SSD Review - 8 NVMe M.2 Drives Tested - Which Should You Buy? - 2019 Edition

Which NVMe M.2 SSD Should You Buy? Today we review 8 drives and provide specific purchase recommendations for you!
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These links are to the 1TB drive size. Many of these drives are also sold in 500GB and 2TB versions. You can find them on the product page by clicking the size option.
Intel 660p - @Amazon amzn.to/2MuMrII - @NewEgg pcdeal.tv/2IZPer6
Crucial P1 - @Amazon amzn.to/330VE1l - @NewEgg pcdeal.tv/330Rzu6
Sambrant Rocket - @Amazon amzn.to/2LYjo11
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Special Mention - The "non-Plus" version of the 970 EVO is worth considering if the price is lower than the plus version. There is only a small difference between the drives.
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[@MrCarlosw7]

C'mon man! Not even Linus can explain things this well! He is my favorite but this explanation was just 11/10!

[@MrCarlosw7]

@@KamiKaZeJeremy I believe he is just too hyped about resultas and high performance, but he knows his thing. The thing is that his focus is on things above and beyond not the stadandar. Creating 100ks Machín es just to get some stats and content

[@TechDeals]

Aww, thank you so much! Glad you liked it, I worked really hard on this one! 😎

[@MrCarlosw7]

@Xtreme Performance 100% agree

[@M.W.Zastrow]

@@TechDeals You allways do😀🙌✌

[@KamiKaZeJeremy]

@Richard Bogan agree 👍🏾 the quality of the content here is so obvious

[@josephanderson3111]

You Sir, are truly an amazing individual. I bought my first computer in 1987 it was an Amiga 500 with every upgrade available. I spent a fortune on it. I got it for music production. I have built so many computers through the years and the part prices for what you get now are just unbelievable. I have researched building computers, part selection, and followed all of the system changes made along the way for over 30 years. In all that time no one has offered me more information on building computers than you. You show what parts are best and why, what configurations work best and why, and offer more factual information to help anyone build a great computer at a good price. You really do explain everything clearly and professionally and are a joy to watch because your passion for computers and helping others comes through in every video you make. I just wanted you to know how much I admire and respect who you are and what you are doing for those that watch your videos. Thank you...

[@SimonKelk]

The Amiga 500 was revolutionary to me. It was so powerful compared to my dads 386 PC. That, and the spectrum I had before are the main reasons I ended up working as a security IT professional. In my life certain things have lost their shine as I get older, but technology in IT has never failed to amaze me.

[@DanT10]

@@SimonKelk You whippersnapper... I built an Apple 2+ clone. I later got an A500 and never looked back. Loved that system.

[@Macro_Abuser]

It's like Linus but for adults ❤️

[@sergeigarcia186]

Ok Boomer Sorry, I couldn't resist. I'll see myself out 🤷‍♂️

[@ArnabBose]

And no "speaking of pulling things out of nowhere" commercials.

[@RagnarokCo]

But but but, can he liquid cool and overclock the SSDs?!!?

[@Mriceman604]

He would make a good riddler in batman

[@OverBanned]

LFMAO, I’m dying laughing

[@andyt1313]

I’m researching a new build - I haven’t built a computer in 8 years so my knowledge-base is quite obsolete. Your presentation was an excellent primer to get me up to speed on current SSD technology for my build. Thanks 😊.

[@Maxxarcade]

SSD's were the best thing to happen to PC's in a long time. To this day it still amazes me how much faster they are than even a premium mechanical drive. And I also love how operating systems can be installed from USB now, instead of installing from a slow and outdated CD and then waiting all night for the updates to get done. Now you can install an OS and some programs in just a few minutes.

[@BeowulfCav]

Remember 10k rpm HDDs? I do, thank goodness for SSDs. Lol

[@Maxxarcade]

@@BeowulfCav Yep, and I've also used 15k drives in servers. SSD's are still a world of difference, and use way less power too.

[@camelCased]

Windows updates can overload even an SSD. It should be a benchmark - how fast can you update Windows?

[@grimgoreironhide9985]

Also remember that SSD's are so much quite than a mechanical HD.

[@jojojojojojojojojojojojob]

only nvme is considerably faster by a mile. striped hdds can rival sata ssds if you don't mind the noise and power consumpstion.

[@Maky313]

A request please. If you would consider changing the background from a bright white to something more darker in shade. Would make for easier night viewing : ) Thanks for the videos as always.

[@creepersizzzle]

Hell yes

[@dannydanutzu1]

Had a 660p and the lag (click, load,) was annoying, bought 970 evo plus....omg! HUUUUGE difference!

[@qkhuve]

@@dannydanutzu1 That seems odd. I have built two computers with the 660p and both of them have been snappy as heck! :)

[@TwinTurboToyota]

@@dannydanutzu1 Don't think so I have both also

[@samuelwolfe8269]

For all those who came just for the benchmarks: 14:18 Thanks for the video, dude! Very informative.

