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Do not buy this as it does not have a DRAM. This has 2005 specs. Very sub standard. It's cheap for a reason. Ribbit.🐸

Definitely, spending a few quid more for a good SSD is just going to spare you a few annoyances later on.

Thank you for that in-depth explanation. It's greatly appreciated. I'll make sure to get a good quality m.2 drive, as looking to shift my gaming pc for this gaming laptop (hp omen 15), want to make sure the quality is there as it'll be my work and play system going forward. :)

There's 2 main types of M.2 drives, SATA or NVMe. SATA M.2 drives are basically limited by the interface to speeds of up to around 500MB/s reads / writes, while NVMe ones since they use PCIe tend to be much faster (PCIe gen 3 ones going up to around 3000MB/s reads / writes). The reason why that SSD above isn't really a great deal is because it has no DRAM. Basically an SSD is composed of 3 main components, the NAND flash chips to which you write your data to, the controller which interfaces between your PC and the NAND flash (also handles a lot of tertiary functions) and finally the DRAM chip(s) which handles mapping tables. Mapping tables are basically what they sound like, a map of where all of your data is in those NAND flash chips so when you try to read or write something the controller knows where that data is or should go. To cut costs recently a lot of SSDs came out without DRAM, which can impact performance considerably since the SSDs have to write mapping data to the NAND chips (DRAM is significantly faster and lower latency than NAND). SATA DRAM-less drives tend to generally be quite poor performance wise and I'd only really recommend them if you're getting 120GB or 240GB variants to speed up an old laptop or maybe for a Raspberry Pi project. NVMe DRAM-less drives tend to be somewhat faster due to the interface, most of these drives make use of HMB (Host Memory Buffer aka they'll allocate a small part of your system's RAM for their mapping tables), so they're not really a bad choice for game storage if you want to save a few quid. The WD Blue SN550 for example is a very good DRAM-less NVMe drive Of course I'd recommend you check out reviews first before you buy something, Anandtech, Tweaktown, Tomshardware tend to have pretty good reviews. A few quick recommendations if you just want to upgrade your system: For a boot drive you need something with DRAM of course, so a good NVMe drive like the ADATA SX8200 (Pro), Silicon Power P34A80, Sabrent Rocket, WD Black, Kingston A2000 / KC2000, Samsung 970 EVO (Plus), Seagate Firecuda/Barracuda 510 should do the trick. For game/multimedia storage any NVMe drive should suffice. SATA M.2 drives you should check out: Micron MX500, WD Blue, Samsung 860 EVO Also check your laptop's manual and see which M.2 slots support NVMe/SATA.

be careful it is sata 3

I would just point that as a NVME drive this uses HMB (host memory buffer), where it uses some of the system ram as a cache. This makes up somewhat for having no DRAM cache.. https://thetechrevolutionist.com/2019/01/review-of-the-transcend-pcie-ssd-110s.html According to the above, even when the drive starts to get filled up speeds are still way above that of any SATA drive, so this drive is definitely better For me, option was to get a sata ssd with dram for slightly more, but then the existing hdd in my partners laptop would need an external drive caddy to be usable. Those cost £8 - £12 on amazon. SO buying this and keeping both drives inside the laptop is a no-brainer.

now £38.81 inc delivery , ordered one for my partners laptop! should be quite a boost over the existing hdd!

Now £40.39 (inc. 0.95 delivery) I think.

Hi OP, this might be slightly cheaper now (please adjust your deal if you find the same via the link): £37.99 + £0.95 Royal Mail = £38.94

Firstly watch this (it's very good!) Then my answer to you is get the cheapest one with a good warranty. Cos essentially, unless you are messing with large files, pretty much any drive is operating around the same and going to be better than a traditional HDD. Decent, bang for buck at the moment : -Sabrent Rocket -Speed at a premium: Samsung Evo Plus As I said, every day tasks, you won't see a difference between them and it's like £40 to £50 difference.

seems like a good price and the same speeds as the samsung T5, heard mixed ideas about what SSDs can do for xbox games. £42 for the 254Gb and £72 for the 500Gb compared to £87 for the 500gb T5

So this is not 1TB divided by 1024? Not sure if I should go for it. Mixed reviews online and on YouTube. It’s a budget SSD and I’m concerned if it will be fast enough. I want it for my Xbox One X.

I already have a usb3 sad enclosure with a 256gb ssd in but am looking to go to 1tb as I use it as my boot drive for my iMac. How would this compare to a crucial mx500 or a Samsung qvo as they are all similar prices and I already have a caddy?

98.46 now...still great price

Seems to have gone up again :(

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Says 114.06? Expired?

No

Would this be suitable for a black vue dash cam?

Well got a few 64gb spare, and giving up on the 128gb at under £13 :) now looking for a good price and make 512 gb, just for my music for my fiio player. ..

