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• ianisthename on 20 Jan 21 @ 08:13 AM #

  Hi,
  
  Inquire ko lang if meron bang nabibili na rgb heatsink for gen 4 ssds na nabibili separately?
  Gusto ko sana heatsink ng Klevv Cras C700 rgb. :)
  
  Thanks!

• catwar20 on 22 Jan 21 @ 11:05 PM #

  For 3.5K:
  
  PNY XLR8 CS3030 500GB M.2 NVMe
  Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB
  Samsung 970 EVO Plus M.2 250GB
  
  Ano kaya dito ipalit ko sa old ssd(barracuda)?
  
  -- edited by catwar20 on Jan 22 2021, 11:22 PM

• MrBungle on 25 Jan 21 @ 07:31 PM #

  Ang init pala ng 970 EVO Plus. 53C idle pa lang.
  
  Malayong mas malamig yung Intel 660p at ADATA XPG 8200SX Pro.

• t3nma on 25 Jan 21 @ 07:46 PM #

  @catwar
  
  sa bigger capacity ako no doubt, mas sulit yun

• ccl2003 on 26 Jan 21 @ 07:53 AM #

  @MrBungle
  
  Hindi naman laptop pa naka-install yung sa akin
  
  
  
  
  But I am using a heatsink on it
  
  
  

• igibee23 on 29 Jan 21 @ 02:02 AM #

  guys im planning to buy ssd sata 2.5 cruxial mx500 500gb. and nakita ko yung gigabyte which is cheaper. any thoughts?

• MrBungle on 29 Jan 21 @ 11:17 AM #

  @ccl2003
  
  I dunno man. Mainit talaga yung idle temps ng made in Thailand na Samsung 970 EVO 2TB ko. Something must have changed or dahil mas mainit talaga yung 2TB. Nasa low 50's ang idle at around 60's range pag may heavy load.
  
  Using the same m.2 slot and heatsink, yung ADATA at Intel NVMe drives, nasa low to mid 40's lang.
  
  Hindi naman big deal sa akin as long as it works as it should.

• BCFreeman on 29 Jan 21 @ 12:01 PM #

  I'll be using a Samsung 980 pro (pcie 4.0) as my OS drive soon. Ok lang ba without active cooling and just with the mobo nvme heatsink? What temps should I be expecting?
  
  -- edited by BCFreeman on Jan 29 2021, 12:02 PM

• Odellot on 29 Jan 21 @ 12:09 PM #

  If hindi gen4 ang Motherboard mo I think you will be fine.
  
  Ito temps ko with Gen4 before and after ko installan ng Cryorig Frostbit yung 980 Pro ko.
  
  
  
  
  -- edited by Odellot on Jan 29 2021, 12:09 PM

• BCFreeman on 29 Jan 21 @ 12:18 PM #

  Gen4 yung mobo ko Odellot. Taas pala ng idle temps, mas mataas pa sa idle temp ng wd black hdd and gpu. Hoping na yung fans ng NH-D15 makatulong to lower the temps.
  
  Edit: Mataas pala fan nya, so baka sa 2nd nvme slot at the bottom ko na lang ilagay, and put a 140mm side fan blowing towards it. Kung mahanap ko yung old na Antec spot cool ko sa bodega yun na lang hehe
  
  
  
  
  -- edited by BCFreeman on Jan 29 2021, 12:59 PM

• MaChee on 30 Jan 21 @ 11:49 PM #

  good day sirs.
  1st tine ko magSSD.
  walang m.2 slot so ssd muna.
  
  okay ba si WD green 120gb?
  around 1.5-2k budget ko.
  
  to add, okay lang ba nakalaylay or nakadikit
  si ssd sa wall ng cpu using double sided tape?
  
  thanks!

• BangBros on 31 Jan 21 @ 01:58 AM #

  PNY XLR8 CS3030 500GB M.2 NVMe
  Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB
  Samsung 970 EVO Plus M.2 250GB
  
  Ano kaya dito ipalit ko sa old ssd(barracuda)?

