Anyone that can tell me the difference between these 2 Intel SSD's?

[TheMadDutchDude]

The drive slows when it’s filling up as the cache starts to shrink. You’d definitely notice it... but hey, what does the internet know?

That was the sole reason I grabbed my 860 EVO at the time as it was cheaper on sale and it also doesn’t suffer from slowdown. It’s a games drive, and I wouldn’t have benefited from faster NVMe protocols. Yes, it’s SATA based, but it ultimately never even hits max speeds for the games I’m playing. I’ve seen it top at 400 MBps reads, which is a far cry from the 560 it can do.

 

[Vario]

different drive,intel's planar tlc.

like I said,660p can be a great budget shot if it's available at sata ssd prices,but know the limitations too.it's not supposed to be a ssd for workstations.but for home/gaming rigs it's great value.

though I'd say the only one I'd buy is the 2tb version.double the dram cache,double the slc cache,double the dynamic "pseudo-slc" cache.much better buy than e.g. a 1TB 970 evo if at similar price and not used in e.g. creators rig.

2tb has 24 gb of fixed slc cache,and as long as you keep it under 75% it stays at +50gb.
970 evo's turbowrite works the same way,though you always have samsung's excellent 3d v-nand to fall back on.
anyway,intel's solution can work exceptionally well as long as you have that headroom it keeps pace with high-end nvme in light/moderate tasks,but like I said,it's 2TB 660p or bust.
in PL 660p 2TB is 950pln while 970 evo is 1000pln.Given how you can easily keep the same performance on the 660p in regular tasks and still use 1.5TB before you see signs of slowdows makes it an excellent budget choice for home gaming rigs.
for content creation use I'd invest in a better drive though.

Its a poor value when for $20-30 more you could have a Phison E12 based SSD or Silicon Motion based SSD in 1TB size, which have speeds that rival the 970s.

 

[cucker tarlson]

Its a poor value when for $20-30 more you could have a Phison E12 based SSD or Silicon Motion based SSD in 1TB size, which have speeds that rival the 970s.

Like I said,it's all about the price,qlc is crap but if a drive is sold at pennies per gb and uses slc caching it may work for a regular user.

this says it all about qlc drives

it's only for those who know what they're buying and know where the limitations are.


btw phison e12 drives are good,but they're not that consistent tbh,look at 510 and the new viper
https://www.purepc.pl/pamieci_masow...iot_viper_vpn100_radiatorus_maximus?page=0,14

 

[metalfiber]

It's all confusing when you start running down every number. It seems like all the PCIe 3.0 x4 drives are better than standard SSDs.

 

[cucker tarlson]

It's all confusing when you start running down every number. It seems like all the PCIe 3.0 x4 drives are better than standard SSDs.

this is mostly true,except for the chart I posted above.
qlc really is shit memory

but people most often buy 1-2tb qlc drives where dynamic caching really works wonders.

 

[Vario]

this is mostly true,except for the chart I posted above.
qlc really is shit memory

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but people most often buy 1-2tb qlc drives where dynamic caching really works wonders.

Just have to set up so you have an empty partition of 20% or if software allows it, overprovision it 20%. I assume that will work fine for QLC.

 

[cucker tarlson]

Just have to set up so you have an empty partition of 20% or if software allows it, overprovision it 20%. I assume that will work fine for QLC.

leaving unallocated space works the same as overprovisioning,you don't have to use software.
empty partition is a neat idea but you can just remember not to fill it up.
tbh I'm waiting for the newest 96-layer tlc drives to implement the same slc caching method as 660p/p1 drives use,that'll do it for me,will probably get a nvme then.

 

[metalfiber]

I was just thinking, puma99dk is just using it for gaming. Mostly it will be used to read and not write...does that make a difference?

 

[cucker tarlson]

I was just thinking, puma99dk is just using it for gaming. Mostly it will be used to read and not write...does that make a difference?

yup that's why he'll be fine with a drive like that.