I know this has gone but found this.. WD 4TB Elements Desktop External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00JT8AJZ0/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_i_kSfuEbYJ4S5GQ

Showing as 65 here but when I click on it it’s 129 :/

Showing £129?

Nice one @Brutes (highfive)

Any good for dashcam?

Your lucky its 45 ;)

What's the write speed please? I'll pass if less than 30MB

Looks to have some decent reviews on amazon think they do hard drives and ssd's

This brand reliable? 🤪

Now showing as £13.98.

Transcend are a quality brand. I use them constantly for work and it's the brand I look for when buying USB flash memory. Good post, thanks OP.

Made some space for you Brutes... but will keep an eye whatcha doing here ;)

True (lol)

Agreed (y)

Pav has been slacking for a while :p

pavel76 right now (lol)

and the price of the item is £23...something, which makes it 24.71 delv.... where before it was 26.50delv.. last week at ccl it was £29..delv..... as it was higher at the time at CCL then the normal of £28 by amazon. next?

was £26.50.... now £24.71........ "afew quid drop".. as stated.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Transcend-128GB-MTE110S-Solid-State/dp/B07CXC32T2/ref=asc_df_B07CXC32T2/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=372895728902&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17691631662941587934&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046437&hvtargid=aud-861019088303:pla-524325874214&psc=1&th=1&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=78203270324&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=372895728902&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17691631662941587934&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046437&hvtargid=aud-861019088303:pla-524325874214

This is not a deal, this is normal price. Full stop

its usual a little higher?........ a typical 120gb.... ssd is £16..... a typical m.2 is £24...... n a nvme comes in more... ##however, unlike typical members on here who just post deals for "hotness" i dont because alot of the time people dont know what a deal is unless it slaps them in the face. i post deals which help folks who are interested in self building, giving folks ideas / tips / suggestions and there are various types of people interested in so many ways,..same goes for my prebult system, sometimes i post main stream methods which do get hot but then i throw ones out which is the alternative ones for folks based on people who come n ask me for help direct,.... rather then be a sheep and go down the typical products, there is alternative methods to save cash with out getting some rubbish too, this is a perfect decent item which is usual afew quid, someone who wants the performance of an NVME rather then that typical 240gb std SSD by adata,. and then the rest on WD hard drives for main storage. if my posts dont suit u... move on. they aint aimed for urself then. and sometimes the best deals aint about it being a lower price, but its awareness of the idea around it to new folks coming into the market..

24.99 for me now

Awesome cheers mate. Ordered (y)

Thanks, It goes straight to the slot, so no need of adaptor.

Heat added. Is this the kind of adaptor that will need to go in nine do switch? Just bought it so need to get an SD card

Thank you @goonertillidie :D

They sell these cards even cheaper on their eBay store.

Transcend are up there with the reliable makes

The newer cards certainly tend to be than the older cards

Are Transcend cards reliable?

Will never buy Transcend cards again. Have had two cards, both of which developed similar faults rendering data stored on them undeleteable. Cards similarly unformattable. They refuse to honour the warranty unless you send them the defunct card (complete with all your data) which they will then send abroad. When asked how we could render the data unreadable before sending the card to them, they had no suggestions, and couldn't give a toss. Not prepared to send my unprotected sensitive data to them! Luckily one was bought through Amazon, who replaced no questions asked, but the one bought through another retailer we just had to take the hit on. Shockingly poor customer service from Transcend.

7dayshop rejects all my credit/debit cards, hence ended up buying from MyMemory.

Great deal, heat added

Decent card this. This is the standard price for these. Always buy them when TCB give £2.50 bonus (y)

Just got Amazon dot. Never knew that (highfive)

Cheers for this, just used this trick :)

Thank you I'll try it out tonight!

Alexa order my basket or Alexa place an order

Really? What command did you tell?

Also how does it compare to Transcend 128GB microSDXC 350V High Endurance Memory Card https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07N8THY22/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_snT8DbY7SNMX4

Certainly, they sell genuine items and well reviewed.

Never bought of this site, they any good?

Without any doubt, in case you need it, it's at historically cheapest price than else where, Buy this

My Dashcam does just wondering if I really need a bigger card.

If it has a PCIe interface then you would need a Sintech adapter (about a tenner). Lots of great info on this thread: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/upgrading-2013-2014-macbook-pro-ssd-to-m-2-nvme.2034976/

Would it be a better option than this? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Transcend-ESD230C-960GB-USB-External/dp/B07MZQVH18/ref=sr_1_9?keywords=transcend+ssd&qid=1573685834&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&sr=8-9

You would need a TB3 enclosure to get the full speeds although those are just the max sequential ones. But you're not likely to be unhappy with a USB one that allows up to 10Gb/s in theory.

You can purchase an adaptor on eBay 👌

Can I get an enclosure for this and use it as an external ssd with the same reads and writes on a 2019 macbook pro?

Micro version for similar price too https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07C9PVLN8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1