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2TB Intel 660P M.2 PCIe Gen 3 NVMe QLC Solid State Drive

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B&H Photo Video has 2TB Intel 660P M.2 PCIe Gen 3 NVMe QLC Solid State Drive (SSDPEKNW020T8X1) on sale for $99.99. Shipping is free.

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About this Item:
  • M2. 2280 Form Factor
  • PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 Interface
  • 1800 MB/s Sequential Read Speeds
  • 1800 Sequential Write Speeds
  • Intel QLC 3D NAND

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    • Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars from over 220 reviews.
    • At the time of this posting, Our research indicates that this is $60.01 lower (37.5% savings) than the next best available prices starting from $160. -SaltyOne

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B&H Photo Video has 2TB Intel 660P M.2 PCIe Gen 3 NVMe QLC Solid State Drive (SSDPEKNW020T8X1) on sale for $99.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member heavyarms1912 for sharing this deal.

About this Item:
  • M2. 2280 Form Factor
  • PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 Interface
  • 1800 MB/s Sequential Read Speeds
  • 1800 Sequential Write Speeds
  • Intel QLC 3D NAND

Editor's Notes

Written by SaltyOne | Staff
  • About this Deal:
    • Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars from over 220 reviews.
    • At the time of this posting, Our research indicates that this is $60.01 lower (37.5% savings) than the next best available prices starting from $160. -SaltyOne

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grandmasterzii
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Yup, much better deal. For $10 more you get practically double the performance.
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JK1982
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I think the kingston for $110 on amazon might he a better deal if you want something a little faster

Kingston NV2 2TB M.2 2280 NVMe Internal SSD | PCIe 4.0 Gen 4x4 | Up to 3500 MB/s | SNV2S/2000G https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BDTC589G
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sumthin_gud
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2tb nvme for $100. incredible. prices had stagnated for years, i'm completely blown away by this
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Dec 30, 2022 3:54 AM
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krivera1
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Dec 30, 2022 3:54 AM
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Good price... I'm about to build updated gaming systems for my kids... these will be nice secondary drives for storage... I'll use faster TLC w/DRAM drives for boot...
Dec 30, 2022 4:39 AM
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darkxssDec 30, 2022 4:39 AM
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Seems like a good deal to me. Going to use this as a cache drive for my unraid server.
Dec 30, 2022 4:49 AM
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JK1982Dec 30, 2022 4:49 AM
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I think the kingston for $110 on amazon might he a better deal if you want something a little faster

Kingston NV2 2TB M.2 2280 NVMe Internal SSD | PCIe 4.0 Gen 4x4 | Up to 3500 MB/s | SNV2S/2000G https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BDTC589G
Last edited by anarchist December 29, 2022 at 08:51 PM.
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Dec 30, 2022 5:34 AM
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sumthin_gudDec 30, 2022 5:34 AM
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2tb nvme for $100. incredible. prices had stagnated for years, i'm completely blown away by this
Dec 30, 2022 5:43 AM
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grandmasterziiDec 30, 2022 5:43 AM
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Quote from JK1982 View quoted comment :
I think the kingston for $110 on amazon might he a better deal if you want something a little faster

Kingston NV2 2TB M.2 2280 NVMe Internal SSD | PCIe 4.0 Gen 4x4 | Up to 3500 MB/s | SNV2S/2000G https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BDTC589G
Yup, much better deal. For $10 more you get practically double the performance.
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Dec 30, 2022 6:05 AM
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SealTeamSixedDec 30, 2022 6:05 AM
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Quote from grandmasterzii View quoted comment :
Yup, much better deal. For $10 more you get practically double the performance.
Absolutely, but I'd still be using the Kingston as a storage drive mostly for Steam games since it's basically Gen 3 speeds and wouldn't want to use a Gen 4 slot for it when most motherboards only give you 1 gen 4 NVMe slot then 1-3 more gen 3 slots.
Dec 30, 2022 6:07 AM
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flynreelowDec 30, 2022 6:07 AM
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overkill for a time machine backup?

do they make a usb enclosure for this that would be ok?

