960GB Timetec Liteon OEM M.2 22110 110mm PCIe 3D TLC Solid State Drive Expired

This physical size, 22110, is intended for data center systems. Your typical system will not support 22110. Check your motherboard's user manual to see if it'll support. Most likely it won't.

The reason for the size is because of the foot print of the capacitors. Your typical 2280 won't have capacitors which means they're not power loss safe, relying instead on the capacitors of the motherboard to keep the drive up long enough to dump everything out of DRAM into the NAND.

Or you could pick up something like this: https://www.newegg.com/asus-model...klink=true

and 4 of these SSDs to build yourself your own 4TB SSD for less than $350.

The m.2 1TB 2280 is available for $86.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/product/B08GJBTCF6

Just need a PCIe 3.0 x16 slot that supports x4x4x4x4 bifurcation. When you enable it in the BIOS settings, it will essentially turn your x16 slot into (4) x4 slots, each with it's own drive from this card. If your motherboard doesn't support bifurcation, you would need a carrier board with a PLX switch chip. Something like this [highpoint-tech.com]. (Yes, PLX boards are expensive, and in many cases, you're probably better off just getting a new MB.)


No, just older, circa 2017, and publishing SUSTAINED speed specs, not burst speeds like most consumer drives. This is a drive meant for an enterprise/datacenter application, and would not have used pSLC caching, meaning that unlike most drives (even consumer drives with DRAM cache), the stated performance numbers are sustainable, and will not fall off a cliff once the drive or cache reaches a certain point.

If this is a OEM version of the Lite-On EPX-KB 960 like I think it is, it should have a Marvell 88SS1093 controller and Toshiba 3D TLC NAND. It should also utilize LiteOn's EPX Intelligent Read Retry (IRR), and come with power loss protection capacitors supporting end-to-end data path protection compatible with the T10 Data Integrity Field spec. (Meaningless for home use, but must haves for a RAID/server implementation.)

TLDR: If you're a home user looking for a cheap 1TB TLC m.2 NVME drive AND are okay with the slower write speeds, larger form factor, and higher idle power consumption, this isn't a bad option, but you won't be able to utilize most of the enterprise features of this drive.