Question Crucial MX500 or Intel NVMe?

[Rody401]

My gaming PC specs:

• Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor
• Asus - Prime B360-Plus ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
• Corsair CX Series CX750M 750 Watt 80 Plus Bronze ATX Modular Power Supply
• G.Skill Ripjaws V 16GB 2 x 8GB DDR4-3200 PC4-25600 CL16
• GeForce GTX 1080 Founder Edition
• Samsung EVO 870 500gb
• HDD Seagate 10k rpm 500gb

My question is what should I purchase based on my build for gaming and some productivity. The Crucial 1 TB Internal SSD - M.2 2280 - MX500 - SATA 6Gb/s or the Intel 1 TB Internal SSD - M.2 ...0 - PCI Express 3.0 x4 (NVMe)? Or is there something better around that price range I can go for? Any help would be appreciated!

 

[failboat]

anandtech has good ssd charts. their mixed random r/w is a great metric for desktop use.

some of these newer QLC NVME ssds are close to sata on price but beating them on performance.
QLC will perform worst on pure random compared to SLC. these drives still offer all around great performance.
none of the really cheap sata3s are SLC
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13078/the-intel-ssd-660p-ssd-review-qlc-nand-arrives/7

 

[rcald2000]

Rody401 Go for the Intel 660p 1TB. I personally own the 2TB variant and I really like it. With the promo code I pasted below, it comes out to 10.5 cents per GB.

Intel 660p Series M.2 2280 1TB
$114.99 (-$10 with promo code below)
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167462
promo code: EMCTWTC24

Addendum: One thing that you should be aware of: The Intel migration software by Acronis, does not work on any Intel NVMe SSD, which includes the Intel 660p. I've already submitted a ticket with their support about this issue, two weeks ago. I'm not sure if it's a software engineering issue or a licensing one, but it's definitely not compatible at this time. Personally I did a fresh install of Windows 10 Pro (version 1809) with a 16GB flash drive.

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