Help me choose a 1TB NVME M.2 SSD

[tyndramare]

Hello everyone, I am currently in search of a new m2 ssd, I currently have a seagate ssd 100 GB, which is very little, I also have a 1tb HDD but it is running out of space, it is the first time I'm going to buy one of these.
My board is a B450M Pro 4, and according to look on the internet these m2 ssd are compatible.
I found these two options that interested me:
-WD_BLACK SN770 1TB
-MP600 CORE XT 1TB
Is there any significant difference between the two? I have a budget of around 60$.
Another question I had was if it was necessary to have a heat sink.
Thanks

[🦜Cloud Boy🦜]

Evo 970 Plus and 980 /pro are the best, see if they can fit into your budget.
Otherwise, any good brand SSDs will do the job fine, there are very little differences in gaming performance. Just get the one which is cheaper and has longer warranty.

[Introverted Gamer]

Neither. I would go Silicon Power 1TB XS70 it has Write and Reading Speed Up to 7,300 MB/6,000/s, DRAM, TLC, Tri-Core. Heatsink included. Also is Gen4 NVMe. Is only $59.99 Dollars now on Amazon, you get your money worth of performance other those.

[DevaVictrix]

Yeah, 970 evo seems to be the one if you want the dram cache… otherwise you can’t go too far wrong.

[Illusion of Progress]

Both of the drives you mentioned are mid-range drives or so.

Both are PCI Express 4.0.

The Corsair is QLC and the Western Digital is TLC.

The Western Digital has marginally higher sequential read/write but they're near par.

Neither have DRAM, but it's becoming more common on newer drives not to have it, at least outside the high end (but a drive is definitely not higher end merely by having it). I might put more emphasis on wanting this on a SATA drive, but it's not at all make or break on NVMe where HMB can usually takes place of it. Or I might put more emphasis on it if I were looking at a higher end NVMe drive.

Originally posted by Introverted Gamer:

Neither. I would go Silicon Power 1TB XS70 it has Write and Reading Speed Up to 7,300 MB/6,000/s, DRAM, TLC, Tri-Core. Heatsink included. Also is Gen4 NVMe. Is only $59.99 Dollars now on Amazon, you get your money worth of performance other those.

I'm not up to date with SSD pricing right now (changes too fast anyway), but this is the best SSDs mentioned in the thread so far (including the original two choices) on performance alone, so if pricing also favors it I'd give it a strong look. Granted, not many were mentioned until now, but still. It's more of a higher end drive whereas everything else mentioned was mid-range (or in the case of the 980 non-Pro, lower end).

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Crucial P3 Plus 1TB is in this price range too.

[ChickenBalls]

just get whichever that is cheaper

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/wd-black-sn770-1-tb/16.html

Samsung ssds are just more expensive and there are plenty of SSDs that are just as good as the 980Pro if you read some of the reviews

[Overseer]

The old Samsung SSDs also show their age by now and are not without their own problems.

[Monk]

Originally posted by Overseer:

The old Samsung SSDs also show their age by now and are not without their own problems.

Like what? Unless your editing giant files there's no real speed benefit going faster, heck, fir most people and fir gaming NVME drives are not really faster than a sata ssd.

Gaming and most work loads are random reads and writes not the crazy fast sequential speeds new drives advertise.

To OP, just get the cheapest model, picked up a crucial 1TB for like £40 to go in my new htpc the other day.

[Lord Flashheart]

Your motherboard supports pci express version 3.
Later boards support higher versions..

Unless you are upgrading your system soon, go for a pcie 3.

[Mr White]

WD-Western Digital are good and so are Seagate. Never give me problems.

[mtono]

try kingston...cheap and an older brand(exists long time) i have one...no problem.
my2ct

[GMC79]

Originally posted by Rumpelcrutchskin:

Crucial P3 Plus 1TB is in this price range too.

I agree Op should just get a P3 Plus, only gen 3 board so is all you need. 2TB is pretty cheap.

[Ice Robertson]

So many opinions here i feel sorry for OP.

I'd go with the western digital just because they made good drives in the past.

[mtono]

Originally posted by Ice:

So many opinions here i feel sorry for OP.

I'd go with the western digital just because they made good drives in the past.

i think it is simple because them are all the same. maybe buy one you think looks beautiful with a well designed housing. why not this and there are brands that are new. i prefer older brands, because one can be sure, that the ssd's work..if you know what i mean?

[Ice Robertson]

Originally posted by owl rly?:

i think it is simple because them are all the same. maybe buy one you think looks beautiful with a well designed housing. why not this and there are brands that are new. i prefer older brands, because one can be sure, that the ssd's work..if you know what i mean?

I know what you mean, There's tiny differences like nickel coating on chips and various software bundled with the drives.

The added heatsinks are a nice idea but the manufacturers increase the speed anyway so you don't save on heat.

You can buy some heatsinks for M.2 SSD's i don't have any other link but here...

https://www.computerlounge.co.nz/shop/components/storage/accessories/ekwb-ek-m2-nvme-heatsink--nickel