The latest in a long line of TLC solid state drives with SATA III interfaces might be right around the corner
Solid state drives are the best way to breathe new life into an older PC or add extra storage to a new build to store games and data that needs to be read frequently, like a game library drive. NVMe drives typically top out at 2 TB and most motherboards only have one or two slots. When absolute throughput may not be as important as quick random reads, the SATA III 6 Gbps interface isn’t a problem. That’s why Samsung, among many, keeps churning out new SSD families in the ubiquitous format, like the excellent 870 QVO. The next models may be right around the corner, as some shops listed the drives a tad early. The difference between Samsung’s different SSD families has been the type of multi-layered VNAND onboard, each with different endurance and write performance characteristics.