[@jeremiahaquitania4799]

thanks!

[@khione8044]

Personally, I'm not a fan of the Intel 660p. I had been planning on buying this exact same SSD for my Computer Build, until I learned the difference between MLC, TLC, and QLC. As well as another thing not mentioned that much in here. DRAM. The Intel 660p does not have DRAM installed in the SSD, and you will be using up your own Computer RAM in exchange for this Trade-Off. Taking into account that it is QLC and the slowest form of SSD on the market, does not do this SSD any justice. An SSD not mentioned in this video, that I think should be included, is the HP EX920. It has excellent Performance and compares well against the Sabrent Rocket and Samsung, but without the hefty pricetag of the Samsung Brand. It is a TLC (not as good as MLC, but still much better than QLC), and has its own DRAM Storage. A brief comparison of a few recommended SSD's in this video (Prices are subject to change with time, but are at current moment in time): Intel 660p (1TB): 3D NAND QLC, $0.093/GB, No DRAM, $94.89 Sabrent Rocket (1TB): 3D NAND TLC, $0.110/GB, No DRAM, $109.99 (Has 24 GB SLC Cache) WD Black SN750 (1TB): 3D NAND TLC, $0.201/GB, 1,024 MB DRAM included, $201.39 Samsung 970 Evo Plus (1TB): V-NAND MLC, $0.227/GB, 1,024 MB DRAM Included, $227.49 vs HP EX920 (1TB): 3D NAND TLC, $0.140/GB, 1,024 MB DRAM Included, $111.99

[@jasonlisonbee]

I see one good point for an SSD to have its own RAM. To not need system RAM nor to use NAND cells for block and ops management. For buffering and caching, the OS already does that quite well.

[@andrewryan1946]

You labeled ‘Sabrent’ as ‘Sambrent’ in all your graphs, just a heads up. Great video otherwise, I love how informative you keep things!

[@xCheezburglarx]

He also called it 'Sambient' at one point. Haha, but it's all good. I just got a chuckle out of it.

[@TechDeals]

Tech Confirmed Human! 🤓

[@stevethea5250]

@@xCheezburglarx the man's got flow!

[@nevermindthebull0cks]

Check out the penguin video where the narrator just completely loses the word penguin. It's pretty funny.

[@cMARVEL360]

The errors come off as really funny when you consider the amount of Information and Intelligence in the video. 😅 Really Humorous! 😂

[@kenhoward127]

"A ten-year old i7-920..." LMAO, that's my PC. Still going strong. I only added a regular 512 GB SATA SSD about 2 years ago and it still boots in like 10 seconds.

[@agumon1605]

Do your mobo already have m.2 slot?

[@kenhoward127]

@@agumon1605 No, it's an ASUS P6T... same age as the CPU. It'll be 10 years old this December.

[@WavScorn259]

@@kenhoward127 lol, still better than my 10year old AMD Phenom ii x4 965 BE rev.3 system

[@kenhoward127]

@@WavScorn259 Nice! Well played.

[@WavScorn259]

@@kenhoward127 but i have an SSD too :)

[@alwayscheckforupdates]

Seriously helping me figure this NVME stuff out. This is crazy good information, thank you so much!

[@therealdandyhouse]

Ya know what? None of us need computer class as long as you continue to create videos! I started with computers in the stone age with the Timex Sinclair, upgraded to the Color Computer, then got real sophisticated and purchased an IBM 8086! I started one of the first BBSs in Arizona in 1983 and don't know ANYTHING about the true technical issues... but between you and Linus I'm gettin' smart! Cheers!!

[@StefanEtienneTheVerrgeRep]

The human eye can't even see more than 24GB, any larger HD is pointless.

[@Pyreing]

Store with confidence.

[@gr3y_eminence]

*16 MB

[@Hightower2804TP]

very original joke

[@MrMegacoffee]

so true and over 60herts and 30fps is well

[@josuad6890]

and don't forget to tweezer your SSD kids.

[@Morne_Smith]

100TB games....are those the ones nVidai is saying will only support RTX in 2023? Jokes aside good content...

[@TechDeals]

YES! 😂

[@prospero7849]

Maybe this will be Star Citizen 😂

[@RymeofDawn]

@@prospero7849 I mean all those ships that cost a total of $27k must need $~35k in storage right?

[@alex0236]

keep jokin about RTX as much as you want ... Raytracing games are the future

[@praetorxyn]

@@alex0236 RTX isn't ray tracing. It's an approximation of ray tracing which takes a bunch of shortcuts for performance reasons that still cripples your performance, because real ray tracing is what frickkng Pixar does and takes an enormous amount of time to render. Real time ray tracing is the future, but RTX isn't real time Ray tracing, and we don't need another of Nvidia's proprietary hardware based solutions like PhysX and RTX to become standard anyway. Nobody is going to care at all about real time ray tracing or an approximation thereof until it has a negligible performance impact.

