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KIOXIA EXCERIA 960GB

If you have a laptop that is 4 years old or older and you notice that it is slow, know that you can improve performance for very little money. It is very possible that your laptop is using a hard drive, which is very slow and changing it to SSD will make it work better. The most economical and quality option you will find on the market is this Kioxia unit.

we have to say that Kioxia is the division of Toshiba which manufactures solid-state drives and memory cards, among others. This already tells us that this hard drive is a solution of very good quality and performance.

This Kioxia Exceria SSD has a 960 GB capacity, which is not bad at all. As for performance, since we are limited to the SATA interface, we are far from the performance of the M.2. Despite this, we have a speed of 550 MB/s read

and a speed of 540 MB/writes.

It is difficult to find an SSD on the market that offers better value for money.

Western Digital Green SN350 1TB

As we said, SSDs with SATA interface have the problem of limited read/write speeds. For this reason, M.2 PCIe drives are starting to be recommended for gaming computers. If you want to build a computer for gaming and you’re on a tight budget, this WD Green is a pretty good option.

This unit is characterized by a 960 GB capacity, which for games is more than enough. On the other hand, this unit is based on the PCIe 3.0 interface which, although not based on the most recent standards, is not necessary either.

This device offers a speed of 2400 MB/s read and in in writing reaches the 1900 MB/s. We’re talking about a huge jump in performance over the previous unit. Perhaps where it is weakest is in durability, since supports up to 90 TBW. This means that its lifetime is equivalent to writing the unit 80 times, which is quite difficult, taking into account that it is estimated between 50 and 70 MB written per day.

It is an attractive option for those who want to build a gaming computer and are on a very tight budget.

Crucial P3 Plus 1TB

Perhaps you are interested in setting up a computer for gaming that will last you for many years. If that is your intention, you might be interested in this storage cabinet for your gear. Crucial offers us a high-performance disk with great read and write speeds. Note that Crucial is the brand of Micron, one of the largest memory chip manufacturers in the world.

The Crucial unit has a 1TB capacityIt is M.2 format and makes use of PCIe 4.0 interface. This indicates that this device offers high transfer speed. More precisely, it offers us up to 5000 MB/s read and also up to 5000 MB/s write. We’re talking more than twice the performance of the previous drive and nearly 10 times the performance of the SATA drive we saw initially.

I have to say that Crucial is a brand that I really like because I think they offer high end drives at very low prices which you can only do if you are the manufacturer of the memory chips.

Kingston KC600 1TB

We return to 2.5-inch format drives based on the SATA interface. In this case we have a unit from Kingston, one of the most important manufacturers of SSDs and RAM memories on the market. In their wide range of products we have this unit, which is one of the best in their catalog.

This unit has a 1024 GB capacity, offering greater capacity than any of the previous units. As we said, it is based on the SATA interface, a slow and rather outdated file transfer system. This unit offers us a speed of read up to 550MB/s and of write up to 520MB/s.

The most interesting thing about this unit, without a doubt, is the bytes written support setting. Specifically, it offers up to 600TBW, or about 600 times the total capacity of the disc. Moreover, this device stands out by offering stable transfer speeds without spikes.

Is it worth the price it has? It depends, if you want a unit for many years and stable performance, this is the best option.