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1TB TEAMGROUP CX2 3D NAND TLC 2.5" SATA III Solid State Drive

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$35

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Newegg has 1TB TEAMGROUP CX2 3D NAND TLC 2.5" SATA III Solid State Drive (T253X6001T0C101) on sale for $34.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Hunter PennyFound for sharing this deal.

CX2 Specs:
  • Read: up to 540MB/s
  • Write: up to 490 MB/s
  • 3-year limited warranty

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  • About this Deal:
    • The CX2 is rated 4.6 out of 5 from over 820 reviews.
    • This price is $5 Lower than our recent FP Deal from March '23.

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Newegg has 1TB TEAMGROUP CX2 3D NAND TLC 2.5" SATA III Solid State Drive (T253X6001T0C101) on sale for $34.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Hunter PennyFound for sharing this deal.

CX2 Specs:
  • Read: up to 540MB/s
  • Write: up to 490 MB/s
  • 3-year limited warranty

Editor's Notes

Written by SaltyOne | Staff
  • About this Deal:
    • The CX2 is rated 4.6 out of 5 from over 820 reviews.
    • This price is $5 Lower than our recent FP Deal from March '23.

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Model: Team Group CX2 CLASSIC - solid state drive - 1 TB - SATA 6Gb/s

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Andrepartthree
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I looked.. it was hard to find a review online for them but I did find this

https://www.guru3d.com/articles_p...ew,19.html

and this reddit comment

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc..._nand_tlc/

Both were of the opinion this drive is fine... great probably compared to say a 3.5 hard drive .. for storage of say files but not say to install Windows on.

I know people are probably sick of me bringing up the crucial MX500 drives over and over again here on slickdeals but they still get good reviews online and the three desktop PC's we have in the house have been booting windows off them for years without any problems

https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-MX...11KBB&th=1

(or just search by the model number CT1000MX500SSD1 on amazon if that link doesn't work)

More expensive at $51 for a 1 TB drive but it has DRAM if this matters to you (I hesitate to say more since it set off an intense debate over whether or not you even need DRAM in the first place ... )

If it was me building a PC for example I'd be tempted to grab the cruxial MX500 as the windows/boot drive and the team group CX2 to save files onto provided 1 TB is enough (depends on if you say save a lot of video files for example or other stuff that takes up a lot of room but it would be a good "starter" data hard drive in my humble opinion while we wait for prices to fall still further on a 2 TB, 4 TB and so forth SSD drives

Of course if your motherboard supports the m.2 format drives grab one of those instead for the windows drive they're also cheaper than normal right now too

The 3.5 mechanical drives are.. well not as good as the SSD's but falling in price too.. maybe grab one of those put it in say a sata enclosure and use that for backups of Windows and your files ... you'll see slickdeal alerts on the 3.5 drives too ... or if you're sure the size of your windows installation plus files will not go over 1 TB (seems kind of unlikely to me in the long run but anyways) grab this cx2 drive and use that for backups instead.
smackdownfletch
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How low can they go?
doboy007
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how many same drives with different names can a company sell, haha.

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Rayted_R
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Quote from Eagles89 :
Xfinity charges $10/50 GB if you go over 1 TB each month. I have no idea how people are filling their 5 TB SSDs.
Totally possible. Xfinity offers infinite data for extra $30/month for the data hungry that get dangerously close to the limit. In my area, ATT and Sonic both do fiber at variable speeds (I think 300/600/1000 Mbps) with infinite data usage. Nearly all ISPs also started rolling out 2.5/5 Gbps. One month I did over 1TB per day (80% of it was uploads) and my VPN provider got mad at me. They thought I was sharing the account cause of the massive data usage.
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Eagles89
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Quote from Rayted_R :
Totally possible. Xfinity offers infinite data for extra $30/month for the data hungry that get dangerously close to the limit. In my area, ATT and Sonic both do fiber at variable speeds (I think 300/600/1000 Mbps) with infinite data usage. Nearly all ISPs also started rolling out 2.5/5 Gbps. One month I did over 1TB per day (80% of it was uploads) and my VPN provider got mad at me. They thought I was sharing the account cause of the massive data usage.
Paying an extra $30/month for unlimited data. That's like the cost of this SSD each month. You are getting ripped off.
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lennonst
Apr 27, 2023
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Quote from boourns84 :
Do solid state drives degrade over time? I have a five year old one in a five year old pc. Should I upgrade to a new one? It was my main drive and I wrote 100s of terabytes to it
They have a limited number of write cycles but it's usually beyond what you're gonna ever write unless you're using it to store like a 4k nvr or something. I have a old crucial mx100 that was is used as a game drive, with an endurance of 72tbw its like halfway there after 9 years.