[@mattsmechanicalssi5833]

I just got the Crucial 1TB P1 NVME drive, and put it in to a PCI-e x4 adapter card. It's one of the lowest price NVME drives on the market, but don't let that fool you. The performance is great. And it's even cheaper than the Crucial MX500 M.2 SATA, or the 2.5" SATA 1TB drive. As of yet, the 1TB is the maximum size though. Great work Mr. Tech Deals, as always. I'm glad that you show everyone the numbers that really matter. And that includes the prices!

[@LATasKara]

i'm about to buy one, will you still recommend it after all this months? i have 500 GB of SSD and 2TB OF HDD, but need more space for games nowadays, my SSD is always full...

[@Von.Scrungy]

This is my first video of yours I've seen and I gotta say you did excellent job. Easily understood explanations without being dumbed down, very well-spoken, and not boring at all to listen to. Which is all pretty rare when learning about anything, especially tech-related things.

[@wysetech2000]

Well done! Not many SSD comparisons on KZbin. Thanks.

[@user-nn9do8wn1d]

OMG just right the moment i need, Tech Deals upload this video! Lovc your vids so much sir!

[@BillsSpamMail]

Wow, prices have gone thru the ceiling in the past 6 months. For example, the 660p 1 TB is now $120 (up from $95) and the 2 TB is $230 (up from $182). The 665p didn't even lower prices, they just charged even more for the 665p.

[@sincereknight8023]

Just found your channel yesterday, have watched at least a 1/2 dozen since then. I really like how you explain things and don't try to "push" products on your videos. Keep up the great work!

[@callmejoe8594]

SSD's are probably one of my favorite innovations in consumer PCs of the past 10 years. I myself possess a 1 TB 970 EVO and a 2 TB 860 EVO. It's overkill, I know, but I just want any excuse not to go back to the HDD in order to fit my game library.

[@TechDeals]

Agreed! It is one of the few "wow moments" left in PCs, when you move from a HDD to a SSD

[@jasonmcgrody9472]

It's painful to use a computer with an old HDD.

[@stevethea5250]

@@jasonmcgrody9472 even 7200 rpm?

[@tempslip]

@@IJoeAceJRI Just go straight to the cyberjack in the old noggin. We know they're working on it and prototypes exist but it will face resistance on moral, ethical and legal standpoints. I won't be around when it becomes mainstream but it would will be exciting to be able to just plug in and zone out. No hard ware just wetware.

[@Dunkelelf3]

i got myself the 1 tb samsung pro and 2x 1tb 860 evo and put them in raid 0.. was cheaper than the 2 tb, more space and twice the speed.. and for data loss i don't care.. i have a 200 mbit fibre connection and can redownload stuff pretty fast..

[@lakingscrzy]

Tech deals: run, don't walk, and buy the 660 Me: pauses video and does just that Linus: reviews the 660 and says quad sucks Tech deals: it doesn't matter, save the money Me: I love this channel

[@kurtisrinker1202]

While QLC is slow in comparison to other nvme ssds the 660p is still a steal, as long as you use it internally in your pc. My 2tb does 1.2GB reads AND writes all day which is over double of SATA.

[@jasonmcgrody9472]

It's like the reviews of CPUs in gaming where they use a 2080 Ti but you have a Radeon 570. Sure, the 9900K is faster if you have a 2080 Ti but it won't make a lick of difference with a 570 for the average user. Just get a Ryzen 3600. "It doesn't matter, save the money"

[@lakingscrzy]

@@kurtisrinker1202 my little build has come together nicely over the last two months. Got the 660p for 100, 2700x for 200, MSRP 2060 super, 3200 cl16 $90, all on a b350 I bought two years ago. After nearly every single purchase above I've seen: tech deals, Linus, gamers Nexus, or otherwise tech channel justify my purchases less than 2 weeks after purchase. It has been a fun upgrade cycle

[@stevethea5250]

@@lakingscrzy What's the summary of the video please

[@Dunkelelf3]

it depends on the workload really.. if you write large chunks of data at once they really do suck.. i would only get one as a replacement for my hdds really so as a long term storage.. for os'es and programms i have a 970 pro 1 tb and 2 860 evos 1 tb in raid 0 for games.. the thing is that for reading little chunks of data or writing large ones they don't really shine.. doesn't matter if it's the 660 or the samsung qlc drive.. i mean i would love to switch from my hdds to ssds even for long term storage like movie collection and music and such and have an ssd only system but for large capacity ssds even qlc is still unreasonably more expensive than hdds.. considering this and how bad they perform under certain workloads i guess i'll just wait and see how samsungs new gen qlc drives perform once they are out.. if they get a little better and a lot cheaper then yeah i might do it.. for now i keep the hdds..

[@sburton015]

Speaking of the life of an SSD, I remember when I fixed up a Dell Precision m4300 laptop and installed a 160 gb Intel SSD X25-M and it actually still works fine today although looking up the specs, it said that its from Q3 of 2009. For the average user, I think it would likely take decades of use to wear out an SSD.

