[Amazon.ca] XPG SX8200 Pro 2TB 3D NAND NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD $259.99+ Free shipping

Dec 22nd, 2020 12:09 pm

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yellowtuna [OP]: Member; Feb 28, 2017; 239 posts; 366 upvotes

Dec 22nd, 2020 12:09 pm

[Amazon.ca] XPG SX8200 Pro 2TB 3D NAND NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD $259.99+ Free shipping

Deal Link:: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07TY2TN64
Price:: 259.99
Retailer:: Amazon.ca

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look like the price lower then BF after $20 coupon

Only dead fish go with the flow.

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Dec 22nd, 2020 12:24 pm

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Jep4444: Deal Fanatic; Nov 15, 2013; 5199 posts; 3222 upvotes; Toronto

Dec 22nd, 2020 12:24 pm

It should be noted that Adata seems to have begun swapping the SM2262EN controller inside the drive for the SM2262G, so the performance is more similar to the original SX8200 than the SX8200 Pro. This means poorer short term performance but better for things that are very lengthy, most users won't notice much of a difference since most daily tasks don't really tax the drive much anyways. For most users, this is still slightly overkill, but the only drives I could find cheaper are a very notable step down and SATA anyways. This is MUCH better than the Swordfish which is selling for the same price, so even if it's overkill, it's a no brainer. That said, we've seen similar deals in the past on this and the S11 Pro, which is the same basic drive (also supposedly having it's controller replaced with the SM2262G).

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Dec 22nd, 2020 12:34 pm

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charliee604: Newbie; Mar 17, 2011; 52 posts; 92 upvotes; Vancouver, BC

Dec 22nd, 2020 12:34 pm

This or the 2tb intel 660p?

Dec 22nd, 2020 12:36 pm

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feiya200: Newbie; Oct 9, 2014; 41 posts; 18 upvotes; Vancouver

Dec 22nd, 2020 12:36 pm

Cheap intel SSD is no good.

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Dec 22nd, 2020 12:39 pm

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charliee604: Newbie; Mar 17, 2011; 52 posts; 92 upvotes; Vancouver, BC

Dec 22nd, 2020 12:39 pm

feiya200 wrote: ↑ Cheap intel SSD is no good.

Thanks

Dec 22nd, 2020 12:41 pm

#6

neonaiken: Jr. Member; Jan 12, 2018; 106 posts; 32 upvotes

Dec 22nd, 2020 12:41 pm

660p is a QLC drive, used it for a while when the virtual SLC cache full, I was getting like 80MBPS, yep, slower than an HDD.

Dec 22nd, 2020 12:42 pm

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Jep4444: Deal Fanatic; Nov 15, 2013; 5199 posts; 3222 upvotes; Toronto

Dec 22nd, 2020 12:42 pm

charliee604 wrote: ↑ This or the 2tb intel 660p?

This is cheaper and frankly a better drive. The Intel uses lower quality NAND (QLC vs TLC) and the controller is literally a cut down version of this one.

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Dec 22nd, 2020 12:45 pm

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Dictate: Jr. Member; Jun 21, 2011; 145 posts; 139 upvotes; Toronto

Dec 22nd, 2020 12:45 pm

I have a pair of these in my current build, individual drives, not RAID. One is the older controller one is the newer. Outside of benchmarks there’s 0 notable differences in day-to-day usage.

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Dec 22nd, 2020 2:13 pm

#9

kodkod: Newbie; Jan 14, 2013; 81 posts; 114 upvotes

Dec 22nd, 2020 2:13 pm

$259 seems the lowest price for 2TB NVMe with good speed
Got one, thx OP!

Now.....wait for the delivery......

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Dec 22nd, 2020 2:48 pm

#10

Flunk: Deal Addict; Jun 26, 2007; 1035 posts; 747 upvotes

Dec 22nd, 2020 2:48 pm

Great deal.

Dec 22nd, 2020 2:49 pm

#11

knoxyouout: Member; Mar 21, 2013; 260 posts; 152 upvotes; Ottawa, ON

Dec 22nd, 2020 2:49 pm

The last time it was this price was November 2019 so that's probably decent.

Dec 22nd, 2020 2:53 pm

#12

mikka2017: Deal Guru; Jan 12, 2017; 14307 posts; 4028 upvotes; Scarberia

Dec 22nd, 2020 2:53 pm

ot: when it says 3d nand, that means the ssd has DRAM? tia i have that 120gb adata SU655 ssd, is that a dram drive?