  
  
  250gb bitin yan doon ako sa higher capacity or kung kaya pa i stretch ang budget go for 1 tera

• swingman_01 on 03 Feb 21 @ 03:03 PM #

  thoughts on PNY XLR8 CS3030 2TB M.2 NVMe since 3115 TBW ang rating totoo kaya? planning in using it as main drive sa laptop ko tanggalin ko yung 256gb.
  
  Acer Helios
  
  1x512gb Silicon Power A80 (main drive), 1x256gb WD SN720, 1x2tb HDD
  
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• swingman_01 on 10 Feb 21 @ 01:24 PM #

  dumating na yung PNY XLR8 CS3030 2TB M.2 NVMe problema hanggang automatic repair tapos diagnostics lang di umaabot na magboot sa windows laptop ko, meron ba nakaexperience dito? bale nireplace ko lang yung 256gb WD SN720 para gawing lagayan ng file sana.

• XtraRice on 12 Feb 21 @ 02:19 PM #

  Sandisk Ultra 1TB as a Steam drive good for P5,500? Much cheaper kasi than other TLC choices like the 860 Evo, WD Blue, and MX500.
  
  I'm looking at 2.5" drives now because both my M.2 slots are used now.
  
  -- edited by XtraRice on Feb 12 2021, 02:19 PM

• ps3kings on 21 Feb 21 @ 12:04 AM #

  1TB Kingston A2000 vs 1TB PNY XLR8 CS3030?
  
  -- edited by ps3kings on Feb 21 2021, 12:04 AM
  
  -- edited by ps3kings on Feb 21 2021, 12:04 AM

• swingman_01 on 21 Feb 21 @ 01:47 PM #

  if the review is correct PNY 1TB XLR8 is better, higher TBW and faster read and write, DDR4 cache. sa price na lang siguro magkakatalo yan.

• witchking on 22 Feb 21 @ 06:30 AM #

  Ok lang kaya DRAM-less SSD drives like yung Western Digital Blue SN550 M.2 NVMe? Pang games lang

• ricomambo on 22 Feb 21 @ 10:21 AM #

  Yup, using one right now.
  
  

  Ok lang kaya DRAM-less SSD drives like yung Western Digital Blue SN550 M.2 NVMe? Pang games lang

• tsini1234 on 12 Mar 21 @ 04:32 PM #

  Hello, sirs!
  
  May ma-recommend ba kayo na reliable na brands for an mSATA SSD? Will buy one for my Lenovo X230 along with a SATA SSD

• awakeruze on 12 Mar 21 @ 05:10 PM #

  Had a Kingston mS200 60GB mSATA SSD on my X220, lasted roughly 5 years.
  Replaced it and the HDD with a 2.5" Crucial MX500 SSD.
  
  Upgraded sister's X220 last year, used a Transcend 128GB mSATA SSD.
  Cannot make any recommendations regarding the cheaper ones.
  
  Samsung is too expensive. Kingston might be affordable.

• Ronsatuzuke on 13 Mar 21 @ 10:14 PM #

  super noob here,haha
  
  ngayon ko lang nalaman na pwede pala magcause ng crashing ng games or yung auto alt tab ng games, pag hindi updated driver ng ssd, akala ko dahil lang sa gpu or processor kapag nagccrash ang games.hehe

• jovmer on 14 Mar 21 @ 09:12 AM #

  May ma-recommend ba kayo na reliable na brands for an mSATA SSD? Will buy one for my Lenovo X230 along with a SATA SSD

  
  
  SATA SSD Corsair Neutron GTX SS 250G. 9 years na still running smooth.

