Because I've been playing AI painting recently, but a large model is several GB, the original 500GB hard disk is not enough, so I have been trying to upgrade my computer, just recently saw Guangwei's Ultimate series SSD price is very suitable, so I decisively started a 4TB version, after anxious waiting, I finally looked forward to it, today I will share with you the experience of this ultra-large capacity SSD.
4TB, I've never used such a large capacity SSD, you know, when I was in college, the hard drive was only 40GB. How do I use such a large hard drive?
When I opened the box, I saw a heat sink and a screwdriver, where is my hard drive? What about my 4TB SSD?
When I took it out, I found that this SSD was directly fixed on the heat sink and was an all-in-one structure.
This integrated heat dissipation vest has a heat dissipation area of 8cm², which can effectively reduce the temperature by 30°C, and Guangwei itself also provides a warranty of up to 5 years, so that the replacement repair is worry-free.
The whole vest with SSD is still very heavy, and it looks like it gives people a sense of security. But I'm going to evaluate it, so naturally I want to see what the SSD inside looks like, and it just so happens to come with a screwdriver, so I'm ready to disassemble it.
In addition to Guangwei's anti-counterfeiting label on the side, there are four screws, one of which is covered with a sticker, with an English logo on it, which translates to "If you tear this label, the warranty is invalid". This is embarrassing, not to mention that I want to take a look at the chip particles inside, just such a thick heat dissipation vest, I can't fit it in my computer, it must be dismantled, but if it is dismantled, it will not enjoy a 5-year warranty, this is a bit of a pit.
In order to show you the most realistic evaluation, I still dismantled it ruthlessly, and there is no warranty. After opening the heat dissipation vest, you can see that it is covered with thermally conductive silicone, and a thick silicone is specially changed to the main control to strengthen the heat dissipation.
Take off the SSD, there are thermally conductive silicone sheets on the front and back, no wonder the heat dissipation is so powerful. And there are particles on the front and back of this Guangwei SSD, and the overall thickness is a little thicker than that of ordinary single-sided SSD.
Guangwei Ultimate series SSD uses the tenacious 5236 main control chip, using 12nm manufacturing process, 8-channel design, supporting a maximum capacity of 8TB, supporting MLC, TLC and QLC and other mainstream flash memory, next to it you can also see an independent Micron D9ZFW cache chip, there is another on the back of this chip. It is also with the support of this 4GB independent cache that this SSD has achieved its brilliance.
The flash memory particles are based on the third-generation 3D NAND of scene storage, which has strong performance and reliable quality, and the Xtacking2.0 technical architecture has better transmission speed and higher density. That's why it brings ultra-fast read speeds.
Without further ado, let's go straight to the machine to experience. Because this Guangwei SSD was originally equipped with a heat dissipation vest, it was more suitable for use in a desktop, and I tested a mini host, and the space was not large enough to install it with a vest, so I only installed the SSD for testing. The capacity of 4TB is also very suitable as a main disk, and of course it can also be used as an expansion hard disk.
When you enter the system, you can see that a new hard disk has been identified, and it needs to be initialized, and the volume size is looked at when partitioning, the value is 3907001MB, and the recognized capacity is 3815.43GB, which is still okay.
After partitioning, the actual capacity obtained is 3.72TB, which is also a considerable size. The next step is to test the SSD using various software.
First of all, I took the software to identify the benchmark for the SSD, and I can see some relevant parameter information. The current working temperature is 50 degrees Celsius, and the current room temperature of the test is 25 degrees Celsius, and I have actually been running the program for a period of time, so this temperature should be the temperature of normal use, this is still the case that I did not use the heat dissipation vest, theoretically with the vest, even if the room temperature is higher, the working temperature of this SSD should be around this value.
Regarding the SSD benchmark test, because of the different environments and software versions, there will definitely be differences, so I used three different benchmark software, and the difference in the results is not very big, basically it can reach the official nominal 7500MB/s or so, which is very powerful! This performance is simply explosive!
Briefly talk about my intuitive experience of this Guangwei SSD.
The first word is "big". 4TB ah,The data and data that filled my entire hard disk before were transferred to only occupy that little bit of space.,Looking at the hard drive letter that is no longer red.,There's no longer the anxiety of lack of space.,The mood is really indescribably comfortable.。
The second word is "fast". Whether it's me dumping data between two hard disks, or transferring data from an external device to a hard disk, the speed is very fast, even if it is a few hundred gigabytes of things, it only takes a short time to copy, there is no need to wait too long, time is money.
The third word is "stability". Before, I was worried about whether there would be a "fever" after taking off the cooling vest, but in the actual experience, this Guangwei SSD is really "as stable as an old dog"! Even if I was copying data for hours on end, reading and writing constantly, the temperature was hovering around 50 degrees Celsius, and the reading and writing speed did not drop at all.
Since I have a 4TB SSD, I no longer have to worry about my data having nowhere to store, what more NAS, my hard drive is not more than them? Like some of my daily downloaded movies, stored footage, work data, pictures and videos on my phone can be stored in this SSD. It has a very fast reading speed and doesn't worry about the time it takes to transfer files back and forth at all.
If there's one downside to this SSD, it's that it's too expensive! After all, the price of 1499 is still a bit painful, and it is more suitable for local tyrants to start. Of course, if your budget is not very sufficient, it is recommended that you choose another SSD of Guangwei, Guangwei PCIe4.0 SSD 4TB, the performance is also excellent, and the cost performance is higher, and the price may be reduced to less than 1,000 yuan during the Double 11 period!
At the end of this article, I would also like to give you a suggestion, when choosing SSD, you must choose a product with large particles, stable quality and fast speed like Guangwei, so as to ensure that you have no worries about subsequent use. After all, data is priceless, and you must choose a safe and stable hard drive to ensure that your data is not at risk of loss and damage.