2020: Laughs in QLC

This video lasted longer than my TLC SSD

Well done! Good, clean explanations, avoiding the unimportant details we have to wade through on other channels.

One of the best Techquickie videos of recent times. Very informative and useful.

I'm glad you dropped the fast as possible caveat. I really absorbed the info you presented in this episode and it all made sense. Thanks Linus!

Dude you're so good with these videos! Always leave me well informed and entertained. Please don't stop, keep it up! Cheers!

Every one of these videos I've ever seen has been clear, entertaining, and useful. Subscribed

I ran to check my ssd to see what kind were, fortunately all are MLC ... Today I learned something new , I appreciate your work thank you very much!!!

lol I often watch one of these before reading the relevant chapter in my OS textbook. These videos serve as a good introduction.

It's important to remember that the longevity of a NAND Flash is heavily dependant on the controller it is coupled with. Be sure to check your SSD or storage device and see what controller is used as it is what is responsible for complex algorithms such as error correction coding, wear leveling and garbage collection.

Not long ago, I purchased a Sandisk SSD Plus 1TB SLC for my Dell Optiplex 7010/9010DT; after watching this video, I realized I hit a Home Run on the first pitch. I also upgraded the RAM to 16GB Kingston Hyper-X Fury; which paired with the Sandisk SSD Plus 1TB SLC, make a lethal combination as to speed, performance, and reliability. Thank you for the information. :)

Techquickie is a teacher in computertechnology, thanks again and kind regards.

Great video. Thanks for that. I bought my Samsung 840 Evo 500Gb 2,5" ssd new for around 198$ in Sweden in 2014 and have used it regularly since then and still works great. Today i bought a SSDSC2BX012T4 Intel S3610 1,2Tb for 113$ and it has been run for only 18 hours and only a bit more than 1 Tb of data have been written to it. So it's practically new. And my Samsung SSD is TLC while my Intel SSD is of the much better MLC.

Actually, you don't need to perform more writes on MLC or TLC flash to store the same amount of data. The reason NAND flash wears out is electrons getting stuck in the floating gate, and skewing the output voltage of the cell. The moment the controller can't distinguish between a 0 and 1 because of this, is when the cell is worn out. Think of a NAND cell as a glass, and electrons as water. in SLC flash, the glass will be either empty or full. in MLC, there will also be empty and full state, but there are also 1/4 and 3/4 full, so 00 = empty, 01 = 1/4 full, 10 = 3/4 full 11 = full. Same principle applies to TLC, but with 16 levels. Now, let's say that instead of water, there is vodka in the glass, and you must drink it every time you determine the binary value in the glass... You can do that for much longer when you just need to see if the glass is empty or full, then with a glass that can have 16 different levels.

thanks for the video, my wd Black M.2 health dropped 1% in just 144 days and i was looking for info to replace it, and found your video

This helps out a lot. I'm going into software development and I plan on investing in a Chromebook for when I go to conferences or do traveling... I'm also building a PC that has an SSD

I was searching video on the same and you included all the important points. 👍

omg I was literally just wondering about this when this video appeared on KZfaq. Thanks, Linus!

I don't know why but this video is going to blowup in everyone's YT Suggestion

Processing Units and CUDA Cores As Fast As Possible

2 years later, still super useful. Still contemplating that cheap 3d TLC SSD for $30.00

Surely MLC (Multi Level Cell) should be renamed DLC (Double Level Cell) Just for the sake of simplicity.

I usually never laugh really hard in these but this was really funny guys gj.

I love how these videos don't actually desbribe it as fast as possible.

Very learnful and interesting video!

The way he introduced Lynda was smooth.

This is actually VERY informative and helpful... hey, you get a thumbs up!

This is what I need to know. Thank you Linus :D

Thank you man, You are simply "THE BEST"

My time machine seems to be broken, but I've learned a lot, thanks Linus.

This was a very informative video!

You gotta admit, Linus does great transitions to their ads lol

Thanks a lot mate, a lots informations n very easily explained

the video is 6 years old, but just found it and i learned very useful informations from it maybe you can make one that show's us how to know the type of the ssd we have (from outside on the physical ssd itself) i mean some sort of chip or something like that on LLT ❤

Man im liking this TechQuickie series,especially my computer subject is now a major subject(not a special program)and we are focusing on hardware mostly.My squad including me got a head start because we watched A LOT OF TECHQUICKIE and LinusTechTips so probably we are gonna get high grades because of this,ill be surprised if we can beat out the 2 top students in Grade 8/2nd year high school.

Thanks for the explanation!

What product would you recommend for the fastest M.2 drive? I want to use it as my boot up drive

hey do a video about benchmarking like the history benifits appd etc... plz

Linus bringing in the good videos. Appreciate it

You know what Linus? I wouldn't mind becoming like you.

Awesome, these guys really save the nerves and a life time :) thnx a lot!

Hey linus, I was wondering if you could do a top 5 or suggestion video on computer chairs, that would be awesome, great vids btw. :)

So what’s a good SSD to put into a PS4 Pro? Samsung Evo or Samsung Pro?

Question: can MLC and TLC be considered analog data storage since they rely on varying transistor resistance to represent the data?

Hey linus.. Make a video on Universal Flash Storage (UFS) memory

Can you guys make a vid on how to move your boot to an ssd, if i bought one.

Funny to see when Linus is in good mood. He explains even what a bit is...

