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Originally Posted by jd1020
You are probably confusing the 660p with Intel Optane.
The 660p is slower than most consumer NVMe drives. It uses QLC NAND which is the slowest, least endurance, and bogs down at like 3/4 max capacity of the drive, but it's the cheapest. So it still has it's purpose as it's faster than SATA and you can get a lot of it for less, but it's just not something I'm interested in, especially when the sales on it arent all that great comparatively.
I would just never buy a 660p when its within $10 in price, sales excluded, of drives like the PNY CS3030, HP EX920, HP EX950, SP A80, Sabrent Rocket, or SX8200 Pro.
Compare the speeds of a Samsung 970 EVO Plus to the Sabrent Rocket or SX8200 Pro and tell me why you would ever spend the premium on the Samsung drive? Unless you really love Samsung Magician or feel like you need an insanely long warranty, the Samsung is just a shit buy, imo.
EDIT: Nevermind, Samsung doesn't even offer the 10 year warranty on their Pro model NVMe's like they did their SATA drives so their warranty isn't even better than the competition any more.
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I guess that was my point... you were comparing apples to oranges.
Just looking at the SX8200 Pro, which read write speeds and price are very similar to Samsung EVO 970 1 TB.
https://www.amazon.com/XPG-SX8200-Ge.../dp/B07K1J3C23
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-970-E...IKX0DER&sr=1-2
To each their own I guess, I prefer my known commodity.