If you are an average user, just buy:
To save money on a new computer, if you have technical skills you can likely buy a new PC, laptop or even Apple Mac with a crappy cheap spinning disk in it and then swap in an cheap SSD yourself.
A power user will surf the web and check email like everyone else but they might also edit the odd video file or play high end games periodically. These users will likely need more space and more performance so we recommend buying an
In the summer of 2019 we have been using the Crucial P1 1TB drive in many systems and are very happy with it. The only time you should not use this disk is if you are going to fill it up beyond 90% or if you are going to constantly be working very large files. As there are problems with QLC drives like the P1 in those situations.
As technology improves, relative SSD performance will change so before you buy anything you should find a few you like and then compare them using websites like SSD.UserBenchmark.com . In that link they compare the Crucial P1 to the Samsung 970 EVO.
Make sure you are comparing EXACTLY the drive you are purchasing as there are major performance differences between minor model differences. For instance the Crucial P1 1TB has drastically improved performance over the .5TB version.
In THIS video we swap out a 256 GB Dell SK Hynix SSD from a brand new Dell Optiplex 5070 desktop and replace it with a Crucial P1 1TB drive then benchmark it to show the write performance nearly doubles!
If you are a heavy gamer, video editor or high end corporate user that has disk intensive tasks running for days/weeks on end you will need the fastest and most reliable SSD’s. We recommend you source an:
In the summer of 2019 we have used the Samsung 970 EVO for such users with great success. However, the best performing drives will change over time so you should find a few you like and then compare them using websites like SSD.UserBenchmark.com . In that link they compare the Crucial P1 to the Samsung 970 EVO.
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