Hi all
I didn't want to hijack someone else's similar thread.
I'm after a 2TB NVME SSD to store games on. I have a 970 Pro 1TB as my main drive, and a Lexar 1TB as my secondary games drive and I want to upgrade the latter.
Just after something that will be fast, but not run too hot. It will sit behind the motherboard in my SFF PC.
Thinking about the 970 Evo Plus. Is this a good drive and will the temps be okay?
Thanks!
thank you. I see the 660p is not that much less than the Evo Plus. Are they basically similar in performance?
If theres not much price difference then definitely go Evo Plus.
For reference, I paid about $315 for my 2TB 660p in early 2020. I'd expect the normal price should be around $300 now, if it isn't then get something else.
Edit: It appears the Crucial P1 is $290 delivered from shopping express
Nothing is near that :(
Chip shortages and COVID. SSDs are impacted as well, sadly.
They range from about $340-380 for the 660p
thank you for your help; I'll get the Evo Plus then and get another $33 back in Samsung Cashback ($399 - $33 = $366)
edit: thanks for the link for the Crucial!
@beatsntoons: It's not a fantastic price for a P1 but it looks to be the cheapest around and would be suitable for your use case
@FireRunner: yeah I think you're right. The cheaper price also allows me to get an enclosure to easily use the older 1TB as a backup drive.
@beatsntoons: You going to edit the date on your receipt to try and claim it? Might work, good luck.
It will sit behind the motherboard in my SFF PC
Is this drive going into a motherboard slot or are you connecting it via USB or Thunderbolt?
motherboard slot. I've got the second slot on the back of my motherboard where my Lexar is currently residing.
Board is A Gigabyte X570 I Aorus Pro Wifi
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/X570-I-AORUS-PRO-WIFI-r…
Interesting that it’s on the back, I suppose they have to because of the SFF.
yeah that's right. Every mm counts!
Have you considered a 4tb 2.5" SSD drive? Should be room even in a SFF case. A lot cheaper too around the $500 mark for DRAMless.
Yeah I did initially, but I'll be honest, cable management is hard enough as it is. That's why I chose a board with 2x NVME slots. Adding an SSD requires data and power cables and my case is packed right now. Didn't want to add more to it (case is a Streacom DA2)
Stick your SATA SSD into an external enclosure like the popular Orico ones - USB means you don't have to deal with space issues
I'm a minimalist. I don't like external anything :)
This is my desktop. Even if I were to hide the drive, I'd know it was there, and just wouldn't like it.
Thanks all for your help. Ended up with the P1 2TB and a Sabrent enclosure from Amazon. Should turn up on Saturday. The drive was pricier on Amazon, but no shipping (Prime) and I included the enclosure
970 Evo Plus is probably overkill for a game drive.
I use a 2TB Intel 660P for my secondary storage drive which is great for this purpose
A Crucial P1 is comparable being also QLC with a small DRAM cache.
Don't get a Crucial P2 since they've recently sneakily changed from TLC to QLC and has no DRAM cache