And even then it doesn't just die, it just reduces the size of the drive not allowing you to write to bad cells.

The tbw endurance ratings at this point seem kind of meaningless. Mttf maybe, warranty years maybe, and power usage all seem more important.
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RelaxedApple6695
Apr 27, 2023
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Does it include the connector ribbon?
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RelaxedApple6695
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Quote from Eagles89 :
Xfinity charges $10/50 GB if you go over 1 TB each month. I have no idea how people are filling their 5 TB SSDs.
I get 70 Mbps so that's impossible for me, but I only pay 9.95 a month.
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mehal88
Apr 27, 2023
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Quote from Eagles89 :
Xfinity charges $10/50 GB if you go over 1 TB each month. I have no idea how people are filling their 5 TB SSDs.
Some of us aren't bridled by Xfinity.
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mehal88
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Quote from Eagles89 :
Paying an extra $30/month for unlimited data. That's like the cost of this SSD each month. You are getting ripped off.
Unfortunately some people don't have a choice

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Zaiaku
Apr 27, 2023
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Quote from Jimi542 :
How reliable are these drives?
My experience have been great with these drives. Used them as boot drives some notebook as well as storage drives. Haven't had one die on me and been using them for over the last 2 years. Storage drives would be my main then as don't need an enclosure to tread them as extremely large usb drives, just a cheap adapter.
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TalentedHaddock257
Apr 27, 2023
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Quote from Eagles89 :
I just need 100 GB. Can I get one for $5?
You should scout eBay. Last year I grabbed a 128GB Samsung EVO 860 SATA for something like $11, when the SSD prices were still on the higher side. The Sammy still has plenty of life in it.

P.S. Just checked - tons of 128GB SSD Samsung inventory on eBay, seem to go for ~$10-11. When I got mine - Samsung had a fresher firmware for it.
Last edited by TalentedHaddock257 April 27, 2023 at 06:46 AM.
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OrangeStag2904
Apr 27, 2023
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Quote from lennonst :
They have a limited number of write cycles but it's usually beyond what you're gonna ever write unless you're using it to store like a 4k nvr or something. I have a old crucial mx100 that was is used as a game drive, with an endurance of 72tbw its like halfway there after 9 years.

And even then it doesn't just die, it just reduces the size of the drive not allowing you to write to bad cells.

The tbw endurance ratings at this point seem kind of meaningless. Mttf maybe, warranty years maybe, and power usage all seem more important.
to add to this, since this doesn't have DRAM, its speed "degrades" when it is filled up close to capacity...
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atoneapone
Apr 27, 2023
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would these work good as a data drive after connecting a usb external enclosure, for say video games, arcade drive for one of those Arcade cabinets (ALU legends cabinet,arcade1up mods), or for PC games data storage etc,( or maybe spend a little more for better brand )?
Last edited by atoneapone April 27, 2023 at 09:09 AM.
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luckygecko
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Quote from boourns84 :
Do solid state drives degrade over time? I have a five year old one in a five year old pc. Should I upgrade to a new one? It was my main drive and I wrote 100s of terabytes to it

Most of the degradation is via the write (store) process. Use your 'tool box' software from the manufacture to see life left. That said, the days of having to baby their use is long past.


Most oldest everyday use SSD (a Samsung SSD 850 EVO) has been powered on for 1,735 days across 3040 power on cycles. But, it only has 17TB Written and shows 'good' drive conditon service life.
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noctifer
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Quote from Eagles89 :
Xfinity charges $10/50 GB if you go over 1 TB each month. I have no idea how people are filling their 5 TB SSDs.
Xfinity has an unlimited 1Gb plan for $110
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Eagles89
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Quote from noctifer :
Xfinity has an unlimited 1Gb plan for $110
I'd rather move than pay $110/month for internet

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DIW90210
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On sale even at Walmart for $35

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Team-T...RoQAvD_BwE

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