Question Best ssds under $80

[perdboy]

Im leaning towards getting the Intel 660p 512gb for $73 but also maybe the 860 evo. I was also thinking to maybe buy a cheaper one like a sandisk for $50 since people told me they are all just seconds of a diffirence.

 

[maziech]

Crucial MX500 500GB is a good value for money.

 

[justin.m.beauvais]

Right now, my favorite SSD is the P1 series from Crucial. For $84 you can get a 500GB NVME SSD. Alternatively you could get the 500GB from the MX500 series for $70. Both have pretty good performance and compare favorably to Samsung drives.

 

[perdboy]

Right now, my favorite SSD is the P1 series from Crucial. For $84 you can get a 500GB NVME SSD. Alternatively you could get the 500GB from the MX500 series for $70. Both have pretty good performance and compare favorably to Samsung drives.

The MX500 P1 series was the first one I looked at but I felt as if the Intel 660p was a better price for the performance. Im now thinking maybe ill spend the extra $10 for the mx500 but im not sure if the extra 100 or 200mbs per second is worth it since im saving my money to buy a better keyboard.

 

[maziech]

maybe ill spend the extra $10 for the mx500 but im not sure if the extra 100 or 200mbs per second is worth it since im saving my money to buy a better keyboard.

You won't see much difference either in performance and in Your wallet

 

[laviniuc]

adata nvme's are good too at that price

 

[geofelt]

If I am not mistaken, the 660p is a m.2 pcie device.
The Samsung 860 evo is a m.2 sata device. The pcie version(960/970) will have faster sequential data rates.

Coming from a HDD, you will be very pleased with ANY SSD.
I would pay a bit more for the performance and reliability of Intel or Samsung.
They make their own parts and can control quality and integration better.

I particularly like Samsung if you will be moving your windows C drive installation to a ssd.
Their ssd migration app is trivially easy to use.

 

[perdboy]

If I am not mistaken, the 660p is a m.2 pcie device.
The Samsung 860 evo is a m.2 sata device. The pcie version(960/970) will have faster sequential data rates.

Coming from a HDD, you will be very pleased with ANY SSD.
I would pay a bit more for the performance and reliability of Intel or Samsung.
They make their own parts and can control quality and integration better.

I particularly like Samsung if you will be moving your windows C drive installation to a ssd.
Their ssd migration app is trivially easy to use.

The only reason I didn't care much about the 960/970 ssds is because they are very expensive compared to the other ssds. The intel 660p is $73 for 512gb compared to the $90 for 250gb 970 evo.

 

[seagate_surfer]

We have the BarraCuda SSD, the price range you mention should include both the 250GB and 500GB models.

We do also have a new series of SSDs announced that should be hitting the market fairly soon, including the BarraCuda 510 (NVMe), FireCuda 510 (NVMe) & IronWolf 110 (SATA), but they're not out just yet and pricing info isn't available.

 

[perdboy]

We have the BarraCuda SSD, the price range you mention should include both the 250GB and 500GB models.

We do also have a new series of SSDs announced that should be hitting the market fairly soon, including the BarraCuda 510 (NVMe), FireCuda 510 (NVMe) & IronWolf 110 (SATA), but they're not out just yet and pricing info isn't available.

I havent heard much about these new ssds but is there any estimated price and capacity or not at all

 

[seagate_surfer]

I havent heard much about these new ssds but is there any estimated price and capacity or not at all

For the BarraCuda 110, which is our 2.5" SATA SSD line already on the market, here's the current capacities and pricing via Amazon (note that prices may change at any time):

250GB - $37.38
500GB - $73.00
1TB - $139.99
2TB - $299.99

Pricing for the other new ones, we don't have the details on yet, should be announced in the near future. Capacities, that we can help out with.

BarraCuda 510 (NVMe) will come in the following capacities: 256GB & 512GB

FireCuda 510 (NVMe) will come in the following capacities: 1TB & 2TB

IronWolf SSD (2.5" SATA SSD for NAS) will come in the following capacities: 240GB, 480GB, 960GB, 1.92TB, 3.84TB