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1TB SK hynix Gold P31 NVMe Gen3 M.2 2280 Internal SSD

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SK hynix via Amazon has 1TB SK hynix Gold P31 NVMe Gen3 M.2 2280 Internal Solid State Drive on sale for $114.74 when you 'clip' the 15% off coupon on the product page. Shipping is free.

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  • About this deal:
    • While not the all-time lowest price we've seen for this SSD, discounts on this highly rated NVMe SSD have become more infrequent as of late. This price is $20.25 lower (15% savings) compared to the list price.
  • About this product:
    • This NVMe SSD has been selected by Wirecutter as an "upgrade pick" and is one of Tom's Hardware's "Best SSDs of 2021".
    • This SSD has received an average rating of 4.8 stars out of 5 based on over 3,000 customer reviews.
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SK hynix via Amazon has 1TB SK hynix Gold P31 NVMe Gen3 M.2 2280 Internal Solid State Drive on sale for $114.74 when you 'clip' the 15% off coupon on the product page. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member muniala for finding this deal.

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Editor's Notes

Written by oceanlake
  • About this deal:
    • While not the all-time lowest price we've seen for this SSD, discounts on this highly rated NVMe SSD have become more infrequent as of late. This price is $20.25 lower (15% savings) compared to the list price.
  • About this product:
    • This NVMe SSD has been selected by Wirecutter as an "upgrade pick" and is one of Tom's Hardware's "Best SSDs of 2021".
    • This SSD has received an average rating of 4.8 stars out of 5 based on over 3,000 customer reviews.
  • About this store:
    • Amazon offers free returns for this item. You can return the item for any reason in new and unused condition: no shipping charges.
    • Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
    • If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.

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itdepends
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This is 2nd largest memory manufacturer in the world so whomever never heard this company shouldn't worry about their quality
ThienBao
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I bought this one last time and its a great nvme drive. Its faster than the Samsung 970 Evo Plus. Highly recommended 👍
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May 11, 2021 05:03 AM
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ZippyTheChickenMay 11, 2021 05:03 AM
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Am I wrong in thinking that 1TB SSDs are pretty much only good for storing games... I hear a lot of people saying they are getting 3-5 years out of them... and i hear other people talk about corruption... which sucks but to lose actual data like tax information or business work files... I am thinking anything on a drive like this that isn't just software that you can reload needs some type of automated backup plan running in the background so you don't lose whats on the drive.
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May 11, 2021 05:22 AM
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DoobieBrotherMay 11, 2021 05:22 AM
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Inland Premium 1TB is $130 on Amazon if the extra TBW is what you are after and $5 is not enough to cover gas to Microcenter.. I am thinking about it and my Microcenter is only 30 miles away (About a hour each way for that Fricken Store on HWY 100 in MN ) (Why oh Why cant we have a appropriate capacity highway system in the richest county of the state)..... It is like I won't even consider driving there. Hey Microcenter, put the store in a better spot!
Last edited by DoobieBrother May 10, 2021 at 10:32 PM.
May 11, 2021 06:45 AM
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jrc188May 11, 2021 06:45 AM
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SSD prices are projected to increase as global chip shortage continues. We have already seen it with ram prices. This is a decent nvme drive for the price.
May 11, 2021 08:59 AM
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neoshiMay 11, 2021 08:59 AM
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Quote from ZippyTheChicken :
Am I wrong in thinking that 1TB SSDs are pretty much only good for storing games... I hear a lot of people saying they are getting 3-5 years out of them... and i hear other people talk about corruption... which sucks but to lose actual data like tax information or business work files... I am thinking anything on a drive like this that isn't just software that you can reload needs some type of automated backup plan running in the background so you don't lose whats on the drive.
Yeah i feel the same way. I use wd red platters shucked from externals for storage of important things. Then i clone my os ssd about every 6 mos. The other ssd is just for games and then theyre uninstalled once finished.
May 11, 2021 09:49 AM
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KtkCMay 11, 2021 09:49 AM
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Happily using this as a boot SSD.

Note: This is VERY edge-case, but if you put this in the gen4/front-side SSD slot in the Asrock phantom gaming ITX/ax mobo, you won't get correct measurements (like voltage/temp) in bios. I returned my mobo thinking that was the issue but it happened twice, and this was the issue. Not sure if it has any other effect (ie if it's a measurement error or a display error; since it showed impossible numbers). Anyways, I put it in the second gen3 m2 slot on the back of the mobo, and things have worked as expected. Happy with the performance so far (only several months in) Maybe ASrock has fixed this in a recent patch but I haven't checked.
Last edited by KtkC May 11, 2021 at 02:53 AM.
May 11, 2021 09:56 AM
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elavanisMay 11, 2021 09:56 AM
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Quote from ZippyTheChicken :
Am I wrong in thinking that 1TB SSDs are pretty much only good for storing games... I hear a lot of people saying they are getting 3-5 years out of them... and i hear other people talk about corruption... which sucks but to lose actual data like tax information or business work files...
https://www.notebookcheck.net/SSD...877.0.html

The short of it of what I got from the artical was they are seeing that ssd are more reliable then traditional hdds but they are still early in their lives and will need to have more years to know for sure.