100 for 2tb seems like a good deal.

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Dec 30, 2022 6:14 AM
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Quote from darkxss View quoted comment :
Seems like a good deal to me. Going to use this as a cache drive for my unraid server.
Don't cache drives generally need a high TBW? Not sure QLC is up for it. Depends on usage though.
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Dec 30, 2022 6:32 AM
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EliteGeekDec 30, 2022 6:32 AM
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Quote from grandmasterzii View quoted comment :
Yup, much better deal. For $10 more you get practically double the performance.
I'm not quite sure it's anywhere near that maybe if you compare if both drives were near full. Couldn't find any reviews comparing the two on the same test bench, but the Kingson has less rated endurance (640TB vs 740TB on the Intel) and 2 years less warranty than Intel. The 670p is a fantastic drive even with QLC nand.

EDIT: Oh this is the 660p. I was thinking this was the 670p that was available for $50 1TB and now is $100 for 2TB. Nevermind...Wave
Last edited by EliteGeek December 29, 2022 at 10:35 PM.
Dec 30, 2022 7:47 AM
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devinpaulDec 30, 2022 7:47 AM
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If I add a heat sink will this work as a PS5 memory upgrade?
Dec 30, 2022 7:50 AM
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ohheyitspaulDec 30, 2022 7:50 AM
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Quote from devinpaul View quoted comment :
If I add a heat sink will this work as a PS5 memory upgrade?
No. Need Gen 4
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esc1aDec 30, 2022 8:18 AM
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At least this has DRAM compared to the other 2TB with no DRAM.

I would use the Intel 660p instead of the Kingston NV2 because of the DRAM.
Last edited by esc1a December 30, 2022 at 12:20 AM.
Dec 30, 2022 8:38 AM
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namlookDec 30, 2022 8:38 AM
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Quote from JK1982 View quoted comment :
I think the kingston for $110 on amazon might he a better deal if you want something a little faster

Kingston NV2 2TB M.2 2280 NVMe Internal SSD | PCIe 4.0 Gen 4x4 | Up to 3500 MB/s | SNV2S/2000G https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BDTC589G
Quote from grandmasterzii View quoted comment :
Yup, much better deal. For $10 more you get practically double the performance.
Unfortunately the controller and NAND have now been downgraded on the NV2 (phison to smi, tlc to qlc)
Last edited by namlook December 30, 2022 at 12:41 AM.
Dec 30, 2022 9:57 AM
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sunspotzszDec 30, 2022 9:57 AM
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Can I use this on a mini pc? Trying to build a good bitcoin node.

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Dec 30, 2022 11:08 AM
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newhoaDec 30, 2022 11:08 AM
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Quote from krivera1 View quoted comment :
Good price... I'm about to build updated gaming systems for my kids... these will be nice secondary drives for storage... I'll use faster TLC w/DRAM drives for boot...
TLC vs QLC doesn't make the difference in game load or OS boot times. All that really matters for that is read latency and access time, and that is practically indistinguishable on SSDs. You'll see almost no load time difference, if any, between a QLC PCIE3 NVME SSD and a TLC PCIE4 drive. Even a SATA SSD will only be maybe a second or two difference.

The difference where TLC vs QLC and PCIE 3 and 4 matters is transfer speed for very large files (esp if the drive has no SLC cache, a QLC with SLC cache will likely be faster for normal transfers than a TLC with low or no SLC cache). And to take advantage of this, the source of the transfer would have to be as fast as the write capability of the destination drive.

The 660p has SLC cache (this 2TB drive has 280GB SLC cache which dynamically shrinks as the drive fills to a minimum of 24GB when it's 75%+ full) so you will get SLC speeds until the cache fills. Also, for those who care, this drive does have DRAM.

So the con here is if you plan on filling this drive up and moving lots of very very large files very very often (professionals, servers, datahoarders, maybe video content creators). But for boots, load times, games, OS stuff, general content creation, there really isn't an advantage to getting even a TLC PCIE 4.0 drive over this. It's quite a good drive.

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