Comments Locked

14 Comments

Back to Article

  • taisingera - Thursday, November 15, 2018 - link

    The prices seem high for QLC flash when an Adata 250GB SU800 can be had for $53 using TLC. QLC is just too unknown of a quantity for reliability. For the low TBW of the QLC flash, maybe in the future these would be good for secondary drives with a bunch of media files that you only need to read from.
  • Glock24 - Thursday, November 15, 2018 - link

    I just bought a 500GB 860 Evo for $75. I don't see the bargain for these QLC drives. The same goes for DRAMless drives, the price is not low enough to justify the lower performance and lower endurance.
  • CheapSushi - Tuesday, November 20, 2018 - link

    Yeah anyone thinking QLC is for a main drive is thinking about it all wrong. QLC is meant to take over bulk storage. You go for Optane or MLC/TLC for a main drive and QLC for your bulk storage unless you literally can't put in more than one drive into the entire system ever.
  • Lolimaster - Friday, November 16, 2018 - link

    QLC IS ABSOLUTELY WORTHLESS if they don't focus on delivering 4TB+ SSD for consumer storage for less than $700.

    For any other storage TLC is already as cheap and if you want to go deeper into the sink, dramless TLC.

    WHAT'S THE POINT
    Top of the line for consumer oriented MX500/860EVO 1TB are already at $165.
  • The_Assimilator - Friday, November 16, 2018 - link

    Amen!
  • Amandtec - Friday, November 16, 2018 - link

    The yields are low at the start so they sell what they produce at a price like then. Over the months the yields will improve dramatically and we will see price decreases from 96 layer and QLC filter through. I paid $200 for a 120 GB drive a couple years back. Ergo - MLC and TLC were not useless - and neither will QLC be.
  • Amandtec - Friday, November 16, 2018 - link

    "like this."
  • PaoDeTech - Friday, November 16, 2018 - link

    If QLC will save people from the life draining performance of a spinning HDD, I am all for it. Whoever complains about lower cost SSD tech, I am sure, already own an SSD. That said, the minimum size for a QLC SSD should be 500GB.
  • dromoxen - Friday, November 16, 2018 - link

    youu'll take my spinners from my cold dead hands, (or when 5bit SSD match the price per GB) just lost a 3tb by dropping it, so ssd has value beyond speed. These are dramless too
  • Lolimaster - Friday, November 16, 2018 - link

    Using QLC for less capacity storage is just wrong.

    One thing I know is that my next main system drive will be optane (2019 intel version, 200GB~), currently im running fine on a BX300 120GB MLC :D
  • Lolimaster - Friday, November 16, 2018 - link

    $40
  • PeachNCream - Friday, November 16, 2018 - link

    The bottom of the NAND barrel was something I thought we were already scraping with TLC yet the industry's resourcefulness at gluing together the residue left after said scraping was done in the form of QLC is impressive.
  • PeachNCream - Friday, November 16, 2018 - link

    I can't resist...

    "With its Ultimate SU630 the company comes up with multiple firsts: it is the first 3D QLC-based SSD from a well-known independent manufacturer, it is the first 3D QLC-based drive with a SATA interface, it is the first QLC SSD (likely) powered by Maxio’s MAS0902A controller from a popular brand."

    That's a list of firsts I'd hate to have as a feather in my cap. There's nothing else like being able to say, "We were the first ones to dive into the sewage treatment plant's collection pond."
  • sachabinky - Saturday, June 15, 2019 - link

    Haven't you ever watched"The Shawshank Redemption"?
    Would you rather be free, or one of the 'sheep'?

Log in

Don't have an account? Sign up now