SSD in 2018 - 256 or 512

[charliebrown]

yes.. in 2018. when getting ssd, is it still ok to get 256GB??
what do u think??

 

[shadow84]

Go with what you can afford. If budget is higher, of coz 512gb. If not, 256gb will do.

 

[xonix]

yes.. in 2018. when getting ssd, is it still ok to get 256GB??
what do u think??

This is really something only you can decide, depending on your side requirements and budget.

But in general, 500~512gb SSD prices have dropped to a point where they are the sweet spot with regards to cost/price ratio. I myself upped to 1TB late last year before the nand price went crazy high.

 

[watzup_ken]

It's based on your needs. 2018 or not, if you don't store a lot of files or games that takes up a lot of space, a good 250 or 256GB drive is still good enough.

 

[jtjt00]

Need vs Want

 

[Swiftbladez]

256 should be more than enough for your commonly used applications. Get another normal HDD for games etc, loading times aren't that bad.

That said if you have the money, by all means 512 or even 1TB.

 

[Encrypted11]

It's mostly been the case where 500GB SSDs or higher provide better cost per GB than 64/128/256gb versions because of current market flash density, there's no doubt the cost per gb scaling in low capacity drives will become worse.


(500gb vs 1tb vs 4tb 860 evo)

Also need to consider that normally 256gb ssds or lower are not "full spec". They do not have enough flash interleaved with the controller channels to combine the througput for full spec and the write speeds drop sharply and the faster partitoned area of the SSD are much smaller.

Consider both what you need and what the differences are.

 

[swathe]

Also something to consider is form factor, especially if you are a DIY guy.

For me, my relative gives me their old laptops which they want to discard. I will usually change the HDD to the one I have spare or usually the HDD is conk out.

I am still not sure if nowadays in 2018, more laptops are on m-Sata, m2 or SATA.

 

[watzup_ken]

It's mostly been the case where 500GB SSDs or higher provide better cost per GB than 64/128/256gb versions because of current market flash density, there's no doubt the cost per gb scaling in low capacity drives will become worse.


(500gb vs 1tb vs 4tb 860 evo)

Also need to consider that normally 256gb ssds or lower are not "full spec". They do not have enough flash interleaved with the controller channels to combine the througput for full spec and the write speeds drop sharply and the faster partitoned area of the SSD are much smaller.

Consider both what you need and what the differences are.

If that is your concern, then you may need to be mindful that even 500GB nowadays are not able to run at full speed with the NAND getting denser.

The point is that even the slowest decent SSD is still an order of magnitude faster than a traditional mechanical drive. Transfer rate aside, the other main benefit is the seek time is way lower on SSDs. I am happily using an Intel G2 and still find it very snappy.

 

[tmfwy]

yes.. in 2018. when getting ssd, is it still ok to get 256GB??
what do u think??

I find 250gb more than sufficient
Sammy 250gb

 

[Ferolare]

really depends on usage imho

 

[Illusionist_85]

the price differences between 256 n 512 are getting narrower, so get 512 ones would be better

 

[cscs3]

It's mostly been the case where 500GB SSDs or higher provide better cost per GB than 64/128/256gb versions because of current market flash density, there's no doubt the cost per gb scaling in low capacity drives will become worse.


(500gb vs 1tb vs 4tb 860 evo)

Also need to consider that normally 256gb ssds or lower are not "full spec". They do not have enough flash interleaved with the controller channels to combine the througput for full spec and the write speeds drop sharply and the faster partitoned area of the SSD are much smaller.

Consider both what you need and what the differences are.

Lower then 240G is not full spec in term of speed. So for SSD, always get 240G or higher. Unless you just want it to be a boot disk. Then 120G is good enough as price is cheap for 128G now.

 

[Phen8210]

Need vs Want

ssd is a never need

is.. want vs want

 

[Audiology93]

512. Because I'm left with less than half of the free space.

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[Encrypted11]

Lower then 240G is not full spec in term of speed. So for SSD, always get 240G or higher. Unless you just want it to be a boot disk. Then 120G is good enough as price is cheap for 128G now.

Well Samsung is on 256Gb and 512Gb (maybe these for 2 and 4TB models) VNAND packages for this gen. So 250GB is single chip though with faster flash TLC magic and what not, its closer to SATA saturation than past gen with single chip.

https://news.samsung.com/us/samsung-sata-860-pro-860-evo-solid-state-drives/

Funny how 5-6 years ago in 2012 256GB was already full spec with 32Gb packages