Slickdeals is community-supported.  We may get paid by brands or deals, including promoted items.
Sorry, this deal has expired. Get notified of deals like this in the future. Add Deal Alert for this Item
Frontpage

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

$105
$169.99
+ Free Shipping
+20 Deal Score
7,088 Views
Newegg has 2TB Solidigm P41 Plus PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Drive (SSDPFKNU020TZX1) on sale for $104.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Editor Discombobulated for finding this deal.

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

Original Post

Written by
Edited February 6, 2023 at 12:41 AM by
Newegg

For those interested

Note, offer valid for February 6, 2023 or while pricing last.
If you purchase something through a post on our site, Slickdeals may get a small share of the sale.
Deal
Score
+20
7,088 Views
$105
$169.99

Your comment cannot be blank.

Featured Comments

It's a good price, just the hounds are angry that it's QLC and not a PS5 compatible NVME. For someone just looking to cheaply upgrade from an SSD, it's pretty decent.
I have this and been using for several months. Loads my MS FS 2020 and many GB's of add-ons quickly and loads the graphics at max. settings with no hesitations.
Just as quick as my Samsung PRO 980 2 TB.
Don't understand the downvote, this is a good price for what is essentially an average performing drive.

Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.

Joined Jun 2009
L4: Apprentice
> bubble2 499 Posts
39 Reputation
drgka55
02-06-2023 at 07:38 PM.
02-06-2023 at 07:38 PM.
Quote from ThirstyCruz :
You'd think the entire 300m population has PS5! Don't have one, don't want one, and don't know anyone with one. Enuf PS5... no one can't tell a difference with these drive speed v 980p etc! If the can, they are lying. Solidigm purchase Intel's SSD business. If this anything like 670p, it's excellent!

It just might be a rebadged 670p basically. But don't take my word for it am not an expert just read somewhere they are now selling all the Intel models under Solidigm brand.
1
Like
Funny
>
Helpful
Not helpful
Reply
Joined Nov 2009
L5: Journeyman
> bubble2 758 Posts
290 Reputation
Pro
PlanetoftheMapes
02-06-2023 at 11:01 PM.
02-06-2023 at 11:01 PM.
Great deal on a nicely performing 2TB drive which can be great for storage.
Like
Funny
>
Helpful
Not helpful
Reply
Joined Aug 2014
L6: Expert
> bubble2 1,854 Posts
124 Reputation
Routefinder
02-07-2023 at 12:18 AM.
02-07-2023 at 12:18 AM.
About Solidigm.

https://www.reuters.com/technolog...021-12-29/

https://news.skhynix.com/sk-hynix...e-product/

1. SK Hynix bought Intel's NAND Business.
2. SK Hynix made a business part with their own tech + Intel's NAND business which SK Hynix bought..
3. That is Solidigm.
1
Like
Funny
>
Helpful
Not helpful
Reply
Joined Nov 2018
L6: Expert
> bubble2 1,419 Posts
394 Reputation
CoreyR2384
02-07-2023 at 12:58 AM.
02-07-2023 at 12:58 AM.
Quote from max1001 :
Bottleneck for game loading usually the CPU anyway. The difference is still 2-3 seconds when comparing SATA SSD vs top tier Gen 4 on PC games. PS5 probably is the same.

