expiredheavyarms1912 posted Dec 30, 2022 03:41 AM
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expiredheavyarms1912 posted Dec 30, 2022 03:41 AM
2TB Intel 660P M.2 PCIe Gen 3 NVMe QLC Solid State Drive
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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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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
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
do they make a usb enclosure for this that would be ok?
100 for 2tb seems like a good deal.
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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...
I would use the Intel 660p instead of the Kingston NV2 because of the DRAM.
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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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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