The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Ask) Best Cheap Consumer SSD with Power Loss Protection

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Xenohumanium7, Apr 15, 2018.

  1. Xenohumanium7

    Xenohumanium7 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    3
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    6
    Hello all what is the best consumer ssd with power loss protection today 2018 available in the market?

    and are samsung ssd evo series have loss power protection ?
     
    Xenohumanium7, Apr 15, 2018
    #1
    Starlight5 likes this.
  2. alexhawker

    alexhawker Spent Gladiator

    Reputations:
    500
    Messages:
    2,540
    Likes Received:
    792
    Trophy Points:
    131
    alexhawker, Apr 18, 2018
    #2
    Vasudev likes this.
  3. Starlight5

    Starlight5 Yes, I'm a cat. What else is there to say, really?

    Reputations:
    826
    Messages:
    3,230
    Likes Received:
    1,643
    Trophy Points:
    231
    Starlight5, Apr 18, 2018
    #3
    Vasudev likes this.
  4. Vasudev

    Vasudev Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    12,035
    Messages:
    11,278
    Likes Received:
    8,814
    Trophy Points:
    931
    I suppose Crucial/Micron are cheaper and brings alot valued SW. I believe MX300 has power loss protection feature.
    I agree with @Starlight5 about MX500. Its almost as good as 860 evo/pro.
     
    Vasudev, Apr 22, 2018
    #4
    Vistar Shook and Starlight5 like this.
  5. senso

    senso Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    560
    Messages:
    1,645
    Likes Received:
    788
    Trophy Points:
    131
    senso, Apr 23, 2018
    #4
    Vasudev likes this.
  6. Raidriar

    Raidriar ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)

    Reputations:
    1,708
    Messages:
    5,820
    Likes Received:
    4,311
    Trophy Points:
    431
    In reality, only the Intel 730 SSDs had server class power loss protection, but the Micron/Crucial series M/MX class drives have some form of power loss protection. I personally use the M600 drives and they all work great. Had hard shutdowns a couple times but no data corruption ever.
     
    Raidriar, Apr 23, 2018
    #5
    alexhawker and Vasudev like this.
  7. Vasudev

    Vasudev Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    12,035
    Messages:
    11,278
    Likes Received:
    8,814
    Trophy Points:
    931
    Even on my Samsung's no data corruptions were observed at all after unsafe shutdowns.
     
    Vasudev, Apr 24, 2018
    #6
  8. alexhawker

    alexhawker Spent Gladiator

    Reputations:
    500
    Messages:
    2,540
    Likes Received:
    792
    Trophy Points:
    131
    Same here on an old Crucial M4 and a somewhat newer M500.
     
    alexhawker, Apr 25, 2018
    #7
    Vasudev likes this.
  9. chromes

    chromes Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    5
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Is anyone aware of any nvme drives that have PLP other then intels new offerings?
     
    chromes, Apr 29, 2018
    #8
  10. Vasudev

    Vasudev Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    12,035
    Messages:
    11,278
    Likes Received:
    8,814
    Trophy Points:
    931
    For consumer drives I don't they have it. For enterprise NVMe drives from Intel, Micron, Samsung etc.. have PLP.
     
    Vasudev, Apr 30, 2018
    #9
  11. aznxwill

    aznxwill Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    56
    Messages:
    151
    Likes Received:
    93
    Trophy Points:
    41
    I have a Micron 5100 PRO 1.88TB M.2 SATA SSD (see my signature). I got it for about $700 USD a few months ago, which is not too bad, but I do like the power loss protection + endurance.

    I think the price is fair as 2TB Samsung EVO drives are around 600-700 USD.
     
    aznxwill, Apr 30, 2018
    #10
    hmscott and Vasudev like this.
  12. Vasudev

    Vasudev Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    12,035
    Messages:
    11,278
    Likes Received:
    8,814
    Trophy Points:
    931
    The enterprise simply kills consumer drives in pricing and performance.
    Thats a beast, do you mind posting crystaldisk mark benchmark screenie?
     
    Vasudev, May 1, 2018
    #11
  13. Aivxtla

    Aivxtla Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    709
    Messages:
    650
    Likes Received:
    890
    Trophy Points:
    106
    In terms of consumer SSDs, the MyDigital SSD SBX and BPX both have Power Loss Protection. Same Toshiba NAND found in more expensive drives but still cheaper than the name brand vendors.

    http://mydigitalssd.com/pcie-m2-ngff-ssd.php

    They also warranty their TLC and MLC drives much higher than other vendors in terms of TBW.

    BPX (MLC Flash based) uses a Phison E7 controller and is pretty much a Patriot Hellfire or OCZRD400 without the expensive branding. The E7 is a power hog though in terms of laptop battery life.

    The SBX (TLC Flash based) is using a newer E8 controller and does really well battery wise.
     
    Last edited: May 2, 2018
    Aivxtla, May 2, 2018
    #12
    Vasudev likes this.