• TPC_GameGuard025 on 20 Mar 21 @ 11:21 AM #

  Hello tanong ko lang kung anong problema ng PM981 (OEM 970 Evo) ko. Pag tumagal tagal kasi or madami niload sa drive na yun na softwares/games nag 100% active siya pero 0 read/write siya sa task manager at di na maacess yung drive parang nacocorrupt at nagffreeze yung PC ko. Game drive ko to at ang boot drive ko is 970 Evo. Nag install na ako ng Samsung NVME drivers. Mag one year na tong SSD sakin at lately ko lang to naexperience. Di ako nakakatapos ng isang run ng CrystalDisk benchmark sa normal window pero sa safe mode walang problema. Pwede kayang sira na yung SSD ko? Good health naman to nung tinignan ko sa mga SSD Diagnostic softwares. TIA!

• ccl2003 on 20 Mar 21 @ 12:26 PM #

  @2TPC_GameGuard025
  
  Anong pong operating temps nyang PM981 mo? Napansin ko kasi sa isang client ko na bumili ng HP Notebook 14s and PM981 din gamit ng model na yun and medyo mataas talaga temps nung PM981 256gb. In fact, yun isang unit na-corrupt yung Windows 10 and nirestore ko lang by creating an image from another unit. Sa totoo lang compared to my 970 Evo Plus 500GB sa Swift 3 ko mas mataas pa temps nun PM981.

• TPC_GameGuard025 on 20 Mar 21 @ 01:08 PM #

  @ccl2003 - ambient temp lang sir 34c po idle at sa load umaabot ng 50c po. Nag-BSOD kasi to ng WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR at nangyayari lang yun tuwing nagloload ako ng game sa SSD pero nung naginstall ako ng drivers from samsung di na siya nagBSOD pero nag freeze yung pc at mouse nalang nagagalaw. HIrap kasi iconclude na sira na yung SSD kasi sa safe mode nagagamit ng maayos, pwede kasi error from windows update. Wala kasi ako matestingan na ibang PC para macheck kung same case din ba nangyayari.

• ccl2003 on 20 Mar 21 @ 05:52 PM #

  @2TPC_GameGuard025
  
  The only way to know kung hardware issue na yan is to clone the SSD to a new SSD. If the problem persists then it is a Windows or game-related issue kung nawala with a cloned-SSD then it could really be faulty SSD na. Ano ba status ng SSD sa CrystalDiskinfo?

• TPC_GameGuard025 on 21 Mar 21 @ 10:22 PM #

  @ccl2003 - Nagloko din kasi samsung magician, di madetect lahat ng drives kaya di ko madiagnose ng maayos. Kinabit ko din yung 970 evo ko sa dating pinaglalagyan ng pm981 ko to confirm kung slot ba ang sira pero never ako nagkaproblem. Most likely may problema yung pm981 kaya binenta ko nalang para bumili ng bagong game drive.

• TPC_GameGuard025 on 22 Mar 21 @ 02:08 PM #

  Hello tanong ko lang kung anong problema ng PM981 (OEM 970 Evo) ko. Pag tumagal tagal kasi or madami niload sa drive na yun na softwares/games nag 100% active siya pero 0 read/write siya sa task manager at di na maacess yung drive parang nacocorrupt at nagffreeze yung PC ko. Game drive ko to at ang boot drive ko is 970 Evo. Nag install na ako ng Samsung NVME drivers. Mag one year na tong SSD sakin at lately ko lang to naexperience. Di ako nakakatapos ng isang run ng CrystalDisk benchmark sa normal window pero sa safe mode walang problema. Pwede kayang sira na yung SSD ko? Good health naman to nung tinignan ko sa mga SSD Diagnostic softwares. TIA!

  
  
  Update on this: Turns out sira na yung motherboard ko. Nagloko din yung 970 evo ko on both M.2 Slots. Tried my backup motherboard and both works well. Di ko na rin mainstallan ng windows gamit yung old board ko.

• MrBungle on 22 Mar 21 @ 05:28 PM #

  Sinubukan ko palitan yung stock M.2 heatsink ng Asus motherboard ko sa Sabrent Rocket heatpipe SSD heatsink para sa 2TB 970 EVO Plus. Ganun pa din yung readout ng temps, 54C yung NAND tapos 63C controller pag idle. Siguro bumaba lang ng 1-2C average compared to stock heatsink. Oh well, at least hindi naging worse. lol