Thinking of buying an SSD

[jimnaix]

Hello, i was considering buying an nvme ssd. I've done some reseached and came done 960 pro by samsung is one of the best (if not the best). But i can't afford it and i dont need THAT much of power so i was looking at 960 EVO the 250gb vers. So again i did some researching on the MLC and TLC and came down that TLC is really not much future proof and dont offer that much longetivity and being 250gb makes that even worse but i'm not 100% sure. So what do u think will i have some problems with 960 evo 250gb in the future(like i want him to last at least 5 years) should buying the 500gb make things ALOT better or should i not bother? Somebody reccomended my the Samsung Sm961 Oem Pcie Nvme 256GB which has MLC but read/writes are more slower so is random writes.
What do u think i should do?

P.S. anyone can explain me what's the benefit of using abit of ssd's storage as cache and how it works?

 

[TJ Hooker]

TLC endurance is not an issue for like 99% of typical consumer use cases. Yes, a 500GB would technically have twice the endurance of a 250 GB (in terms of total terabytes written). But really, it's not something you need to worry about.

Honestly, the benefits of NVMe over a regular SATA SSD aren't that great for your typical user. If you currently have an HDD you'll still get a huge boost by going to a SATA SSD, and if you already have a SATA SSD you're unlikely to see any significant jump in performance by moving to an NVMe SSD.

You use SSD as cache if you have an SSD that's too small to be viable as a standalone drive (i.e. Intel's 32/64GB optane SSDs). You don't use a 250/500GB SSD as cache.

 

[gasaraki]

OK. Here's the rundown. The 960 Evo will last you 5 years of reads and writes. It is true that TLC does not have as much read/write cycles as MLC but Samsung has made great strides to minimize that drawback.

I think you should go bigger, a 512/480GB ssd would be more future proof.

If you are looking for a cheaper alternative, I would look at the MyDigitalSSD BPX 480GB.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/mydigitalssd-bpx-nvme-ssd,4780-4.html

 

[jimnaix]

Thanks alot both of you straight to the point and got what i needed, damn, i'm beginning to love this site!