I got my first SSD a year or so ago I looked at all this stuff I saw TLC and thought no way I want it to last. SLC was way more $ so that ruled that out ended up with a 128GB Kingston SSD.

You forgot the MLG Version

Nice video man, but as you said there are different types of SSDs, such as SLC, MLC, and TLC. SLC being the superior SSD. How would the latest iMac's flash storage compare to the SLC SSD. Or is the flash storage in the latest iMac much more similar to the MLC? And between the MLC SSDs and flash storage, which one is much more durable?

Can someone please tell me which out of the 3 (SLC, MLC, TLC) represents the flash storage of the latest Apple iMac?

What about Samsung 850 EVO ? It is TLC, but is considered to be a very good drive. Also it has 5 year warranty or up to 75TB write(which is more then a regular user will use during 5 year warranty period.

Could you do a video about databases?

so where i can find my SSD memory flash type ?

we learn something new every day..

Hey guys, do you have a compare video about SLC TLC QLC? Like four sansung drives with sam e capacity?

hey linus! would you be able to do a comparison of if there is any gain by upgrading a providers provided modem to an aftermarket one by asus etc? Im looking at upgrading as my internet is slow but cannot find any kind videos showing if there is any real gain in speed.

can u please tell me that . u use which software to make video transition and popups

2:04 dat fly is such a rebel

more good info, I had no idea

Thx couldn't find it again

hey linus .. what is your thoughts on the seagate Nytro ? i have not seen a seagate ssd unless in a hybrid ..

Shouldn't MLC be named DLC? :D

Thanks bro

which one the best brother ?

3:03 Linus scratching his ass

Is an slc m.2 SATA 3 compatible if the manual says tlc

I love the time length of this video. 5:56

can you tell me which NAND have WD Blue SSD 250gb

Mac OSX versions Explained Please!

I bought a 256GB kingston SSD when SSD's were pretty new. It was so fast at the time and also cost me almost $500. I recently upgraded to a 512gb 850 evo and holy crap it makes the kingston seem like a mechanical drive.

@Techquickie This guide is outdated. QLC SSD are available everywhere and mostly okay, but a closer look is needed. The Amazon 5 Star strategy may backfier in regards of QLC SSDs.

01:00 TLC had me laying on the floor

I'm building my first PC, used for video editing and possibly VR. Anyway, I think I'm going ALL SSD!!!! I will probably use a standard hdd for external backup, but I'm throwing in three m.2 nvme drives.

In terms of longevity, which would be better: 128GB MLC or 120GB 3D NAND TLC? I'm looking to buy an M.2 2242 SSD. Both are from the same company, but the 3D NAND model is newer.

Can you please make a video on different types of boards please! ATX,mini itx what it all means

And now we're getting QLCs!

How can you dislike this video? What you don't like ssds and prefer hard drives or floppy disks? 😂

when the ad hits you out of nowhere its like getting Rickrolled by Linus

Linus you just earned me 6 points on my homework

Linus, I've never seen much difference in performance between tlc and mlc because I'm still on sata. they all have roughly the same speed until you decide to get nvme ssds.

Isn't there also a QLC flash as well?

This guy is smart. Both physically and mentally. :p

Hi, can you help me to give a suggestion on the two different SSD product?. I'm looking in to SSD specification for few days. I was concerned more about the three types of SSD i.e. SLC, MLC and TLC. After lot of research on technical side I have decided to buy SLC at whatever cost. However, I was unaware that SLC are mainly used in the server application or data center and unbelievable costly(my SLC decision was funny). Which was cleared by your video. Now, I have a option to choose MLC and TLC. As per my knowledge Samsung 850 Evo is TLC and Transcend SSD370S is MLC, the price for both are very close in Japan (500 gb). And also from marketing and personal reviews of the product on the internet, people are giving priority to Samsung Evo based on the writing and reading speed but what about the performance and life of SSD? Samsung has shut a mouth of buyer by giving a huge warranty on the product. However the transcend is giving 3 years warranty even they are selling MLC which is good from my understanding. But I don't know which to buy. Even Samsung has not mentioned in his site about 850 Evo as TLC, which is bad. Now, I'm okay to buy any of them, However need your opinion would be helpful as you have better knowledge to choose a product, specially SSD :-P

Is MLC include 3D NAND?

not sure if I should get a 120gb m.2 ssd from samsung or 256gb m.2 ssd from sandisk samsung is tlc and sandisk is mlc but some people tell me that sandisk is low quality and I should stick to samsung both are about the same price. now which one should I get?

1:10 are u pulling that text out of ur ass, Linus?? 😂

sing it: "Dont go chase the waterfalls..."

how always helpful :)

I have 4 years with my 256gb MLC Vertex 4, and their program says it still has 99% of life and I even use it for Hibernation, If you are fine with the TLC performance there is no need to worry about it's longevity, if anything buy a lower capacity one just to have a fast OS, and then in 5 years if you are worried SSDs would be much cheaper so it would be easy to upgrade anyway.

SO, slc are the best ones?

TLC and MLC which one is best??

You should do a video about that new quartz crystal thingy that can store 360 terabytes per cubic centimeter.

Yes my aspirations are to be just like you Linus

How do you activate deactivated mlc cells

Is the Intel 600p good for using as the OS?

what is best Gaming Motherboard to buy today

Are the SLC drives I see from Sandisk on newegg fake? It's $45 for a 120 gig. Sandisk z410.

3rd time im watching this for a recap :P Thanks Linus

What is the name of the companies that provide the SLC?