SK Hynix P31 Gold 1 TiB: any opinions?

[ModEl4]

It's a superb drive, it achieves parity with the best pci gen3 drives being a 4 channel only design while the competition needs 8 (if I'm not mistaken, also P41 platinum seems 4 channel design)

 

[Wooden Law - Black]

(f I'm not mistaken, also P41 platinum seems 4 channel design)

There are only speculations about it at the moment, but honestly I don't think so, it's difficult to see 4-channel controllers with that performance.

 

[80251]

Buying a part without any reviews, is that kinda like being a beta tester? How does it stack up against the mighty Samsung 980Pro or Intel's Optane M2 NVME offerings?

 

[ModEl4]

I don't have the time to search it much, but Ryan from Anandtech think it likely is a 4 channel design:
https://www.anandtech.com/show/1739...d-going-even-faster-with-pcie-4-and-176l-nand

 

[W1zzard]

I think you was incredibly kind to even inform them ahead of publishing. Is that something you do all the time?

I like to think that I'm a kind person, definitely not interested in drama for clicks. If they can figure out the issue and fix it, it would help everyone.

they succeeded in silencing you for future products by not sending you a sample, a way to make that strategy fail is to buy retail sample to review.

True

 

[chrcoluk]

Fair enough, not a bad thing to get an issue fixed that otherwise could be left for years afterwards.

 

[Wooden Law - Black]

I don't have the time to search it much, but Ryan from Anandtech think it likely is a 4 channel design:
https://www.anandtech.com/show/1739...d-going-even-faster-with-pcie-4-and-176l-nand

As I said, it is a speculation...

 

[Chrispy_]

I could, but worth it? Is there really that much interest for these drives?

These days, if I can't find a review of a product I don't buy it.

There's enough choice exclusively in "products with good reviews" that I don't need to go buying some unknown crap based solely on the manufacturer's spec sheet. We know they lie. They all lie, there are several decades of concrete evidence proving that they are incapable of honesty.

At best, they're economical with the truth.
More commonly it's "up to" caveats on performance figures that bear no resemblance to real use.
At worst, it's class-action lawsuits all around.

Manufacturer lies are why independent reviews exist in the first place. If the manufacturers told the truth all the time, every review would just be a repeat of the marketing materials

One of the best tools in a buyer's arsenal these days is cynicism:

• If an SSD doesn't say what type of NAND is used, it's probably QLC.
• If it doeson't mention a DRAM cache there isn't one.
• If an HDD doesn't explicitly say CMR somewhere, it has a shingles infection
• If a monitor doesn't say what panel type it is, it's definitely TN.
• If specification x is omitted, it's because it's the cheapest and worst of all the possibilities.

 

[80251]

The SK Hynix product page for the SK Hynix P31 Gold makes no mention whatsoever of a DRAM cache, yet reportedly it has upwards of a 1 GiB DRAM cache.

 

[Braegnok]

STH dropped a review today,.. both the P31 & P41 drives are listed in the charts: https://www.servethehome.com/sk-hynix-platinum-p41-1tb-nvme-ssd-ssd-review/

 

[80251]

I ended up going with the SK Hynix P31, if Adata hadn't engaged in the commonplace bait-and-switch tactic with their Adata SX8200 Pro I might've gone with them...

 

[Wooden Law - Black]

I ended up going with the SK Hynix P31, if Adata hadn't engaged in the commonplace bait-and-switch tactic with their Adata SX8200 Pro I might've gone with them...

Even if they hadn't done bait-and-switch on the SX8200 Pro the P31 would still be better.

 

[W1zzard]

Review sample is here

 

[DrCR]

Seagate 530 looks like the standard Phison E18 + B47R combo, like half a dozen other SSDs that I've tested. Can't go wrong, if the price is right. Seems overpriced right now

Maybe introduce a new front page tag e.g. [Bread Crumbs] or some such info instead of, obviously, [Review]? Because essentially just the above plus perhaps a note that they won’t send you SSDs anymore due to your honest reviewing is something I’d both click on and appreciate on the home page.

 

[W1zzard]

plus perhaps a note that they won’t send you SSDs anymore

they never specifically said that, so not sure if it's fair to push that narrative to our readers, they said they will get back to me Could be just some internal bs or politics or something else, maybe they prefer to send to tiktok reviewers instead because they reach 45986478936578353 people

 

[DrCR]

they never specifically said that, so not sure if it's fair to push that narrative to our readers, they said they will get back to me Could be just some internal bs or politics or something else, maybe they prefer to send to tiktok reviewers instead because they reach 45986478936578353 people

True. I’ll rephrase my thought to ‘perhaps a note that it doesn’t seem that you’ll be receiving one for review, hence the bread crumb thoughts in lieu of a review.’

Would be more content for the home page, provide more readily gleaned insight (vs forum questions) on a product that would otherwise be on the front page purely as a [Press Release], and perhaps most particularly help those that aren’t seasoned vets like Chrispy_ i.e. might buy based on no or less candid reviewing. Just a thought, for whatever it’s worth.