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Faster SSD for AI ML and game development?

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RageshAntony
RageshAntony Original post #1
May 5, 2022 at 8:14 PM
I need a 1 TB SSD for Al ML , game development and 4K video editing


Budget is below 12k

I need a faster on in that price range

(Sata or M2 both okay .but M2 good )
SaiyanGoku
SaiyanGoku #2
May 5, 2022 at 9:02 PM
Does your current config supports Gen4 drives or just Gen3 drives? Also, how much ram do you have?
omega44-xt
omega44-xt #3
May 5, 2022 at 9:39 PM
I bought 1TB Aorus Gen4 for 11k.
SaiyanGoku
SaiyanGoku #5
May 5, 2022 at 11:00 PM
RageshAntony said:
I using B450 motherboard with Ryzen 2600 and 16 GB ram
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In that case, get a Gen3 drive. And get 48 GB ram more to use it as RamDisk (if you can) for a total of 64GB ram.
RageshAntony
RageshAntony #6
May 5, 2022 at 11:12 PM
SaiyanGoku said:
In that case, get a Gen3 drive. And get 48 GB ram more to use it as RamDisk (if you can) for a total of 64GB ram.
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Thanks. Please suggest a gen3 drive with above requirements
RageshAntony
RageshAntony #8
May 6, 2022 at 7:25 AM
SaiyanGoku said:
In that case, get a Gen3 drive. And get 48 GB ram more to use it as RamDisk (if you can) for a total of 64GB ram.
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What is the difference between gen3 and 4 drives?
omega44-xt
omega44-xt #9
May 6, 2022 at 9:16 AM
RageshAntony said:
What is the difference between gen3 and 4 drives?
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Your mobo doesn't support Gen4. Gen3 caps out at 3000-3500MBps sequential speeds vs up to 7000MBps on Gen4 drives. The Aorus Gen4 I bought can hit 5500MBps. These numbers are many times pointless & just too much for most users to see a difference though in reality.
omega44-xt
omega44-xt #11
May 6, 2022 at 10:15 PM
RageshAntony said:
Thanks. Where I can find it for very lowest price online?
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Amazon or FK, usually. 980 was on amazon for that price as well.
SAMSUNG 980 1 TB Laptop, Desktop Internal Solid State Drive (MZ-V8V1T0BW) - SAMSUNG : Flipkart.com
RageshAntony
RageshAntony #12
May 7, 2022 at 6:14 PM
omega44-xt said:
Amazon or FK, usually. 980 was on amazon for that price as well.
SAMSUNG 980 1 TB Laptop, Desktop Internal Solid State Drive (MZ-V8V1T0BW) - SAMSUNG : Flipkart.com
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Any Sata SSDs with same performance of this 980?

My M2 port is situated very near to CPU socket.. does it increases the heat of SSD ?
omega44-xt
omega44-xt #14
May 7, 2022 at 9:56 PM
RageshAntony said:
Any Sata SSDs with same performance of this 980?

My M2 port is situated very near to CPU socket.. does it increases the heat of SSD ?
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No

It depends, but usually doesn't matter.