[@jonduff355]

Worth noting that the Sabrent Rocket warranty goes up to 5 years if you register it on their website.

[@ferdock]

Got the 2tb 660p couple weeks ago for $106 on Amazon in a pricing error. It actually shipped :O. Anyway great videos you put so much work into these

[@MLWJ1993]

Nice! Recently got a 2tb sata ssd (samsung 860 QVO, €206,-), so much better in loading games. Heck even gta San Andreas I can push the game to crazy drawdistances to the point my HDD kept making the game stutter during flying around the map 🤣

[@alexisv625]

Professor Deals doing his things again, thanks to you I have learned about many things in the field of computers Professor and it is thanks to you also that I have a new rig, made with many of your recommendations to take into account. Great video.

[@newman7151]

i was going to buy a samsung evo 970 plus 250gb for my boot(70$) and 1000 gb of samsung 860 evo for games(120$) . but after this vid i will buy 2x 1000gb of 660 intel for 90$ each. which is 10$ cheaper more storage and faster. i cant thank you eneugh

[@MrCarlosw7]

I bought my cheap acer gaming laptop thanks to one of his videos, no regrets!

[@inosuketamioka9058]

You’re so good man the depth of explaining the differences is well appreciated 😊.

[@DanielHK9]

My 840 evo turned 7 years old this month and it works perfectly, but it's pretty small (120GB) Today because of the Black Friday deals I bought a 970 Evo Plus 1TB and your video helped a lot. Thank you!

[@tahaz8340]

A link for that deal would be very helpful 🙏

[@CaptainScorpio24]

same here mine is 850 ev0 250gb since 2015 . works still like day 1. using as a games n downloading drive along wd 860 evo 250gb(boot drive for OS/programs) since launch 2018

[@DrearierSpider1]

Gonna go for a 2TB Intel 660p when I upgrade to a new Zen 2 based system this holiday.

[@sic22l]

Go for MP510 as a system drive, it has much higher TBW.

[@DrearierSpider1]

@@sic22l Just looked it up, 400 TBW on 660p vs 3120 TBW on MP510. Most people never get close to 400 TBW, and the MP510 is 50-60% more expensive. I'm only planning on using it as a boot drive for my gaming rig, I don't need crazy performance or endurance.

[@jasonmcgrody9472]

Those queue depth one/thread count one numbers may be low, but remember how bad random read/write speeds were on traditional hard drives? LOL.

[@CarpeDiem431]

I agree with this advice completely. 1TB NVMe drives are the only way to go these days

[@googlewolly]

That's not even close to true. A SATA SSD is almost the same with respect to boot and, especially, game-load times.

[@7KingCobra7]

@@googlewolly have you ever transferred extremely large files from one m.2 nvme to another? Its preeeettttyyyyy awesome

[@googlewolly]

@@7KingCobra7 Yeah, I know. That's when NVMe drives shine. I was talking with respect to game-load times, which aren't any higher than SATA SSDs. I haven't done it.

[@finath]

Got my Samsung 970 Evo Plus for $130 on black friday, good deal. Best bang for the buck. Although I'm sure the other drives had good deals as well.

[@jayaniceday3602]

Wow is that a 1TB? If so, that is a very good deal.

[@Snafu2346]

For CONSISTENCY SAKE and eliminating ANY VARIABLES, @1:04 You should have worn the same blue/white stripped shirt you did in the previous two videos. Your black shirt ruins all the benchmarks and makes this all invalid! *shakes head* 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ Well at least the haircut is the same, should prevent from any overvolting. Good vid!😄😁😁

[@ZarodGaming]

Awesome video. Gonna share it with a friend. Very in-depth with good explanation on why you are using these particular testing methods. Thanks Mr. Deals!

[@benhowell5369]

I probably should not necessarily be getting my nvme information from 2 years ago, but I still enjoy listening to you explain it Tech.

[@benhowell5369]

Funny enough. I ordered two 970 Evo plus! Thanks for all the time and effort you all put into these videos.

[@hpxavier]

This guy is really good! Did anyone notice how he resembles Melissa McCarthy!!

[@23Guitardood]

omg bro 😂🤣 that's hilarious

[@prospero7849]

Just bought a Corsair MP510 1TB for my new PC build; price was 140 Euros - very happy with that deal :)

[@bobgreen81]

its 960GB (894 GB formated) not 1TB but whatever

[@prospero7849]

@@bobgreen81 Yeah, I'm a lazy typer...

[@NK_Customs]

@@bobgreen81 The way storage is made it is 1TB but more space is reserved for the, i can't specificly remind the function right now, which all SSD have but not always correctly advertised :P

[@Silverhks]

I'm really surprised you didn't include the HP ex920 in your review. It sells at Newegg for equivalent price to the 660p but is TLC with very good random reads. Also as an aside, the new WD Black SN950 and the HP ex950 use a newer controller that just doesn't seem to get it done. Your better off with the 2018 models.

[@mikemines2931]

It's the teeth that brings me back.

