best 1tb nvme deal

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cdabc123

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Looking to buy a 1tb ssd, Ive seen some decent deals pass by but am now ready to purchase. Ideally looking to purchase off ebay and im looking for a pcie 3 nvme with decent specs and good endurance.

I curently see

Team Group MP33 - $38​

Crucial P3 - $39​

SAMSUNG 970 EVO -$40​


I missed deals like the Silicon Power XS70 for $40. I would prefer a higher endurance drive if available.

Any other decent deals for a good drive out there?
 
As long as it is a Tier 1 or Tier 2 manufacturer wilh a decent warranty and TBW rating, it doesn't really matter at this point. That said, do yourself a favor and pay a few extra dollars for a drive with Controller DRAM and TLC instead of QLC.
 
Samsung 970 Evo Plus: Still a solid PCIe3 drive. Still a very good choice for a OS/system volume.

SK Hynix P31: Something like 95+% of the 970 Evo+, but also very efficient so it's a great laptop choice. Only knock is SK Hynix hasn't dropped prices like others have.

Crucial P3: QLC and DRAM-less. Probably pass for OS/system volume (probably fine for something like a grandparent's browsing box), OK for basic storage. The P3 Plus bumps to PCIe4 for a few bucks more so may as well go for that instead, but is otherwise identical.

Solidigm P41: pretty much the same as the P3 Plus.

Team Group MP33: TLC at least, but also DRAM-less. Appears to be one of those companies that likes to make spec/component changes, so who knows what you're getting. Personally I'd probably pass.

WD SN850X: TLC, DRAM, PCIe4, a top performer. ~$65 currently (Amazon). Unless really budget-constrained, this is probably what I would buy right now, even for a PCIe3 system as the drive could be moved to a newer system later and then take advantage of the upgraded PCIe.
 
mwroobel said:
As long as it is a Tier 1 or Tier 2 manufacturer wilh a decent warranty and TBW rating, it doesn't really matter at this point. That said, do yourself a favor and pay a few extra dollars for a drive with Controller DRAM and TLC instead of QLC.
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^^THIS^^
BlueLineSwinger said:
WD SN850X: TLC, DRAM, PCIe4, a top performer. ~$65 currently (Amazon). Unless really budget-constrained, this is probably what I would buy right now, even for a PCIe3 system as the drive could be moved to a newer system later and then take advantage of the upgraded PCIe.
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And ^^THIS^^

I've been buying ALOT of the 2 & 4TB 850x's recently, for both personal & client builds/upgrades....nevanottaproblemo...
 
I just bought a 1tb SN850X for $65 on Newegg. I don't care what is cheaper, it's the SN850X or nothing lol
 
About to purchase a samsung MZ-V8V1T0B 980 1tb for $41. I understand this drive doesnt have dram but there is a good chance this drive ends up running esxi which abuses iops and kinda prevents caching magic to be as effective. Anything I should know about this drive? should I get something else?
 
cdabc123 said:
About to purchase a samsung MZ-V8V1T0B 980 1tb for $41. I understand this drive doesnt have dram but there is a good chance this drive ends up running esxi which abuses iops and kinda prevents caching magic to be as effective. Anything I should know about this drive? should I get something else?
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It only has 600TBW rating and 5 year warranty (but good luck honoring warranty from a random eBay seller....) Amazon has the TeamGroup MP34 1TB for $39.99 (sold directly by TeamGroup), same 5 year warranty but rated for 1660TW. It has DRAM cache too.
 
lukem5 said:
I'd get this, but i seriously doubt anything teamgroup would have that kind of reliability. 1600tbw seems outlandish.
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The fact that TeamGroup makes this drive is irrelevant. It's a Phison E12 controller with Toshiba BiCS3 64L TLC NAND. 1660TBW is what you would expect with such a configuration.

If TeamGroup didn't think that it was that reliable, they would market it as lower. So if this drive were to fail within 5 years, and SMART data pulled showed less than 1660TBW you would 100% get a warranty replacement.
 
BlueLineSwinger said:
Samsung 970 Evo Plus: Still a solid PCIe3 drive. Still a very good choice for a OS/system volume.

SK Hynix P31: Something like 95+% of the 970 Evo+, but also very efficient so it's a great laptop choice. Only knock is SK Hynix hasn't dropped prices like others have.
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I love the fuck outta both of these drives.

Another thing that makes the P31 a good laptop drive is that it is single-sided.
 
I like the Samsungs. there was an issue with some of the 980 Pros earlier this year or last year, I have 3 and haven't had any issues with mine.

I wrote over 900TB to my 1TB 980 Pro and it was showing 56% life left.
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I have a 980Pro 2TB NVMe... my firmware was updated and so it didn't experience the issues some did with the samsungs... I also have this Silicon Power NVMe 1TB drive it shows 90% (1333hrs) give being about 1yr older than the Samsung which shows 100% (744hrs) and my ancient Crucial M4 (2.5" SATA SSD) which has 37,137hrs shows 90% good also... I had another SP SATA SSD I got for a back up computer that hardly got used and the SSD died after about 6mos... SP replaced it... But if it was me I would be inclined to fork out a few more bucks for the Samsung NVMe drive?
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