Team Group G50 2 TB

W1zzard · 2024-10-07T18:42:35+0100

The Team Group G50 comes at outstanding pricing of just $105 for the 2 TB version. It still offers performance that's "good enough" for virtually all scenarios. Unlike other value drives, Team Group is giving you TLC NAND flash at an amazing price, which is much faster than QLC, especially when the SLC cache is exhausted.

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csendesmark · 2024-10-07T21:21:59+0100

Never had a Team Group SSD, but this one looks great as a value option
SLC and sustained write speeds are great for this unassuming drive!

stinger608 · 2024-10-07T22:01:34+0100

csendesmark said:
Never had a Team Group SSD, but this one looks great as a value option
SLC and sustained write speeds are great for this unassuming drive!

I agree. And at the price point, its a solid deal.

Thanks for the great review @W1zzard :respect:

mechtech · 2024-10-08T01:09:28+0100

Nice review as always

2 TB ($105).
Endurance is 1300 TBW
a five-year warranty with the G50 SSD.

Not too shabby. Puts it in direct competition with the Kingston NV2, and close to Crucial P3+ and WDblue SN580 (at least here $ wise)

Thing is the WD Black SN770 is only about $20 more...............

Hopefully no bait n switch to QLC in the future........................

Chrispy_ · 2024-10-08T01:28:18+0100

Regional pricing variance ruins these conclusions. It's a fine drive if it's cheap, but It's far more expensive than any of the listed 2TB competition:

£85 Kingston NV2
£89 Crucial P3 Plus
£93 WD SN770
£98 WD SN580
£102 Kingston NV3
£105 Team Group G50
£116 Lexar NM790

Both the WD drives are cheaper and faster. If you're just after cheap storage, the G50 is 24% more expensive than the NV2. For whatever reason the SN770 has been cheap in the UK for most of its lifespan, and it's guaranteed to be TLC unlike the NV2.

chrcoluk · 2024-10-08T02:27:43+0100

Did I read right? there is no factory over provision on this SKU?

Bwaze · 2024-10-08T05:20:50+0100

Why sich praises over "great price", last year we could buy a TB for $35 for a while, 4 TB drives under $150, and now we should applaud this?

Context!

W1zzard · 2024-10-08T06:23:39+0100

Bwaze said:
last year

Unless you let us use your time machine to bring back SSDs, that is really good pricing

rlifeh · 2024-10-08T08:42:01+0100

Perfect review for amazing value SSD, gen4 + large cache + 5 years warranty!

Bwaze · 2024-10-08T09:19:09+0100

W1zzard said:
Unless you let us use your time machine to bring back SSDs, that is really good pricing

I agree, "It is what it is." But high praises for "outstanding pricing", big badges like these:

This only looks like a paid advertisement, not something based on real product merit.

Come on, it's a drive that tops out at 2 TB in nearly 2025, real world performance is about the same as for all the drives in last half of decade, and it's priced 50% worse than the drives were last year. Hurray, let's all rush and buy this "outstanding" product...

W1zzard · 2024-10-08T09:20:06+0100

Bwaze said:
This only looks like a paid advertisement.

It is certainly not a paid advertisement.

What SSD would you buy today for your parents?

Bwaze · 2024-10-08T09:29:33+0100

W1zzard said:
It is certainly not a paid advertisement.

What SSD would you buy today for your parents?

Cheapest one? WD Blue SN580 2 TB is available in EU for 90 EUR, so it's cheaper AND better, and available for year and a half?

Frick · 2024-10-08T11:15:32+0100

Bwaze said:
Cheapest one? WD Blue SN580 2 TB is available in EU for 90 EUR, so it's cheaper AND better, and available for year and a half?

Wait what where?

Bwaze said:
4 TB drives under $150

That has never been a thing.

W1zzard · 2024-10-08T11:37:34+0100

Bwaze said:
4 TB drives under $150,

I started reworking the conclusion and tried to verify this claim. I don't think this has ever been true. The cheapest MAP1602 2 TB last year was like $110 ?

Added mention of SN580 in the conclusion

Bwaze · 2024-10-08T12:52:24+0100

Several 4TB SSD drives hit about 150 - 160 EUR in Europe last year right before the large price increases, I assumed that translated to prices in USD also? It was for a short time, but they weren't that more expensive before that.

Frick said:
Wait what where?

Heiro78 · 2024-10-08T13:23:44+0100

csendesmark said:
Never had a Team Group SSD, but this one looks great as a value option
SLC and sustained write speeds are great for this unassuming drive!

I have a A440 Pro. I was looking for the Pro Special Series since tom's hardware had reviews on it showing it to be an amazing 4TB drive especially for the price. But the A440 Pro is good too. Especially since I got it for a discount since the vendor sent me the wrong one and they ran out of the Special Series.

Still, the Kingston KC3000 is an amazing drive and the one I'd go for nowadays If I wanted great performance for the price.

Bwaze said:
Why sich praises over "great price", last year we could buy a TB for $35 for a while, 4 TB drives under $150, and now we should applaud this?

Context!

Context indeed. I agree that people should remember that prices were much better for SSDs last year but also remember the current landscape and that these are still great bang for the buck purchases. Unfortunately holding out for another low price market for SSDs is a bad choice. Samsung and other NAND manufacturers have tuned their production to keep h(w)ealthy margins

Frick said:
Wait what where?

That has never been a thing.

It was a thing with the Silicon Power UD90. I just looked it up and it was actually 159.99. So a bit of a stretch of the memory.

W1zzard said:
I started reworking the conclusion and tried to verify this claim. I don't think this has ever been true. The cheapest MAP1602 2 TB last year was like $110 ?

Added mention of SN580 in the conclusion

I remember it being a thing but looked it up to find that it was actually only as low as 159.99. I was veraciously looking for a good balance of price and performance on a 4TB SSD last year.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/2BvD4D/silicon-power-ud90-4-tb-m2-2280-pcie-40-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-sp04kgbp44ud9005?history_days=730

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Bwaze said:
Several 4TB SSD drives hit about 150 - 160 EUR in Europe last year right before the large price increases, I assumed that translated to prices in USD also? It was for a short time, but they weren't that more expensive before that.

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To be fair, I don't expect a reviewer to be aware of pricing in multiple markets. I've always believed TPU to be more USA market centric.

Bwaze · 2024-10-08T14:24:35+0100

There were quite some really good deals in US also, so that when Redditor put a $35 / TB for 2023 in his graph of historic SSD prices he could give a link to several deals at that time, 2TB drives for $76, and there were some crazy deals like Solidigm P41 2TB for $55 (or even $35)! People were projecting on how low could the prices go on Black Friday that year, only to be hit with 100%+ price increase right after that.

Price history in US for Crucial P3 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive:

Price history in US for Solidigm P41 Plus SSD disk, NVMe Gen4, 2 TB:

Frick · 2024-10-08T14:30:20+0100

Well none of that happened here. Around €220 at the lowest.

csendesmark · 2024-10-08T14:49:48+0100

Heiro78 said:
Still, the Kingston KC3000 is an amazing drive and the one I'd go for nowadays If I wanted great performance for the price.

Over the KC3000, I would consider the Kingston Fury Renegade 4TB
Much better overall speeds and only a little extra cost.

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