[@ruedevalence6342]

Exactly! Are they even real!?! :D

[@Rjjr2301]

I have learned everything computer related from this channel. Amazing at breaking everything down!

[@NK_Customs]

Also one to consider is the Corsair MP510, comparible with the Samsung 970 plus but cheaper and in most use cases better!

[@Quacker_Gaming]

I was just about to comment the same thing. I bought a 500GB one less than a week ago. Love the performance and it cost substantially less than the Samsung. Also the rated lifespan was quite a bit more if I'm not mistaken

[@NK_Customs]

@@Quacker_Gaming indeed wanted to add that to but forgot! It has 3 times the lifetime expectense! I bought 2 of the 1TB versions for my full storage

[@BrettAnderson3]

bought a 2tb one for my laptop its the only thing in there, love it. came with 500gb, but that was way too quickly filled. the laptop has a 2.5 bay, but no cable and still have not been helped on getting the cable. Third asus laptop and dealing with support is a nightmare, probably going to be the last one I buy from them. Either way the mp510 has been awesome, honestly I just use it for gaming, but the 500gb that was in there already would slow down pretty hard on some of the downloads.

[@sic22l]

MP510 is a really solid SSD with very high TBW which makes it good system/boot drive.

[@vadnegru]

Cable on a laptop? Whow. All of laptops that i took off just had slots to pack drive in.

[@allansh828]

Please do some real world testing, such as coping 500GB video files at once. Most SSDs become much slower after running out buffer.

[@TechDeals]

I have, I copied almost 6TB of data to my 8TB array, I've copied parts of my game testing library to several of these. Those are fairly rare events and they tend to slow down to various degrees on all the drives. It is worth noting that you need 2 drives to really see the speed, but the real world, the random is where it's at. IMHO

[@allansh828]

@@TechDeals I bought cheap Sandisk SSD once, got 2TB at first. But then I realised sequential write drops below 90MB/s after about 30GB write in. I got another one and did RAID1 (still slow). I have a Micron NVMe SSD. The speed drop below 200 MB/s after the cache is filled. However, I can fill my 860 EVO entirely without seeing much drop in speed(consistently over 300MB/s). Most of SSD speed test is test of the cache. The real speed of the TLC NAND is not obvious.

[@markyounanof3818]

@@TechDeals Exactly! Transferring 500gb files is not a real world use scenario for 90% of people buying these and to be honest I think I am being conservative on my percentage.

[@Rogue_Art]

This guy is literally the god tier of youtubers. How can someone not only explain things so well, but also make their videos so entertaining???

[@carlosalves6844]

WHO doesn't love this guy? what a legend, thanks for all the enthusiastic explanations and fantastic content you put in to all your videos. Im a big fan.

[@Cagefighter]

I wish he lived next door!

[@DanteLovesPizza]

Very informative and thorough explanation. Personally, I would've liked a little more explanation on the queue depth and thread count for the benchmarks. You explained it quite thoroughly already, such as queue depth thirty-two, thread count one is heavy workload, queue depth one, thread count one is more reflective of real world use, etc, but I'm sure some people are curious, what number of queue depth and thread count is typical for various/different tasks, such as general web browsing, gaming, image/video editing and maybe multi-tasking a mix of these in general. Also, like the Sabrent Rocket being competitive, I think the EX920 (also a TLC SSD like the Rocket) at it's current price is equally as competitive, being at around $120 for 1 TB, although I have seen the price dip to $100 in the past, which actually made it far more appealing than the 660p at $95 at the same time, but the price has gone up to $120 now, so, it's not quite the same any more. And while Sabrent is a smaller brand and lesser known, the EX920 is by HP, which is much bigger and has been around for a long time, so in terms of performance, having a name and being cheap, it has all three, so I think that makes it very appealing and competitive in this regard. Just wanted to throw this out there, as you might look into it and use it for future SSD benchmark videos.

[@demonwares]

Yeah now this is a very well made video EDIT: I bought the 970 Evo Plus a while ago, just for ease of mind as none of my Samsung drives have ever failed. I'm looking to buy an extra NVME for the slot in the back of ITX boards as I don't ever want to use SATA cables again, so I got to make up my mind on which one to go for. Sabrent or Adata most likely.

[@Hyper1555]

Did the same thing. I'm going to use it for at least 8 years and I just want to feel safe. What is 60 bucks on a 1tb drive just for the ease of mind? I find it worth it. The Asus b450-i (like most other ryzen mobos) will split the bandwith of the pcie in half for the gpu, so I bought the Samsung 860 evo m.2. Got a great deal which made the 1tb drive as cheap as the crucial mx500.

[@NK_Customs]

Not sure about the US prices but the corsair mp510 is very comparible to the Samsung 970 plus! But a lot lower priced! It even has better price and 3 times expected lifetime!

[@Hyper1555]

@@NK_Customs tests prove that most nvme (and ssds too) can easily double or more on the life span, but it's mostly the controller that gives up. The chip that handles where your data needs to go warms up high and often gives up first. Samsung builds the best and does it all in house. Not saying the corsair is bad and won't hold on as long, just that the Samsung ones have proven themselves over and over.

