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2TB Solidigm P41 Plus PCIe Gen 4 NVMe M.2 QLC Internal Solid State Drive

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Newegg has 2TB Solidigm P41 Plus PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Drive / SSD (SSDPFKNU020TZX1) on back order for $109.99. Shipping is free.

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  • Up to 4,125 MB/s sequential read speeds
  • Form Factor: M.2 2280
  • PCIe Gene 4 x4
  • 3D4 QLC NAND
  • 5-Year Limited Warranty

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Newegg has 2TB Solidigm P41 Plus PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Drive / SSD (SSDPFKNU020TZX1) on back order for $109.99. Shipping is free.

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  • Note: This product is temporarily out of stock because of high demand. Newegg will replenish it as soon as possible.
Product Features:
  • Up to 4,125 MB/s sequential read speeds
  • Form Factor: M.2 2280
  • PCIe Gene 4 x4
  • 3D4 QLC NAND
  • 5-Year Limited Warranty

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Nov 14, 2022 9:35 PM
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JollyTerrier983Nov 14, 2022 9:35 PM
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Quote from npolite :
I don't understand why anyone would buy these with QLC. If they exceed 50% of their capacity the performance tanks to an HDD
Whoa.............I did not know that. Thanks for the information.
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Nov 14, 2022 9:44 PM
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nightanoleNov 14, 2022 9:44 PM
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Quote from WesTheWizard :
I'm a little confused. Your link doesn't mention this drive or even the Solidigm brand.

According to
https://www.techpowerup.com/ssd-s...-2-tb.d857 [techpowerup.com]
This drive has an SLC cache of around 300GB and then it would drop to about 400MB/s.
This can be tested using special software, but this doesn't actually happen during normal use.
Amazon reviews are a solid 5-stars right now, so I was just curious what his or her PC set up looked like. Maybe there's a clue there that could help.
I gave an example of what happens when the drive uses up its SLC. In my posted case, once the slc got used up it dropped to around 100MBs. It could very well be that with this drive once you write 300GB it will drop 10x, and go from 4000 to 400MBs.

And you are correct, once the drive does its thing and dumps the cache to the QLC, its good to go for another 300GB fiber download session.


https://www.techpowerup.com/ssd-s...-2-tb.d381

What is the QLC refresh time? Is it just 400meg for 10 minutes?
Last edited by nightanole November 14, 2022 at 01:47 PM.
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Nov 14, 2022 9:51 PM
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nightanoleNov 14, 2022 9:51 PM
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Quote from JollyTerrier983 :
Whoa.............I did not know that. Thanks for the information.
Its not that bad. In this case the drive has 300gig of SLC at empty. When 50% full it has half that, so 150gig. In order to slow down by 10x you would have to write 150gig in one sitting.
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Nov 14, 2022 10:35 PM
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formosanNov 14, 2022 10:35 PM
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How many people are writing 300GB+ in one go? And how often? For the average user this is a perfectly fine product.
Nov 14, 2022 10:35 PM
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soulkarverNov 14, 2022 10:35 PM
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I'm wondering why more people aren't jumping on this? This seems like an amazing deal for a NVMe M.2 drive. This is cheaper than many SATA 3 SSDs but with read speeds around 7 times faster. Great deal for a general purpose music/photo/video storage drive. I guess QLC NAND isn't as good as TLC though.
Nov 14, 2022 10:39 PM
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Teaser38Nov 14, 2022 10:39 PM
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Quote from gaberjosan :
Does this work with ps5?
Yes. Not brilliant, but probably good enough.

This should be close to par with the earlier TLC PCIe 4 drives.
https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/4...ystation-5
Last edited by Teaser38 November 14, 2022 at 02:41 PM.
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Nov 14, 2022 10:41 PM
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npolite
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Nov 14, 2022 10:41 PM
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Quote from nightanole :
Its not that bad. In this case the drive has 300gig of SLC at empty. When 50% full it has half that, so 150gig. In order to slow down by 10x you would have to write 150gig in one sitting.

Can you show me where it lists 300GB of SLC and how it becomes less with the increase in disk useage? From what I saw and granted it was an older video it showed QLC could drop to under 24GB as disk usage increases

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Nov 14, 2022 10:42 PM
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Teaser38Nov 14, 2022 10:42 PM
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Quote from soulkarver :
I'm wondering why more people aren't jumping on this? This seems like an amazing deal for a NVMe M.2 drive. This is cheaper than many SATA 3 SSDs but with read speeds around 7 times faster. Great deal for a general purpose music/photo/video storage drive. I guess QLC NAND isn't as good as TLC though .
QLC DRAM-less does scare people off.

