Am 15. Jan, 2022 schwätzte Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss so: moin moin, > I'm not so much a fan of crucial anymore, I lost a few of their earlier > SSD's and mostly wrote them off as incompetent. I've had rock solid experience with their memory over the years, unlike several other manufacturers. This is my first drive from them, I hope it will also be reliable for me. > Really the trick is just match up the pcie bus, so if a 3.0 bus, get a 3.0 > m.2, or if a 4.0, get a 4.0 m.2. That and make sure the slot supports up Replacing 4.0 8820 with 4.0 8820, so should be good. > to a 2280, but most disks use these. Get some heatsinks too for it if > yours doesn't have them, most just thermal stick tape on. BestBuy had the drive, but no heatsyncs. Luckily the mobo came with a heatsync, so I had a spare. > I'd recommend Samsung normally, but heard the new 980's had some issues Samsung is my other default. > with linux that degrades performance from Phoronix a few months back. I've > used the 960 and 970's though, and first ssd's I've gotten to last more > than 6 months using mdraid, luks, and lvm atop. My laptop has a toshiba I'm running with luks and lvm, am considering adding a second drive to get raid. > m.2 I've used around 4 years now and not died as well, a bit surprising, > but no raid on it, just luks and lvm on single disk. > > HTH! Most definitely. Thanks! ciao, der.hans > -mb > > > On Sat, Jan 15, 2022 at 5:34 PM der.hans via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > >> moin moin, >> >> I'm looking to upgrade my NVMe drive and get two in order to mirror. >> >> I see crucial has several differently priced options. They're all >> m.2 2280, so they should all work, right? >> >> Here's what I have now: >> >> >> https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-aorus-1tb/p/N82E16820009012?Item=N82E16820009012 >> >> >> https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-x570-aorus-elite/p/N82E16813145160?Item=N82E16813145160 >> >> Options: >> >> >> https://www.newegg.com/crucial-2tb-p2/p/N82E16820156274?Description=m2&cm_re=m2-_-20-156-274-_-Product >> >> >> https://www.newegg.com/crucial-2tb-p5/p/N82E16820156250?Description=m2&cm_re=m2-_-20-156-250-_-Product >> >> >> https://www.newegg.com/crucial-2tb-p5-plus/p/N82E16820156281?Description=m2&cm_re=m2-_-20-156-281-_-Product >> >> Also, since these are hard drives, I could get any two similarly speeded >> 2TB drives for mirroring on that mother board? >> >> Don't have to worry about batch matching or anything like RAM sometimes >> needs? >> >> Need to make sure to get heat syncs with these puppies. >> >> ciao, >> >> der.hans >> -- >> # https://www.LuftHans.com https://www.PhxLinux.org >> # "You want weapons? We're in a library! Books! The best weapons in the >> # world! This room's the greatest arsenal we could have - arm yourselves!" >> # -- the Doctor: Doctor Who, Tooth and Claw, 2006 >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- # https://www.LuftHans.com https://www.PhxLinux.org # "If class warfare is being waged in America, my class is clearly winning." # -- Warren Buffett