[@ElyTechGuy]

For people planning to buy Sambrent Rocket, they changed their controllers without telling the customers and the current speeds are way slower. See the amazon page.

[@animalyze7120]

I went Crucial for my work storage as microcenter was having a blow out sale on them. 4 TB's for under 350$ at that time. Worked out great and still use the Samsung 970 evo for the boot drive and another for my media storage and upload storage.

[@Dake21]

I bought the Crucial P1 last month because it was cheaper. I know that no matter how faster the compition is I would not be able to tell the difference, especially going from a SSHD. Everything load up so fast I'm amazed lol

[@vadnegru]

QLC is pushing SSHD into history.

[@valetprivet2232]

@@vadnegru idk 4 bytes per magnetic cell sounds terrifying ... TLC looks safer

[@vadnegru]

@@valetprivet2232 we have to see how it degrades. We know that magnetic medium can last more than 10 years. QLS is unknown still.

[@googlewolly]

@@vadnegru QLC has its own issues. For gaming, I'll take a normal SATA SSD.

[@vadnegru]

@@googlewolly for gaming you should not care, because read speed is relatively same (but if you consider the price, that might be even faster, compared to same priced TLC ones). Also Samsung got its QVO, but it is a bit overpriced (1tb variant in my country)

[@WayneJenness]

Fx Boards actually had NVMe. I've got a 990FX board that has a PCIe Gen2 x2 slot on it. I've never tried to use it though. I don't know if it supports booting from NVMe or not.

[@halistinejenkins5289]

ASUS made a 970 with a m.2 slot that it would boot from.

[@RJG7819]

I have a 990FX and it boot from it. My Motherboard is asrock killer.

[@vadnegru]

Some chinese server boards also implemented nvme boot (Linus did a video about that)

[@Knebebelmeyer]

mod your bios and it will boot from pcie

[@dialecticalmonist3405]

When I look at the reviews for NVMe M.2 drives on-line they are all vastly different. There is hardly any consistency in the numbers, charts, or tests.

[@blarghblargh]

Sabrent Rocket 2TB and Samsung Evo 970 Plus 2TB are the same price on Amazon as of a week ago, so that 970 EVO Plus looking pretty tempting right now!

[@SteffenMeyer101]

The Corsair Force Series MP510 960GB seems like a good option too

[@TheDragonard]

@Tech I agree with Steffen.... what are your thoughts on the m510?

[@zer-ok9sn]

Curious about the mushkin drives as well

[@mannyc19]

I have tne Mp510 960gb,its damn fast.

[@josepheden7178]

I have a 480GB mp510 and its a fantastic drive.

[@NaNekoRx10]

@@josepheden7178 that little beast gets 3460read/2200writes in crystalbench

[@Nate-qc8kb]

Damn! That pricing tho! I bought my ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB for $89 a month ago (on a sale). It's now $150??

[@oooahrl4998]

Its $210 in my country. I hate life

[@czdaniel1]

@@oooahrl4998 -- I'm curious to know what country that is? I once asked my brother in China to buy me some tech hardware cheep like right out of the factory. He told me that EVERYTHING there is priced already as if it's been exported to the USA for sale. So I gather: most variation in price-to-price comparisons between nations is reflective of hidden _(from the end buyer)_ tax policies and local rent seeking in the supply chain

[@orkwc3]

I recently bought an adata sx8200 in Canada for ~150 cad

[@stevethea5250]

@@czdaniel1 why price web up??

[@Pyreing]

Bought crucial p1 1tb for 85 euro on prime day,feels good man.

[@xwing8675]

I've been rocking my 2TB Intel 660 since last Black Friday 18 (purchased through affiliate links of course), it's been rock solid and super fast. I've never had an issue.

[@amounifnd]

A year later and still the best review on SSD drives full stop.

[@davidschwartz3427]

SSD can make an old computer feel like new. NO kidding! Replaced the hard drive in my student laptop along with faster RAM and BOY. Shoutout to crucial and their database on laptops and parts they make that will work.

[@czdaniel1]

Wish you had this up friday when I ordered the Intel, 2Tb on NewEgg for $179

[@KamiKaZeJeremy]

I want that one too

[@pdub420]

That's a good price, and a good drive.

[@czdaniel1]

@@pdub420 -- Yes, but if the video was up friday I could have bought through his NewEgg affiliate link. I tried to buy at the same price on PrimeDay, but they raised the price back up during Tech's live stream

[@czdaniel1]

Just arrived in the mail today!! I opened it up to marvel at the Intel 5yr Warranty put on it!! I never knew such wonder could exist! _Seriously, I saw recently a metal heat-sink (JUST A BLOCK OF METAL) sold over at EKWB explicitly backed by a 2-year warranty, which made me wonder how they expected a small block of metal to fail @being a small block of metal after 2yrs_

[@skunch]

@@czdaniel1 I've been a tech for almost 15 years, and as HDDs increased in size, their warranties went down. It's very hard to find a desktop HDD with a warranty more than 1 year. Now the opposite is happening with SSDs and the world is crazy now!

