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NVME M.2 PCIe ssd for 5K

8 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/nvme-m-2-pcie-ssd-for-5k.208634/

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user28 Original post #1
Jul 26, 2020 at 7:58 PM
Please suggest me NVME M.2 ssd for around 5K. I am fine even if it is 250 GB. I had a new Ryzen 3200G with ASRock B450 M4 Pro and 16 GB RAM. Speed and performance is what i am looking for and no it is not for heavy gaming but may include light gaming which is yet to start.
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whitestar_999 #2
Jul 26, 2020 at 8:21 PM
Best NVMe ssd in its price range, get it asap because its 512gb version used to sell for ~6k in Jan but after its stock finished the price never went back to that. I am expecting this model also to be soon out of stock & later come back with price increase.
*www.onlyssd.com/buy/wd-blue-sn550-250gb-m-2-pci-express-3-0-x4-nvme-ssd-wds250g2b0c/
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whitestar_999 #3
Jul 26, 2020 at 8:29 PM
On second thought, stretch your budget a bit & get this.
*www.onlyssd.com/buy/kingston-a2000-500gb-m-2-2280-nvme-pcie-ssd-sa2000m8-500g/

P.S. whatever you decide buy it fast because nowadays stock is getting finished quickly.
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user28 #4
Jul 27, 2020 at 12:19 AM
Whats the difference between Kingston's A2000 and K2000 series?
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user28 #5
Jul 27, 2020 at 12:21 AM
And if i increase my budget till 6K, is the increase worth for the same 500GB in terms of speed?
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whitestar_999 #6
Jul 27, 2020 at 11:09 AM
user28 said:
Whats the difference between Kingston's A2000 and K2000 series?
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Technically KC2000 series is better but practically the difference isn't noticeable enough so only worth buying if getting at just a little costlier than A2000 series.

user28 said:
And if i increase my budget till 6K, is the increase worth for the same 500GB in terms of speed?
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No. To notice speed difference among decent/good NVMe you need to have a very specific usage case scenario which a typical user don't have.
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user28 #7
Jul 31, 2020 at 12:01 PM
Thanky you @whitestar_999. I had ordered it. Is a heat sink required for this considering that the pc will be used continuously for 4 to 6 hours a day? But not on gaming or heavy memory intensive usage. I saw some youtube reviews recommending heat sink but the tests and results are for very processor and memory intensive. I had searched amazon for the nvme ssd heatsinks and found only one brand- glotrends. No idea about its quality or durability.
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whitestar_999 #8
Jul 31, 2020 at 3:03 PM
user28 said:
Thanky you @whitestar_999. I had ordered it. Is a heat sink required for this considering that the pc will be used continuously for 4 to 6 hours a day? But not on gaming or heavy memory intensive usage. I saw some youtube reviews recommending heat sink but the tests and results are for very processor and memory intensive. I had searched amazon for the nvme ssd heatsinks and found only one brand- glotrends. No idea about its quality or durability.
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A heat sink is only needed for either known bad models running much hotter than usual(adata sx6000 series) or a very specific usage scenario(you need an unusual workload to stress a NVMe continuously for more than 5-10min) which a typical person is unlikely to encounter.