6 best SSD drives for price and quality

The best option for the average consumer. If you just want to speed up the launch of the operating system and all programs, then the Kingston A400 will definitely suit you. This model is based on 3D TLC NAND memory, like slightly more expensive competitors. It cannot be said that the drive shows a record speed of reading information, but the figures it achieves are quite enough in order not to waste extra time waiting. Satisfied with numerous customers and MTBF of 1 million hours. A certain limitation here is only the amount of rewritten data. But even 160 TB is not easy to achieve, especially if you are not going to dump a huge amount of 4K video material on an SSD every day. Finally, the three-year warranty period cannot but rejoice. At this price, you expect less.

As expected, this model exists in several modifications, differing from each other in volume and some other characteristics. The 480-gigabyte version looks the most relevant now. They ask for relatively little money for it, while it has a good speed of writing information - it squeezes almost all the juice out of SATA3. Such an SSD is ideal for installation in an inexpensive laptop or a desktop computer requiring an upgrade. But in no case do not use it to install games, especially if you are going to run them every day! The fact is that the time between failures of this model does not exceed 1 million hours, and its “digestible” amount of data is not as large as that of expensive competitors. Not surprisingly, the warranty period is only 3 years. We recommend placing your operating system, programs, photos, and documents on this drive.

Now it is Samsung that is considered one of the best manufacturers of solid-state memory.Its products allow you to squeeze literally everything possible out of the SATA3 connector. However, it does not cost adequate money. At least if you look towards the 500-gigabyte SSD. However, much more often such a drive is bought not because of the high read speed. People love reliability. All sorts of tests show that in this regard, the Samsung 870 EVO, if inferior to traditional hard drives, is not too strong. At least, if you do not save a lot of information on it every day. This solid state drive is ready to overwrite a maximum of 300 TB of data. If we talk about the time that information will be stored, then it reaches 1.5 million hours.

If you are looking for a high-speed NVME drive, then the product of the South Korean company Samsung has the best value for money. It first appeared on store shelves in 2020, and there is no doubt that its characteristics will satisfy customers for many years to come.Data from its memory is read at speeds up to 6.9 GB / s! Even the PlayStation 5 cannot boast of this! As for the recording, it is carried out at a slightly lower, but still impressive speed. It is curious that even when performing long operations, the drive does not heat up. At least up to such a temperature that a decrease in speed parameters becomes noticeable. That is why the manufacturer supplies it without a radiator. It is a pity that this did not really affect the cost. If you compare this model with less productive solutions, then you will have to spend much more.

The best value SSDs are usually based on 96-layer 3D TLC NAND memory. The model from Western Digital is no exception to the rule. This solid state drive can even be flaunted, because it has an atypical color scheme. It is not surprising that the owners of a computer case with a transparent window and a backlight implemented inside buy it. I am glad that the manufacturer does not ask for a lot of money for his creation. But you will have to pay for this with an average write speed by the standards of NVME drives. At least, if we are talking only about the 500-gigabyte version.The time between failures, reaching 1.7 million hours, does not even reach the record. However, this is still the figure at which a drive can be recommended for installing games. As for the total amount of rewritable data, Western Digital guarantees 300 TB. And this company is also ready to exchange a failed SSD for a new one, unless five years have passed since the purchase.

A good choice for anyone with an M.2 motherboard that uses a PCI-E 3.0 4x interface. Despite the far from the highest price, the product is ready to boast of excellent speed performance. With such a solid state drive, the operating system boots in just a few seconds! It is also the best option for those computer owners who want to speed up the launch of games. The fact is that they can really be installed on this SSD without any worries. Even if you play almost on a daily basis. The manufacturer claims that the drive will fail only after 2 million hours of continuous operation. The only limitation is TBW - the amount of data to be rewritten. In the case of the 500 GB version, it is no more than 300 TB.However, you need to understand that even during games, data is more often read than written, so the above figure should by no means be scary.