[@la7era1u54]

The warranty on the Sabrent Rocket is 5 years. That doesn't seem too bad. I got a 1TB drive last year during the holiday season on sale for under $100. I've been using it since and love it. I also bought a 1TB 660p a few months later when it was on sale for under $100 that I have yet to install. My boot drive is the Sabrent so I think the 660p should be fine for other files since I don't do encoding or heavy transfers.

[@lsatenstein]

Sanbrent has a 5 year warrantee, if you register the drive purchase.

[@TigerHawkB]

Mine only has 2. I got the 512 GB variant

[@davidlines4264]

Love the detailed explanation of all technical terms in easy to understand language. Really enjoy your channel thank you.

[@JohnSmith-cw5hs]

thank you for this video, i was looking at m.2 drives last night and feeling quite confused

[@sachin.animusical]

I watched this Dude's ONE SINGLE video! JUST ONE! and immediately subscribed. TALENT U SEE!!

[@sandracorrell8289]

MIND. BLOWN. Soooo informative, thank you for giving so much in depth information so I can make my own choice vs. listening to youtubers who figured out how to benchmark say "this one is the best, the others are crap" 🙄 I've never hit the subscribe button so hard. Maybe I'm old 😅 but I like straightforward, professional and thorough detail vs. flashy gimmicks! I'm off to check out your channel, I'm building a PC for the first time in about 10 years so boy do I have a lot to catch up on.

[@enthusiasticgmgaming4165]

The video I was looking for!! Awesome Video Tech Deals!! ❤️

[@eshack123]

This is the most informative video I’ve seen in a long time

[@johnekare8376]

Great walkthrough! Really helped me sort through the jungle in prepping for my new build. Thank you!

[@fafot1]

The first review that is really useful!! The other reviewers are giving mostly details about sequential transfers that for average PC/Mac user are 100% useless. No one gave reviews at Q1/T1 that is actually the most useful measure for average user. GREAT JOB!

[@M.W.Zastrow]

Hey Tech thanks for all the good content I got the Intel 660p 2tb for boot and software and the Samsung 860 evo 2tb m.2 for games. And I build my one 9900k water cooled asus rog maximus xi extreme asus strix 1080ti 32gb corsair vengeance red led 3200mhz and seasonic prime ultra series 850 titanium Thanks for making the content so I could do myself

[@n0uhad]

straight to the point, useful video without any crap. Subscribed!

[@earthling1984]

Buy whatever fits your price. All these drives are like 2,000mbps+. HDD's are what, like 120mbps. Sata SSD's like 560mbps. Like you said in your other videos, for most people, no difference will be seen. Any NVME drive will be faster than any drive you have ever had before. And even a standard 2.5" Sata SSD are amazing, even for boot drives. But, you can get 500/512gb NVME drives for as low as $42 (I just got a WD Blue SN550 for this price). So, if your mobo has an NVME slot, mine as well use it!

[@AphexTwinII]

This info really helped. You might not think all the technical jargon is necessary but, it really helps understand the "why" this or that is important. Even the not so tech savvy will understand what you mean and it really helps a lot. Thanks for the time to do this, it really helped me finalize my decision between a few different brands.

[@alialbather6116]

@Tech Deals Thank you so much for including the Sabrent Rocket.

[@smamoden1523]

did you try the Sabrent Rocket ?? what is your opinion on it ??

[@alialbather6116]

@@smamoden1523 No, but I just bought 2 of them :D Honestly for a 110$ it a one hell of a deal

[@ricklakes9405]

Tech deals, thank you for the helpful info. It helped me decide what I am getting in a few days. Your videos are awesome.

[@marcinbiernacki3503]

Thanks for clear explanation of what I need for everyday use! I almost bought gen 4. I settled for that ADATA in description.

[@mdh.3421]

Looking forward to a 2020/2021 update to this. Thanks for making these videos

[@ahmeddesouky181]

Man you deserve a million subs ! 💕 you r so underrated 💔 i'm following you over than 2 years , you are the best and my detailed tech guide 💞

[@prague5419]

I absolutely love that you still TEACH in every video you post. Every other tech channel blows through at light speed assuming that everyone watching are Master Systems Engineers like myself. However, I give my 14yr old son daily videos to study so he can get up to speed and stay up to speed on the tech world around him. 90% of the videos I have given him are yours. Thank you for caring enough to pass on your knowledge. Keep doing what you do....we, your fans, love and appreciate you for it.

[@drkskwlkr]

First thing I thought was, I had no idea Melissa McCarthy had a brother. But then I gave the video a look and found it very well researched and presented. My only beef would be that I'd prefer to see read represented with green, and write represented with red on the charts, it just makes much more sense. But for everything else - just wow, it was a very nice video to watch, and I consider myself happy to have found it. Liked, subscribed & followed; I will look forward to seeing all new videos!

