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Adorama has 2TB Kingston NV1 M.2 2280 NVMe Internal Solid State Drive on sale for $144.99 (price drops in cart). Shipping is free.

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Specs:
  • Form Factor: M.2 2280
  • Interface: NVMe PCIe Gen 3.0 x 4 Lanes
  • Capacity: 2TB
  • Sequential Read/Write: 2TB - 2100/1700MB/s
  • Endurance: 480TBW
  • Power Consumption: 5mW Idle / 340mW Avg / 1.1W (MAX) Read / 3.3W (MAX) Write
  • Dimensions: 0.87 x 3.15 x 0.08" (22 x 80 x 2.1mm)

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$145 + free s/h (price drops in cart)
  • 3 year warranty
  • read/write speeds up to 2,100/1,700MB/s
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There is no solid metric for this, as it depends on use case. The generally accepted metric is TBW, which I listed above for this model is 480 TBW (TeraBytes Written). For a 2TB drive, 300-400 TBW is pretty much rock bottom, 480 TBW is below average, 600 TBW is pretty average, 1200+ TBW is top tier.

Typically TLC would be in the 600 TBW range, and TLC with good SLC cache will be in the 1200+ TBW range.

Overall, if you use this as a normal drive Game drive, you won't have much for issues (as files are stored and not changed a lot), for OS, it's intermediate, as temp files will write/delete frequently, but if you do something like video editing, this drive won't last. That's why the warranty is usually expressed as "X years or XXX TBW" as if you use the drive to excess in a short period, they can't cover it.
480 TBW for this model, a bit on the lower side. QLC, no DRAM or cache. Great price though.

Edit: Also, check your Amex for a $25 credit when you spend $250 or more at Adorama if you have other purchases to make.
It's QLC and DRAMless fyi.

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11-08-2021 at 09:14 AM.
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Looks like a good price, what's the catch?
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11-08-2021 at 09:15 AM.

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11-08-2021 at 09:15 AM.
480 TBW for this model, a bit on the lower side. QLC, no DRAM or cache. Great price though.

Edit: Also, check your Amex for a $25 credit when you spend $250 or more at Adorama if you have other purchases to make.
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11-08-2021 at 09:18 AM.
11-08-2021 at 09:18 AM.
Quote from neoweb :
Looks like a good price, what's the catch?

Not the fastest speeds, but can't beat that price. Best I can compare is an Amazon deal that sold out super fast back in March 2021 for the Inland 2TB NVMe m.2 for $151 with read/write at 3,400/3,000MB/s
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11-08-2021 at 09:22 AM.
11-08-2021 at 09:22 AM.
delete. Good price. May hold out for black Friday
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11-08-2021 at 09:33 AM.
11-08-2021 at 09:33 AM.
caveat: possible QLC on the 2TB model per Anandtech..
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11-08-2021 at 09:45 AM.
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What is so bad with QLC?
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11-08-2021 at 09:51 AM.
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What is so bad with QLC?
Generalizing, lower endurance (they wear out faster) and slower non-sequential speeds (the most common storage access case for an OS drive). On the inverse, they are generally cheaper to produce so cost less.
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11-08-2021 at 09:55 AM.
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What is so bad with QLC?

Usually shorter lifespan (drive writes), higher latency (noticeable when cache gets filled), possibly or likely lower reliability with more voltage states.
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11-08-2021 at 10:03 AM.

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It's QLC and DRAMless fyi.
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Quote from Cossid :
Generalizing, lower endurance (they wear out faster) and slower non-sequential speeds (the most common storage access case for an OS drive). On the inverse, they are generally cheaper to produce so cost less.

Any mention of what kind of lower life expectancy we're talking about?
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11-08-2021 at 10:07 AM.
11-08-2021 at 10:07 AM.
Can you attach an enclosure to make this an external drive?
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11-08-2021 at 10:11 AM.
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Quote from mikedaley :
What is so bad with QLC?

Tends to be slower. But for normal work, you'll never notice the difference between this and tlc.
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Quote from scottnshadyside :
Any mention of what kind of lower life expectancy we're talking about?
There is no solid metric for this, as it depends on use case. The generally accepted metric is TBW, which I listed above for this model is 480 TBW (TeraBytes Written). For a 2TB drive, 300-400 TBW is pretty much rock bottom, 480 TBW is below average, 600 TBW is pretty average, 1200+ TBW is top tier.

Typically TLC would be in the 600 TBW range, and TLC with good SLC cache will be in the 1200+ TBW range.

Overall, if you use this as a normal drive Game drive, you won't have much for issues (as files are stored and not changed a lot), for OS, it's intermediate, as temp files will write/delete frequently, but if you do something like video editing, this drive won't last. That's why the warranty is usually expressed as "X years or XXX TBW" as if you use the drive to excess in a short period, they can't cover it.
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