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I'm planning on building my own external SSD but I'm stuck on two drives to choose from. I'm going to be storing pictures, gave saves, videos and games on the drive. I won't be using Macrium Reflect to create an image of my PC on the SSD, as I have a external 3tb 3.5" hard drive for that. I will not buy an already prefabricated external SSD as those are more expensive per GB than just DIYing it. Also, they have preinstalled crap ware which I absolutely do not like.
The Samsung 860 EVO drive is around $109 on Amazon. It's a bit expensive, but has it's own DRAM for faster data transfer, has 550MB/s read and 520MB/s write, as well as a 600TBW lifespan for the 1TB model.
The Kingston 960GB A400 drive is $89 on Amazon. It's $20 less expensive, but has no DRAM, has up to 500MB/s read and 450MB/s write, as well as a 300TBW life span for the 960GB model. It's also 40GB less than the Samsung EVO.
The controller will be THIS, as it not only looks nice but also has the ASM235CM chip which is also used in Samsung's T5 external SSD, as well as the San-disk Extreme Portable SSD.
So, should I just bit the bullet and get the Samsung, or save $20 on the Kingston?
The Samsung 860 EVO drive is around $109 on Amazon. It's a bit expensive, but has it's own DRAM for faster data transfer, has 550MB/s read and 520MB/s write, as well as a 600TBW lifespan for the 1TB model.
The Kingston 960GB A400 drive is $89 on Amazon. It's $20 less expensive, but has no DRAM, has up to 500MB/s read and 450MB/s write, as well as a 300TBW life span for the 960GB model. It's also 40GB less than the Samsung EVO.
The controller will be THIS, as it not only looks nice but also has the ASM235CM chip which is also used in Samsung's T5 external SSD, as well as the San-disk Extreme Portable SSD.
So, should I just bit the bullet and get the Samsung, or save $20 on the Kingston?
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