Re:SSD Storage: 2018 in review
by franciscop on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @01:21AM
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I agree, there is more overhead. But since I'm interested mainly in external SSDs I'm tracking those :)
Please feel free to create a similar list with 2.5", mSATA or m.2 drives, it probably is even more shocking.
The other awesome thing about those 3 I linked is that the interface also has changed: Micro USB 3.0 => UBS-C Gen 1 => Thunderbolt.
mSATA SSD's are so rare these days
True, but Samsung is still making them. A 1TB mSATA 860 EVO is currently only $3 more than the M.2 SATA version of the same, so it's still a reasonable comparison against drives from several years ago. (However, both mSATA and M.2 SATA versions of the 860 EVO are more expensive than the 2.5" version that faces far more competition.)
For example, I bought a 1TB samsung mSATA SSD in 2015 for about $320 and it's enclosure for $15. The equivalent SSD today is about $150. So instead of a 3x price decrease in the past 3 years, it's more like a 2x price decrease.