Incorrect, at least with current gen consoles. PS5 and Xbox Series games have Direct Storage implementation (Playstation calls it something else). The assets are decompressed by the GPU, instead of the CPU. GPU decompression is much faster. In current PC games, the loading times are similar between gen 4 NVME and even SATA SSD's, but console games load much faster with NVME drives. That's why PS5 games require a gen 4 NVME drive. High-end gen 3 drives are technically fast enough, but Sony mandates a gen 4 drive to prevent owners from unknowingly buying low-end slower gen 3 drives. Forspoken is the only PC game to implement Direct Storage so far, but soon most new games will implement it. With Direct Storage, games will finally take advantage of the faster SSD's and load much faster.
1
Like
Funny
>
Helpful
Not helpful
Reply
Last edited by CoreyR2384 February 7, 2023 at 01:00 AM.
Joined Nov 2005
L4: Apprentice
> bubble2 349 Posts
23 Reputation
Evilhomer
02-07-2023 at 02:34 AM.
02-07-2023 at 02:34 AM.
Looks like deal is dead. I am seeing it for 121.99 now.
1
Like
Funny
>
Helpful
Not helpful
Reply
Joined May 2010
L4: Apprentice
> bubble2 352 Posts
74 Reputation
chagla
02-07-2023 at 04:05 AM.
02-07-2023 at 04:05 AM.
Quote from matdave :
It's a good price, just the hounds are angry that it's QLC and not a PS5 compatible NVME. For someone just looking to cheaply upgrade from an SSD, it's pretty decent.
for the same price one can get TLC drive with much higher TBW. QLC 2tb drive should be $50. avoid all QLC drive.
2
Like
Funny
>
Helpful
Not helpful
Reply
Joined Sep 2003
L6: Expert
> bubble2 1,408 Posts
211 Reputation
Udis
02-07-2023 at 04:41 AM.
02-07-2023 at 04:41 AM.
Quote from CoreyR2384 :
Incorrect, at least with current gen consoles. PS5 and Xbox Series games have Direct Storage implementation (Playstation calls it something else). The assets are decompressed by the GPU, instead of the CPU. GPU decompression is much faster. In current PC games, the loading times are similar between gen 4 NVME and even SATA SSD's, but console games load much faster with NVME drives. That's why PS5 games require a gen 4 NVME drive. High-end gen 3 drives are technically fast enough, but Sony mandates a gen 4 drive to prevent owners from unknowingly buying low-end slower gen 3 drives. Forspoken is the only PC game to implement Direct Storage so far, but soon most new games will implement it. With Direct Storage, games will finally take advantage of the faster SSD's and load much faster.

And PC testing of direct storage says generational differences lead to a very minor improvement in load times if that... Pure marketing bull$hit.... https://hothardware.com/news/dire...s-pcie-345
Like
Funny
>
Helpful
Not helpful
Reply

Sign up for a Slickdeals account to remove this ad.

Joined Apr 2011
L2: Beginner
> bubble2 865 Posts
254 Reputation
arny56
02-07-2023 at 05:19 AM.
02-07-2023 at 05:19 AM.
Quote from chagla :
for the same price one can get TLC drive with much higher TBW. QLC 2tb drive should be $50. avoid all QLC drive.
Really, where? How about a link.
1
Like
Funny
>
Helpful
Not helpful
Reply
Joined Nov 2018
L6: Expert
> bubble2 1,419 Posts
394 Reputation
CoreyR2384
02-07-2023 at 09:42 AM.
02-07-2023 at 09:42 AM.
Quote from Udis :
And PC testing of direct storage says generational differences lead to a very minor improvement in load times if that... Pure marketing bull$hit.... https://hothardware.com/news/dire...s-pcie-345

Forspoken doesn't really use true Direct Storage, only the less beneficial part to add Direct Storage to the marketing. The article you linked explains that.

"The likely reason for the fairly-small difference in the drives is because Forspoken rarely gets up to even 3GB/second transfers at the busiest. This could be down to the limits of CPU decompression, as Forspoken doesn't actually make use of the most important feature of DirectStorage, GPU Decompression."

If it were "pure marketing bull$hit," then why do console games load so much faster? I've got both a Series X and a PC (5800x3d, 3080, Samsung 980 Pro), and the same game loads substantially faster on Xbox.
I still do the vast majority of my gaming on PC, because I prefer it, but there's no doubt that Direct Storage is a huge improvement in load times. Soon it should finally be actually implement in games.
Like
Funny
>
Helpful
Not helpful
Reply
Last edited by CoreyR2384 February 7, 2023 at 09:48 AM.
Page 2 of 2
Start the Conversation
 
Link Copied

The link has been copied to the clipboard.