I am currently have a SATA 4 TB WD Blue mechanical HDD that my Steam library is stored on.
I am looking to upgrade to a SATA SD for the puropse of improving load times. I have come down to two choices (mostly driven by cost):
The difference in price is reasonably significant. I do note that as a QLC drive, the QVO will wear out faster. Additionally, the QVO has a smaller cache therefor the speeds will tank quickly once file transfer exceed a certain size.
The WD has subtly lower transfer speeds but as TLC it will last longer. It also does not seem to suffer from speed tanks for large file transfer like the QVO does.
From a gaming prospective, I dont see the QVO as a bad choice as you are more relying on read speeds. BUT, I do find it hard to ignore its significant performance issue once that cache is hit or overall less endurance the drive has (due to QLC).
Any thoughts or alternate suggestions?
I am looking to upgrade to a SATA SD for the puropse of improving load times. I have come down to two choices (mostly driven by cost):
- Samsung 870 QVO 4TB (QLC) $469 AUD
- Western Digital Blue 3D NAND 4TB (TLC) $539 AUD
The difference in price is reasonably significant. I do note that as a QLC drive, the QVO will wear out faster. Additionally, the QVO has a smaller cache therefor the speeds will tank quickly once file transfer exceed a certain size.
The WD has subtly lower transfer speeds but as TLC it will last longer. It also does not seem to suffer from speed tanks for large file transfer like the QVO does.
From a gaming prospective, I dont see the QVO as a bad choice as you are more relying on read speeds. BUT, I do find it hard to ignore its significant performance issue once that cache is hit or overall less endurance the drive has (due to QLC).
Any thoughts or alternate suggestions?