News Use this Code to Get Intel's 1TB 660p NVMe SSD for $85

[Admin]

Intel's SSD 660p NVMe drive just keeps getting cheaper. Newegg is now selling this speedy drive for 8.5 cents per GB.

Use this Code to Get Intel's 1TB 660p NVMe SSD for $85 : Read more

 

[redgarl]

I was impressed by the price... and disgust by the performance of this drive. Don't touch this with a 10 feet pole. This drive choke at the minute you fill it up.

 

[mdd1963]

Darn good deal!!!

 

[maddogfargo]

I was thinking about it, but then recalled the many recent Intel security issues/patches. Decided not to buy.

 

[mcconkeymike]

I'll say the price is right, but the endurance and performance are sub-par, especially when for just about $20 more you can get the Inland Premium 1TB NVMe drive from Microcenter (also available on Amazon). The Inland Premium performs just as good as my 970 EVO with insanely better endurance ratings.

https://www.microcenter.com/product/600422/1tb-ssd-3d-nand-m2-2280-pcie-nvme-30-x4-internal-solid-state-drive

 

[jimmysmitty]

I was impressed by the price... and disgust by the performance of this drive. Don't touch this with a 10 feet pole. This drive choke at the minute you fill it up.

From what I have read pretty much any SSD will slow down when you fill them up. So nothing unique to this drive at all.

I was thinking about it, but then recalled the many recent Intel security issues/patches. Decided not to buy.

Which has nothing to do with their SSDs so not really relevant to buying them over anything else.

BTW if you wont buy based on security issues or patches then you might want to never buy anything PC wise. Nothing is secure. Intel may be getting headlines but I would bet any company, Samsung, AMD or any other major company has security issues. Some get found and patched out without you ever knowing.

 

[Giroro]

I'm really confused why you would say the 660p is comparable to a Samsung 970 pro (well outside of these deal posts being about generating sales for affiliate $$).

The 970 Pro has nearly twice the storage bandwidth of this drive in the majority of benchmarks in the 660p review.

 

[chickenballs]

I wish I could buy stuff from Newegg USA and have them delivered to EU without having our commie governments adding taxes and crap

 

[maddogfargo]

That counter-argument is invalid...

The security issues I am referring to do affect their storage technology.

And why would I give up purchasing PC tech when there are other vendors/manufacturers out there that do not face these same security flaws?

That made no sense.

 

[jimmysmitty]

That counter-argument is invalid...

The security issues I am referring to do affect their storage technology.

And why would I give up purchasing PC tech when there are other vendors/manufacturers out there that do not face these same security flaws?

That made no sense.

There has yet to be anything about their consumer SSDs. Only flaw I can find was in their DC products but has been patched out. It also required physical access to the device to even utilize the exploit.

Now if you are talking about RST thats different and is not involved with their SSDs. RST is specifically for their chipsets storage controller.

And my point is that every company has security flaws. AMD has had a few similar to Intel. Even Samsung has had their share:

Security researchers have busted the encryption in several popular Crucial and Samsung SSDs

Researchers at Radboud University have found critical security flaws in several popular Crucial and Samsung solid state drives (SSDs), which they say can be easily exploited to recover encrypted data without knowing the password. The researchers, who detailed their findings in a new paper out...

techcrunch.com

No company is safe. And as I said a lot of flaws tend to get fixed without anyone ever knowing in firmware and software updates.