[@fredsmith5473]

The Sabrent Rocket has a five year warranty, if you register it on their website, which doesn't take long. One year if you don't. The 1TB version is rated at 1665 TBW. Its performance drops off with writes greater than 16GB, which is low for a 1TB NVMe drive, but for most users, that isn't a problem. Prices are very variable, but sometimes they are offered for $100 or so.

[@Eduardo1007]

This is great, definitely will be in my favorites for recommendations to friends who ask me to upgrade their systems

[@Ecstasio]

Very informative. I'm on the brink of adding another drive, thank you 👍

[@rma1994]

Since 2016 when I first saw this channel I come check his videos whenever I'm doing an upgrade on my PC, and boy I'm never disappointed. Good quality content since.. always! Keep up with the good work! Love to see how the channel have grown!

[@ThomasBailey]

@Tech Deals Good video and information. It’s nice to have these videos to help inform customers and other curious humans of the battlefield of modern tech as it’s always advancing. However, please check your videos and dialog more thoroughly before uploading. I’d say these are at an 7/10 for quality and 9.5/10 for content. You have a handful of misspoken lines and names which cause the informed watcher to chuckle. I know these are small errors like saying “Samsung P1” or having the wrong definition of the AHCI acronym while the correct one was over-layed on screen. Or saying most modern games are 100TB instead of 100GB. Little things. This is just constructive criticism as I really enjoy your videos and want you to keep expanding your youtube reach. More videos like this need to exist.

[@sweetkittenpuss]

Another great video. Very informative. Picked up a 1tb Corsair mp510 for $120 on Amazon. Decent price for tlc. Looking forward to your next vid.

[@sic22l]

TLC and very high TBW. That's important for boot drives.

[@Tallnerdyguy]

Newegg had them on sale for $96 a week before ryzen 3000 was released

[@kishona69]

It's like you know exactly what your fans wanna see. Smh. Than you so very much for this upload.. ❤

[@MathewTheBest]

Great video! I just hate that all of the SSDs mentioned in this video doubled in price. Including the Sabrent Rocket :(

[@Yanoox1]

Hey I just wanted to tell you I love your SSD videos. They are informative, easy to understand, you speak clearly. I love your charts and comparisons and the pure package of information, how you deliver it without boring the viewer. Keep doing what you do man, you deserve more follower ❤️👍

[@malcolmkhummel3]

Thanks for doing the legwork for all of us Tech. Informative and interesting as per usual.

[@vulcan4d]

This is extremely informative, no one explains it as well as you.

[@GatlingNG]

Great overview! I am going for the XPG SX8200. It's insane value and every benchmark shows it is one of the best price to read speeds.

[@gregtac6608]

This was THE video I needed. Thank you so much. Literally EVERYTHING explained!

[@puar6124]

All the congrats to you man, simply an impecable and detailed explanation. You earned a sub right here.

[@KamiKaZeJeremy]

amazing I'm looking to buy a computer that comes with the Intel 660p i was worrying but you sold me with your explanation, as always thank you a lot ✌🏾

[@vadnegru]

Linus was a bit unobjective on them.

[@abehaile2659]

Thanks for taking the time to analyze the charts. It can be tough making a meaningful judgment of data overload

[@daveward4358]

Also some older motherboards do not support NVME and if they do will need a Bios update with that support, some can also be used for boot drives, My Z87 needed a bios update.

[@toxsickshaun]

im going to place a PSA.. if budget can allow.. STAY AWAY FROM QLC.. especially the intel 660p ive owned them and never again!! trust me.. go a samsung evo... excellent drives!!!!! when he comments about how the QLC only going to slow when writing super large files.. I witnessed these slowdowns with 2GB files.. when the drives become more full this problem increases exponentially to where files with 500MB would transfer at only 30-50MB/s sometimes much slower. for $10 swapping out to a Samsung EVO I never again had these issues.. (I also need to state samsung do have drivers for their drives!!!) which is a good thing i guess.. I cannot comment on other brands... But i think its the whole QLC thing.. He also said he uses 4x 660p in RAID 0.. I think this would certainly lift performance haha!!!

[@gautamdiwan5952]

Samsung is double the price. That hp ex920 is a way to go then. Similar price to 660p but its tlc and still from a name brand.

[@drkRoss89]

Man I haven't seen a TD pop up in my KZbin feed in months. Did the algorithm derank him or something?

[@littlekerrfury]

Thank you for the video! Helped with my slight anxiety from going with a 'lesser' drive earlier in the year. Saw you on Floatplane recently but surprisingly never stumbled on a video of yours till today. Crappy algorithm YT! I will be subscribing via Floatplane come next payday! Keep up the good work!

[@dave-ish8098]

I remember when Diablo 2 came out and it was big news that it hit the 1GB size mark. Now many updates are multiple gigs like it's no big deal, my how times have changed.