*SIG: Ryzen R5 2600 cpu w/ ASrock B450M OCd to 4.0ghz@1.265v stock cooler 16gb ram win10 pro w/radeon rx460 rogers Gigabit<< xb1 gamertag: mikka2017 >>

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Dec 22nd, 2020 2:58 pm

#13

redflagdealsguy: Deal Expert; Feb 24, 2018; 18363 posts; 20917 upvotes

Dec 22nd, 2020 2:58 pm

mikka2017 wrote: ↑ ot: when it says 3d nand, that means the ssd has DRAM? tia i have that 120gb adata SU655 ssd, is that a dram drive?

Forget about the jargon, this drive is much better than the SU655.

The controller, while downgraded from its review model, may be better for sustained writes.

Overall good deal in the COVID era.

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Dec 22nd, 2020 4:15 pm

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CCHIPSS: Deal Addict; Nov 4, 2016; 1555 posts; 1367 upvotes

Dec 22nd, 2020 4:15 pm

Currently my PC uses a M2 drive (Not nVME) with licensed Windows 10 on it. It is taking up the PCI-E harddrive slot. I do want to add a NVMe drive to install games on, but I am afraid of losing my Windows 10. No Windows 10 install disk came with the system, so I cannot reinstall it.

If I buy a M2 to SATA 3 adaptor, can I easily move the existing M2 drive out of the PCI-E hard drive slot, without losing my windows 10 OS?

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Dec 22nd, 2020 4:32 pm

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93srvman: Member; May 27, 2008; 322 posts; 192 upvotes; Toronto

Dec 22nd, 2020 4:32 pm

CCHIPSS wrote: ↑ Currently my PC uses a M2 drive (Not nVME) with licensed Windows 10 on it. It is taking up the PCI-E harddrive slot. I do want to add a NVMe drive to install games on, but I am afraid of losing my Windows 10. No Windows 10 install disk came with the system, so I cannot reinstall it.

If I buy a M2 to SATA 3 adaptor, can I easily move the existing M2 drive out of the PCI-E hard drive slot, without losing my windows 10 OS?

Just associate your current product key to your Microsoft Account. If anything goes wrong (you should only potentially loose your Win10<>Hardware association on major hardware upgrades like a mainboard). Just sign back in to transfer over your product key. Also you can download the Win10 ISO and make a bootable USB key with a utility directly available from Microsoft. https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/softwar ... /windows10

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Dec 22nd, 2020 4:57 pm

#16

kwong14: Newbie; Sep 2, 2019; 92 posts; 106 upvotes; Toronto

Dec 22nd, 2020 4:57 pm

thx op, just need a deal on some ram now

Dec 22nd, 2020 5:11 pm

#17

BoredAtWork: Sr. Member; Mar 28, 2011; 865 posts; 632 upvotes; Toronto

Dec 22nd, 2020 5:11 pm

Too bad they charge tax now

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Dec 22nd, 2020 5:20 pm

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Jep4444: Deal Fanatic; Nov 15, 2013; 5199 posts; 3222 upvotes; Toronto

Dec 22nd, 2020 5:20 pm

mikka2017 wrote: ↑ ot: when it says 3d nand, that means the ssd has DRAM? tia i have that 120gb adata SU655 ssd, is that a dram drive?

3D NAND is a type of memory where the NAND is stacked vertically, it has nothing to do with DRAM. Very few drives (if any) still utilize older planar 2D NAND.

Dec 22nd, 2020 5:25 pm

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ozzi12: Newbie; Aug 6, 2011; 96 posts; 34 upvotes; St Catharines

Dec 22nd, 2020 5:25 pm

This might be the perfect thing I’ve been looking for.

Out of curiosity would I see any major difference in using this drive for media storage vs a puce gen 4 drive?

Dec 22nd, 2020 5:28 pm

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Jep4444: Deal Fanatic; Nov 15, 2013; 5199 posts; 3222 upvotes; Toronto

Dec 22nd, 2020 5:28 pm

ozzi12 wrote: ↑ This might be the perfect thing I’ve been looking for.

Out of curiosity would I see any major difference in using this drive for media storage vs a puce gen 4 drive?

Doubt you'll notice much of a difference, unless you're actively encoding files.