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Samsung QVO 860 1TB SSD: Big and Cheap SSD Storage - MMORPG.com

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited May 2019 in News & Features Discussion

imageSamsung QVO 860 1TB SSD: Big and Cheap SSD Storage - MMORPG.com

Samsung has rolled out a new line of SSDs sporting QLC tech, cramming more bits into the same space to bring consumers more bang (and space!) for their buck. But how does it stack up against the competition? Read our review to find out!

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  • gervaise1gervaise1 Member EpicPosts: 6,919
    edited May 2019
    "Samsung has rolled out a new line of SSDs sporting QLC tech, cramming more bits into the same space to bring consumers more bang (and space!) for their buck. But how does it stack up against the competition? Read our review to find out!"

    As long as you don't compare it to an M.2 NVMe SSD  like well this one!
     https://forums.mmorpg.com/discussion/481153/silicon-power-p34a80-m-2-nvme-ssd-1tb-review-mmorpg-com#latest
  • 3dom3dom Member RarePosts: 889
    edited May 2019
    I like how 1Tb SSD is now the smallest available in the product line: just a year ago I've purchased a laptop with 256Gb SSD and it has been considered a decent one. I guess my next laptop will have at least 16Tb SSD. Or maybe 128Tb - if I'll delay the upgrde for couple years.

    Or maybe we'll just dump local storage completely in favor of cloud storages and game streaming services like nVIDIA Now - because 5G network will provide enormous bandwidth (20Gbit/second) and minimal delay.

    Thank you for your time!

  • rojoArcueidrojoArcueid Member EpicPosts: 10,722
    They keep getting cheaper and i like that. In no time i'll be able to replace the 6TB on my PS4 with SSD, or just add them to a PS5 externally when that one launches.




  • DAOWAceDAOWAce Member UncommonPosts: 436
    I'm iffy on accepting QLC NAND.  Way lower tolerances for failure, way less endurance.

    Too bad it's going to take over the market like TLC did, which everyone criticized before for exactly the same reasons.

    Reliability/lifespan > cost for me any day.  Yeah money is important, but your data is invaluable.
    rojoArcueid
  • QuizzicalQuizzical Member LegendaryPosts: 25,499
    I would be very skeptical of paying a premium price for a QLC SATA SSD as compared to a perfectly fine TLC SATA SSD or even a QLC NVMe SSD. It's not that it's a bad product, but Samsung usually prices themselves out of consideration for any market other than the highest performance available without regard to price. And this isn't the highest performance available.
  • QuizzicalQuizzical Member LegendaryPosts: 25,499
    3dom said:
    I like how 1Tb SSD is now the smallest available in the product line: just a year ago I've purchased a laptop with 256Gb SSD and it has been considered a decent one. I guess my next laptop will have at least 16Tb SSD. Or maybe 128Tb - if I'll delay the upgrde for couple years.

    Or maybe we'll just dump local storage completely in favor of cloud storages and game streaming services like nVIDIA Now - because 5G network will provide enormous bandwidth (20Gbit/second) and minimal delay.
    If you're hoping to stream data from the cloud at 20 Gb/sec all day on a 5G wireless connection, you're going to be disappointed.  4G can theoretically do 1 Gb/sec, which would let you download 1 TB in under 3 hours.  But if you try to use over 1 TB of bandwidth per day on existing 4G networks, you're going to be disappointed.

    Wireless is always going to be worse in every way than wired other than being able to skip the wire.  A new generation of wireless doesn't do anything more than temporarily narrow that gap.
  • TheelyTheely Member UncommonPosts: 430

    DMKano said:



    3dom said:


    I like how 1Tb SSD is now the smallest available in the product line: just a year ago I've purchased a laptop with 256Gb SSD and it has been considered a decent one. I guess my next laptop will have at least 16Tb SSD. Or maybe 128Tb - if I'll delay the upgrde for couple years.





    Or maybe we'll just dump local storage completely in favor of cloud storages and game streaming services like nVIDIA Now - because 5G network will provide enormous bandwidth (20Gbit/second) and minimal delay.






    5G networks will not provide 20Gb for anyone in actual real life scenario anytime soon.



    To get anywhere near 1Gb speed on 5G you have to have nearly perfect conditions- be very close to the transmission cell, have no interference etc....



    An average user will never see max spec speeds on 5G period.



    Additionally, with cloud storage and game streaming, you'll be annihilating your wallet when you hit the arbitrary data caps that all the ISPs have in place.

    Grim times when game streaming becomes the only option.
  • clownshockclownshock Member UncommonPosts: 7
    edited May 2019
    Got 1 of these 2 weeks ago and i'm really happy with it and for a cheaper price then a 860 evo it wasnt really a discussion about wich one to take =)
  • QuizzicalQuizzical Member LegendaryPosts: 25,499
    clownshock said:
    Got 1 of these 2 weeks ago and i'm really happy with it and for a cheaper price then a 860 evo it wasnt really a discussion about wich one to take =)
    You realize that there are other SSD vendors besides Samsung, don't you?
  • urbanman2004urbanman2004 Newbie CommonPosts: 1
    Any TLC SSD on the market from a vast selection of other manufacturers compared to this QLC SSD runs laps around the QLC SSD and at a lesser price
  • VrikaVrika Member LegendaryPosts: 7,990
    edited July 2019
    Any TLC SSD on the market from a vast selection of other manufacturers compared to this QLC SSD runs laps around the QLC SSD and at a lesser price
    False. NVMe SSDs are usually a lot faster than this, but as far as SATA SSDs go in normal use this is about as fast as other SATA SSDs because they're all limited by SATA's max transfer speed.

    QLC is significantly slower in the rare situation where you max. out its write case, but in normal use it's rare to encounter that kind of situation unless you own two SSDs and regularly transfer huge amounts of data between them.


    With that said NVMe SSDs are already cheap enough that this should really only be considered by people who don't have a free slot for NVMe SSD.
     
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