Intel® SSD 660p Series (1.0TB, M.2 80mm PCIe 3.0 x4, 3D2, QLC)
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09/18/2018
SummaryFor as long as solid state drives have been a thing, Intel has been known for making some of the highest quality SSDs on the market. However, this usually came with a pretty hefty premium, like the 750 series when they first launched. Then, in August of 2...
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08/29/2018
SummaryWith MSRPs that reflect $0.20 per GB, the Intel 660p is one of the best values out. Sure, it doesn't have the absolute best performance, nor quite as much endurance as TLC and MLC based SSDs, but considering its price to performance ratio and the fact tha...
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08/10/2018
SummaryIf you have held off on switching over to NVMe solid-state storage due to the associated costs, times are certainly changing. This week Intel introduced their 660p SSD series that yields 512GB of NVMe storage for $99 USD or 1TB for $200 USD.The Intel 660p...
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08/09/2018
SummaryAs the first SSD with QLC NAND to hit our testbed, the Intel SSD 660p provides much-awaited hard facts to settle the rumors and worries surrounding QLC NAND. With only a short time to review the drive we haven't had time to do much about measuring the wri...
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08/07/2018
SummaryIntel SSD 660p Series - Find Them At AmazonThe Intel SSD 660p may not be a consumer class SSD leader in terms of absolute performance, but it does offer some serious bang-for-the-buck. Intel has set the MSRP for the 512GB Intel SSD 660p at $99 and the 1TB...
Link to full reviewProsAggressive Pricing, Good Low Queue Depth Performance, 5 Year Warranty
ConsMiddling Large Sequential Transfers, Higher Latency Than Other NVMe Drives
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08/07/2018
SummaryQLC NAND Flash has arrived and Intel is the first company to put a 4-bit, quad-level cell drive in our hands for testing. This is a great thing for consumers as this will help lower SSD prices and allow the introduction of more terrabyte-SSDs for the mark...
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08/07/2018
SummaryIntel has planted the QLC flag and has shown it to be good enough to displace TLC for most typical PC users. While QLC writes are slower than prior methods, the impact is effectively mitigated by the use of a large dynamic SLC cache. The SM2263 is showing...
Link to full reviewProsHighly competitive cost/GB (see below), Outstanding random performance for a mainstream/budget SSD, Generous dynamic SLC cache, 5-year warranty (high for a budget product)
ConsHeavy sustained workloads may saturate the cache and result in low QLC write speeds
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08/07/2018
SummaryThe Intel SSD 660p will shake up the low end of the NVMe market with very good performance at an unprecedented price, even though write speeds can drop precipitously to 100MBps when very large amounts of data are written to the drive, or when it begins to...
Link to full reviewProsVery good NVMe performance most of the time, Absurdly affordable, 4-bit QLC NAND promises up to 4TB in future releases
ConsSlows to 100MBps writing during very long transfers
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08/07/2018
SummaryIntel's new value-driven SSD is part of a larger portfolio that consists of much faster drives; however, the 660p is designed specifically to replace HDDs and SATA SSDs as the most viable and least expensive option for client-based systems. With its curre...
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08/07/2018
SummaryThe Intel SSD 660p offers high capacity, solid performance in real-world workloads, and impressive power efficiency. With prices at just $0.20-per-GB, nothing on the market comes close to it in value, but our recommendation comes with a caveat. You sh...
Link to full reviewProsHigh-capacity M.2 2280 NVMe SSD, Low price point, Real world workload performance, Power efficient, SSD Toolbox,
ConsLow endurance
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02/10/2017
SummaryNVMe SSDs are finally going mainstream, and the days of having only one or two choices are happily behind us. With more than a dozen NVMe drives now released, including some that successfully flirt with budget pricing, if you have a system that supports N...
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02/10/2017
SummaryNVMe SSDs are finally going mainstream, and the days of having only one or two choices are happily behind us. With more than a dozen NVMe drives now released, including some that successfully flirt with budget pricing, if you have a system that supports N...
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