Personally anecdote but I've had 0 ssd drives die and I've got some ocz ssds that 10+ years old. I think issue with ssds is they tend to die suddenly and completely where hdds typically have a period where they start to give you indications they are starting to fail before they fail completely.

Quote from ZippyTheChicken :
I am thinking anything on a drive like this that isn't just software that you can reload needs some type of automated backup plan running in the background so you don't lose whats on the drive.
Exactly

About 10 years ago I lost a hdd drive worth of data because I didn't have backups. Since then I've started backing up my data. As you said you can download applications again but the data itself such as taxes and documents need to be stored some place offsite. It doesn't do much good if your backup is destroyed in the fire that destroyed your main system.

I personally use a combination of syncthing to copy my data and freenas (now called truenas) to store it local and off site. This is an automatic system which I explained was critical as a manual one wont get done and that is when you will need it.
https://syncthing.net/
https://www.truenas.com/

Hoped that help some.
May 11, 2021 11:13 AM
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DanH3641May 11, 2021 11:13 AM
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Honest question here:

Can anyone notice the difference between this and lower end drives? (I know we are enthusiasts, so maybe it doesn't matter.)

Honestly, I have had SSDs die on me (OCZ, Kingston, and Samsung). So, I care a lot more about reliability, cooling, and endurance. In my experience running drives over 90% full seems affect their reliability more. I guess there is less room for wear leveling and such.

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May 11, 2021 12:25 PM
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vinchi007May 11, 2021 12:25 PM
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Thanks! In for 2
May 11, 2021 12:38 PM
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illbearoundMay 11, 2021 12:38 PM
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How would this compare to the Sabrent Rocket pcie 4.0?
May 11, 2021 12:54 PM
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godaimeMay 11, 2021 12:54 PM
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looks dead?
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ZippyTheChickenMay 11, 2021 12:54 PM
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Quote from elavanis :
https://www.notebookcheck.net/SSD...877.0.html

I think issue with ssds is they tend to die suddenly and completely where hdds typically have a period where they start to give you indications they are starting to fail before they fail completely.


Exactly

About 10 years ago I lost a hdd drive worth of data because I didn't have backups. Since then I've started backing up my data.

I personally use a combination of syncthing to copy my data and freenas (now called truenas) to store it local and off site.

Hoped that help some.

Yeah thanks... its pretty much what I was thinking... no matter the drive type we all need to do better backups... but when SSD drives go they just go... I have seen some people repair usb thumb drives by replacing the controller .. same with hard drives swapping the controller card off a good drive onto a bad drive if it hasn't physically crashed... but no one wants to get to that place.

For windows users there is a pretty easy tool called RichCopy that is available from Microsoft that will let you copy files from one drive to another... including over a network.
May 11, 2021 01:16 PM
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MogtakuMay 11, 2021 01:16 PM
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Silly question. I already bought a 2 tb crucial from microcenter, aside from the size, how does this one compared to the crucial?

The one I'm talking about: https://www.microcenter.com/produ...toreid=145
May 11, 2021 01:24 PM
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VeeTeeFMay 11, 2021 01:24 PM
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Quote from Mogtaku :
Silly question. I already bought a 2 tb crucial from microcenter, aside from the size, how does this one compared to the crucial?

The one I'm talking about: https://www.microcenter.com/produ...toreid=145 [microcenter.com]
The P31 will have much faster reads/writes in all workloads, although if you're just using it as an OS drive you won't notice a substantial difference in speeds, maybe faster bootup times and program opening times. It may consume less power which could be helpful in a laptop.
May 11, 2021 01:44 PM
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MogtakuMay 11, 2021 01:44 PM
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Quote from VeeTeeF :
The P31 will have much faster reads/writes in all workloads, although if you're just using it as an OS drive you won't notice a substantial difference in speeds, maybe faster bootup times and program opening times. It may consume less power which could be helpful in a laptop.
Thanks. The main use for the crucial is for playing games on my laptop. The power consumption seems like a plus, even if it's not a major improvement, my gaming laptop burns thru the battery, so any extra battery life would be a plus.

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May 11, 2021 02:18 PM
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damasterjjMay 11, 2021 02:18 PM
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Quote from Mogtaku :
Silly question. I already bought a 2 tb crucial from microcenter, aside from the size, how does this one compared to the crucial?

The one I'm talking about: https://www.microcenter.com/produ...toreid=145 [microcenter.com]
Crucial P1 is probably the slowest and lowest endurance NVME drive available. Only has 200TBW written per 1TB of storage. Actually most Sata SSD have higher endurance and better sustain writes. QLC drives slows down when buffer is full.

On the P1 1TB version you need to write 149GB none stop before writes slows down to 106MB/s, which is slower than SATA ssd sustain write of 500MB/s.(note most sata SSD can pretty much write 500MB/s none stop until full)
Last edited by damasterjj May 11, 2021 at 12:27 PM.

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