QLC SSD for games?

Posted by eMilad@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 5 comments

What do you, my fellow hardware enthusiasts, think about dedicating a QLC to games and data?

So, I'm planning to upgrade and add storage to my PC just for games because they are frustratingly and annoyingly large nowadays.

I have PCIe NVMe and SATA TLC SSDs for my regular stuff and work, but due to the increasing size of my workload (project size) and games, I'm thinking about getting a new SSD, and as far as I know, if I don't plan to write on QLC SSD a lot it should be fine. Although games nowadays they require frequent updating and use as storage, require moving data from time to time. But I don't think this much of a workload would be a problem for a QLC SSD.

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Mopar_63@reddit

The real downside I have seen is in the writing to a QLC and even then only with LARGE file transfers. For daily use they seem to be more than fast enough.

n7_trekkie@reddit

i dont care how fast an ssd is for loading games. if it's an ssd, it's good with me

eMilad@reddit (OP)

Well, I'm more concerned about QLC's lifecycle and how long it would last compared to TLC.

Halbzu@reddit

look up TBW warranty promises.

and as for projects, goig qlc will be more punishing for speeds if the pSLC cache runs out. if you don't write much data at once, then that wouldn't be much of an issue.

For my work and project, I still use my regular SSDs.