bit_user :
Nope. I'd never buy either, simply because they lack end-to-end data protection. The only consumer SSDs I've bought (in the past 3 years, anyway) are Crucial MX-series and Intel 500-series, for this very reason.
You're speaking for yourself only and in a small minority. Not everyone wants or needs end to end data protection. 960 EVO or 600P sales are going to completely crush sales of the 6000P series to consumers.
While the reviews are glowing for each generation of SSD, random read/right performance at low queue depths hasn't increased much over time. That's what you should care about, it's going to be your bottleneck and where that 750 equivalent currently dominates. It's also in the lead on consistency, it simply won't throttle like the M.2 drives.
Worst case is a better judge than best case, and almost all these reviews are covering the glowing best-case situations instead, for the most part. Example being praising a drive for insanely improved performance at queue depths that most users will never reach.
CRamseyer :
Kinny - Some of the things you are saying are valid but others are way off base. I will update the article when I have the data. You are obviously a fan of Intel SSDs. That's cool, I am too. That said, my job makes it so I have to be critical and look at these products as a neutral party. The 600p is overshadowed by the MyDigitalSSD BPX. Please see our review here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/mydigitalssd-bpx-nvme-ssd,4780.html
The 600p 1TB and EVO are not "where it's at". You don't have either drive and neither do I. When they become available we will see where they are at and how they relate to the rest of the market.
For consumers they are and will be. 3D TLC is taking over and that trend is only going to continue. That's what I meant. It's going to be an unstoppable train.
Yes, I'm an Intel SSD fan, I had their X25-M drives among others running nonstop for over half a decade now. I have a reality based bias. They have the lowest return rate in the industry. I'm not against Samsung either. Though I admittedly would prefer for my own use, 1) Intel 2) Crucial/Micron 3) SS. Depending on factors.
You're right, I don't have a 600P 1TB but they have already hit the market. I already paid my $360US for it and it's in the mail. It will be here this week. I was going to skip it in favor of the 960 EVO, which is going to be all around faster. I'm first to admit, the 960 EVO (among others) are better drives than the new Intel 600P lineup, that's ok with me- I'm fully aware of that fact. But after the TBW update to 576TBW being that Intel is backing it my main concerns are gone. I get an Intel written firmware and supported product with 5-year warranty. I'll never hit that 576TBW. And at that price? No brainer, that shuts up any complaints from me (or anyone else that's being sensible). It's imperfect but I'm not after a perfect drive, just a decently updated NVME M.2 drive that isn't overkill and isn't yesteryear's product.
If I were a Youtuber like Linus from LTT, I'd be exclusively running Intel 750s producing my videos. And they probably are, the 750 is the king afterall. For everyone else, it's nice there's stuff like the 960 Pro (I was always a MLC guy) but 3D TLC drives like the 960 EVO and 600P are just going to continue pushing the MLC stuff out of the consumer market because they're good enough especially for heat sensitive M.2 sticks that crumble under (admittedly severe) pressure anyway.
On that MyDigitalSSD product, I had "fun times" with OCZ SSDs many years ago. I wouldn't touch something that wasn't well QA'd by Intel or Crucial, no matter price/performance. I think that perspective comes with enough experience. SS is ok but I think they're a step down according to their track record.
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