC is a background process, to free up unused cells when the system and drive has some extra time to do that.
I believe it is a "thing" with all SSD's.

 

[popatim]

Get the larger one. The more empty cells the drive has to use for wear leveling then the longer the drive will last.