[SOLVED] Buy Intel 660p 2TB or Samsung 870 Evo 1TB Nvme for gaming?

[celpas]

My budget only allows for between these 2. My use case is only gaming. Which would be a better deal?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Intel 660p 2TB

 

[popatim]

Agreed, but make sure you understand how it's SLC buffer works. it gets smaller as you fill the drive.
Reads are not affected, just writes.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13078/the-intel-ssd-660p-ssd-review-qlc-nand-arrives

 

[USAFRet]

My budget only allows for between these 2. My use case is only gaming. Which would be a better deal?

The 660p.

 

[Mr.Spock]

660p or Crucial P1 - avg case you're still going to be 2X faster than a SATA SSD. The write cache is still ~20 -25GB when nearly full so it's not a concern unless you're moving data center levels of files.

 

[mdd1963]

Large write sessions, like a 200 GB image restore, etc., would indeed be faster with the EVO; but, typical gaming, the half-second shaved off of reads would be unnoticeable, so, the 660P is a screaming 2 TB bargain, IMO