Final Piece for my gaming PC: An SSD

[Nerevarine]

Yes, it reached, here are scores on a USB3.0 enclosure I borrowed from office.

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The actual speeds on SATA 3 will be much faster

 

[Nerevarine]

Comparision with the M2 Sata SSD already there in office laptop
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Obviously USB 3.0 speeds are much lesser, and im willing to bet the samsung SSD will rekt the office SSD if it were seated in a SATA 3 slot.
I have ordered a Type C enclosure, it will reach in a few days.. Will give a full fledged review and comparision then.

 

[Hrishi]

USB3.0 isn't a native host protocol, unlike SATA. So it will have a bit of performance overhead over SATA, obviously.
USB will consume some additional CPU Cycles and memory.

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[Nerevarine]

Yeah, I currently have to use USB or Thunderbolt to boot my PC as the other slots are occupied and I cant remove them because reasons.

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This is the enclosure i ordered, hope it will reach quickly. It seems its just a type C port though without utilizing the type C functionality. Lets see.

 

[Vyom]

Leaving the technical aspects aside (that I need to digest later), I would like to point out to an article published on digit as per which storage devices are coming under 18% GST slab.

GST impact on consumer technology: Here’s what will happen to prices of smartphones, TVs, ACs, refrigerators, other tech goods and services | Digit.in

Doesn't this mean, SSD will become cheaper?

 

[Vyom]

@Nerevarine
Can you explain why would we need a Type C enclosure? Do you want to use the SSD like an external drive that you can use through USB 3.0 port?

I plan to house the SSD inside the chassis and use the SATA 3 cables to make it the boot drive housing the OSes of my PC.

So do I still need an enclosure?

Also, if you had a great deal buying from ebay and you are satisfied by the product I would also like to order one from ebay. I trust your judgement on this. Please help.

 

[Nerevarine]

I need an enclosure because Im booting from a laptop that only has M2 Sata slots. So I need a USB3.0 enclosure or even better a thunderbolt 3 based enclosure (Sadly the latter is too costly)..
For you, the SSD is more than enough, as you will be using it with a PC . Make sure to use the SATA 6 gbps port while connecting to the SSD (It will be differently colored, like blue or red)..
Yeah the ebay seller is legit, the SSD I got is manufactured in May 2017, and on the ebay pack it was written, Packed under supervision from a CCTV camera.

 

[Vyom]

I need an enclosure because Im booting from a laptop that only has M2 Sata slots. So I need a USB3.0 enclosure or even better a thunderbolt 3 based enclosure (Sadly the latter is too costly)..
For you, the SSD is more than enough, as you will be using it with a PC . Make sure to use the SATA 6 gbps port while connecting to the SSD (It will be differently colored, like blue or red)..
Yeah the ebay seller is legit, the SSD I got is manufactured in May 2017, and on the ebay pack it was written, Packed under supervision from a CCTV camera.

Ok. Thanks for the clarification.
I have decided to buy from eBay itself. Amazon.in price is not coming down. But now I am confused since on eBay both sellers have now equal price of Rs 6749, so I don't know from which you bought.

Can you confirm whether you bought from the seller "ecomputerstore2013" or "itstoredatascan"?

 

[dexterz]

Leaving the technical aspects aside (that I need to digest later), I would like to point out to an article published on digit as per which storage devices are coming under 18% GST slab.

GST impact on consumer technology: Here’s what will happen to prices of smartphones, TVs, ACs, refrigerators, other tech goods and services | Digit.in

Doesn't this mean, SSD will become cheaper?

what is the tax rate now? is it higher than 18%? thinking of picking up a 850 evo from nehru place

 

[Vyom]

what is the tax rate now? is it higher than 18%? thinking of picking up a 850 evo from nehru place

I am not aware of the current taxes, but I do think it can't be as high as 18% which would be new tax after GST.

Also an indicative of Nehru Place price you can refer cost to cost price list pdf. And as per it the cost (Rs 6895 + taxes) isn't less than what eBay is offering.

 

[whitestar_999]

It may be,see the thing about indirect taxes in India now(aka before GST) is that there are so many of them that it is difficult to give a straight figure.Hdd might be coming to a port in Mumbai where customs might be levying a tax,then Maharashtra govt might also be levying a tax,then during journey to Delhi some states also might be levying tax,then Delhi govt might also be levying some tax,so who knows.I am assuming that where dealers knows there will definitely be an increase in price post-GST,they will be trying to clear the stock by giving some discount etc.However where even they are not sure how it will play out or know prices will reduce,they will keep selling the stock at existing prices as long as they can.

 

[dexterz]

I am not aware of the current taxes, but I do think it can't be as high as 18% which would be new tax after GST.

Also an indicative of Nehru Place price you can refer cost to cost price list pdf. And as per it the cost (Rs 6895 + taxes) isn't less than what eBay is offering.

yea price is 7240 at C2C. will take a look at ebay

 

[Vyom]

Agree @whitestar_999 : So we can either take risk and wait for updated price or buy it now, in case we fear the uncertainty.

@dexterz If price at C2C is Rs 7240, I can see the tax amount is 5%.

Can you confirm whether you bought from the seller "ecomputerstore2013" or "itstoredatascan"?

@Nerevarine PLS ANSWER!

 

[dexterz]

Agree @whitestar_999 : So we can either take risk and wait for updated price or buy it now, in case we fear the uncertainty.

@dexterz If price at C2C is Rs 7240, I can see the tax amount is 5%.


@Nerevarine PLS ANSWER!

i ordered one from that ebay link. bought from the seller with more reviews

 

[Nerevarine]

I bought from this

Samsung 2.5'' 850 EVO 250 GB Sata-III(MZ-75E250BW)Internal SSD-Samsung#.. | eBay

Sorry for the dalay, I was out whole day

 

[Vyom]

I bought from this

Samsung 2.5'' 850 EVO 250 GB Sata-III(MZ-75E250BW)Internal SSD-Samsung#.. | eBay

Sorry for the dalay, I was out whole day

No problem homie! Looks like I was the impatient one.

I just ordered the drive from that link.

 

[dexterz]

No problem homie! Looks like I was the impatient one.

I just ordered the drive from that link.

got your drive yet? i got mine yesterday. moved most my frequent played games to the drive. no more staring at loading screen for 30~40seconds

 

[Nerevarine]

got your drive yet? i got mine yesterday. moved most my frequent played games to the drive. no more staring at loading screen for 30~40seconds

can u post a crystal disk mark result ? assuming ur running it in SATA 3

 

[dexterz]

can u post a crystal disk mark result ? assuming ur running it in SATA 3

 

[Nerevarine]

those speeds are way too low, i was expecting above 500 MB/s read
are u sure u are using a SATA 3 port and not a SATA 2 port ?