[Amazon.ca] $ 96.89 - Intel 660p 512 GB Solid State Drive - PCI Express

Dec 18th, 2019 10:27 pm

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YuHeY32031 [OP]: Jr. Member; Jul 16, 2019; 148 posts; 98 upvotes

Dec 18th, 2019 10:27 pm

[Amazon.ca] $ 96.89 - Intel 660p 512 GB Solid State Drive - PCI Express

Deal Link:: https://www.amazon.ca/Intel-660p-Solid- ... merReviews
Price:: 96.89
Savings:: 51% off
Retailer:: Amazon Canada

https://www.amazon.ca/Intel-660p-Solid- ... merReviews
that speed...

i believe this ssd is suitable for the flex gang.
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Dec 18th, 2019 10:31 pm

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wlee: Deal Fanatic; Mar 8, 2003; 9749 posts; 1964 upvotes; Richmond Hill

Dec 18th, 2019 10:31 pm

Not sold by Amazon? Also not a good price for this

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Dec 18th, 2019 10:44 pm

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Krispy1: Deal Addict; May 2, 2011; 1444 posts; 979 upvotes; Toronto

Dec 18th, 2019 10:44 pm

Bad deal. No reason to buy the inferior QLC drives now that TLC has came down in price

Faster TLC 512gb $91.99 https://www.amazon.ca/Silicon-Power-512 ... B07L6DKM8V

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Dec 18th, 2019 11:02 pm

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JeganV: Deal Addict; Apr 22, 2013; 2595 posts; 1842 upvotes; Markham

Dec 18th, 2019 11:02 pm

Yeah terrible deal, even if you wanted the Intel 660p 512GB, Amazon itself if they had it in stock would've sold it cheaper. $74.99 was the cheapest they sold this drive for.

Dec 18th, 2019 11:04 pm

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mallax42: Newbie; Jul 11, 2019; 30 posts; 26 upvotes

Dec 18th, 2019 11:04 pm

This is a terrible deal. The 660p itself is a fine drive, but only at capacities at or above 1TB due to write cache. The 1TB version also goes on sale for ~$120.

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Dec 18th, 2019 11:05 pm

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betercallsaul: Sr. Member; Oct 11, 2016; 516 posts; 497 upvotes

Dec 18th, 2019 11:05 pm

I'm not sure if I've ever seen a deal this terrible on SSD's. I'll have whatever you're smoking that made you think this was a decent deal.

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Dec 18th, 2019 11:10 pm

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XGonGiveItToYa: Jr. Member; Oct 20, 2017; 162 posts; 463 upvotes; Canuckticut

Dec 18th, 2019 11:10 pm

Wow, so making overpriced CPUs wasn't enough for Intel, and now it wants to make overpriced SSD's too? God that awful company deserves to die so bad.

Dec 19th, 2019 4:07 am

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Realrena: Deal Addict; Sep 26, 2005; 3281 posts; 232 upvotes; Markham, Ontario

Dec 19th, 2019 4:07 am

That speed is considered slow for a nvme ssd btw. On top of which its QLC based, which is slower than MLC or even TLC based nvme SSDs after the SLC cache is filled (Anandtech tested the write speed at 100MB after cache is filled).

Dec 19th, 2019 5:49 am

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ES_Revenge: Deal Expert; Mar 23, 2004; 28363 posts; 8809 upvotes

Dec 19th, 2019 5:49 am

XGonGiveItToYa wrote: ↑ Wow, so making overpriced CPUs wasn't enough for Intel, and now it wants to make overpriced SSD's too? God that awful company deserves to die so bad.

Pretty sure this is not Intel's doing it's just a bad deal posted. Plus tons of other companies are producing QLC garbaaage, it's not just Intel. 660p 512GB has been cheaper before and the 1TB not much more, as others have mentioned.

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Dec 19th, 2019 7:07 am

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shayne85: Deal Addict; Jun 28, 2017; 1910 posts; 1348 upvotes

Dec 19th, 2019 7:07 am

Agree with all comments here. Unless a QLC drive is dirt cheap, then get a TLC drive for better performance.

With TLC drives so cheap these days ($54.99 Staples deal on the Samsung 860 EVO 500 GB), how can companies sell QLC at these prices?

Dec 19th, 2019 9:02 am

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iamsiege: Deal Addict; Nov 18, 2017; 1009 posts; 660 upvotes

Dec 19th, 2019 9:02 am

Got 2x 2TB for $239 each tax in, this is a baaaad. That said all the QLC hate is over-rated.