It's okay though. Native write is still 400 MB/s and the TBW warranty isn't horrible and 5 years. It's also a brand-name drive with software and US based support.
https://www.tomshardware.com/revi...ssd-review

Edit: SN750 SE is 600TBW/TB vs 400 TBW/TB for the P41 Plus, so longevity is getting closer. The P41 plus will generally crush that turkey of a drive.
https://www.tomshardware.com/revi...-se-review
Last edited by Teaser38 November 14, 2022 at 03:59 PM.
Nov 14, 2022 11:48 PM
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magbarnNov 14, 2022 11:48 PM
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I bought mine 2 weeks ago and I've loaded mine up with over a 1.25 TB of STEAM games (big ones like GOW, CP2077, FF7 remake, Uncharted - many of these are all over 100gb each), WoW, and FFXIV. It still running as quick as my main Samsung 980 Pro drive when loading games. Just don't expect to be copying UltraHD bluray rips, your buddies 1.75TB pron collection or Camcorder 1TB 4K dumps into it and it'll be just fine.
Last edited by magbarn November 14, 2022 at 11:59 PM.
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Nov 15, 2022 12:08 AM
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BlueRaccoon1085
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Nov 15, 2022 12:08 AM
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Quote from soulkarver :
I'm wondering why more people aren't jumping on this? This seems like an amazing deal for a NVMe M.2 drive. This is cheaper than many SATA 3 SSDs but with read speeds around 7 times faster. Great deal for a general purpose music/photo/video storage drive. I guess QLC NAND isn't as good as TLC though.
I am waiting for Hynix Gen 3 to become near this price.

Hynix has 1200TB TBW endurance whereas this one only has 800 TBW.

Cheaper brands are usually cheap for a reason.
Nov 15, 2022 12:47 AM
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nightanoleNov 15, 2022 12:47 AM
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Quote from npolite :
Can you show me where it lists 300GB of SLC and how it becomes less with the increase in disk useage? From what I saw and granted it was an older video it showed QLC could drop to under 24GB as disk usage increases
You can check some of the reviews that dive real deep...
But generally they are all the same, you have 15-20 gig of static SLC per TB, and 100-150 gig per TB of dynamic SLC. Once the drive is 100% full, you have used up 100% of your dynamic.

This could be a real problem with smaller drives like 500 gig. As once you are over 50%, you are talking you might only have 30-50 of total SLC to work with, and if your refresh isnt very aggressive, you could run out with just 1 game update and it would take 10x longer to finish.
Nov 15, 2022 12:59 AM
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joeparker54Nov 15, 2022 12:59 AM
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Quote from nightanole :
You can check some of the reviews that dive real deep...
But generally they are all the same, you have 15-20 gig of static SLC per TB, and 100-150 gig per TB of dynamic SLC. Once the drive is 100% full, you have used up 100% of your dynamic.

This could be a real problem with smaller drives like 500 gig. As once you are over 50%, you are talking you might only have 30-50 of total SLC to work with, and if your refresh isnt very aggressive, you could run out with just 1 game update and it would take 10x longer to finish.
jesus you just wont concede that you're basing all of this off of old information that isn't relevant to this particular drive or even MOST users. It will still maintain 400MBps once the cache is depleted. If you need faster drives than buy faster drives but quit trying to convince everyone else that this one is bad.

This isn't a 500 gig drive from 2+ years ago. what the heck is your point? if you don't want it then dont buy it.
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Nov 15, 2022 1:23 AM
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TheCrimsonShopperNov 15, 2022 1:23 AM
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Nothing touches this drive at this price point…for now.
Nov 15, 2022 2:22 AM
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BubbuNov 15, 2022 2:22 AM
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Will we get 980 Pro 2TB cheaper than current $180 tag on BF? If it only drops around 140-150...

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Nov 15, 2022 2:45 AM
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trickkynickkNov 15, 2022 2:45 AM
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qlc should technically die way before lesser cell layer nand (mcl slc tlc)

im sure black friday will have nicer drives for $100 or less
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