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HP EX920 / EX950 NVMe SSD 1TB - $109 / $139 (Clearance) - Updated

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Jul 24th, 2021 12:43 am

a11420565 [OP]: Newbie; Jan 22, 2019; 51 posts; 318 upvotes

Jul 24th, 2021 12:43 am

[Canada Computers] HP EX920 / EX950 NVMe SSD 1TB - $109 / $139 (Clearance) - Updated

Deal Link:: https://www.canadacomputers.com/product ... _id=133989
Price:: 109.88
Retailer:: Canada Computers

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For anyone who missed the $139 SN750 deal a while back, Canada Computers has a few HP EX920 and EX950 SSDs on clearance both for $139.

People seem to have forgotten about them but these are high end Gen 3 SSDs that perform similarly to the WD SN750 (faster 4K random read/write, lower power efficiency).

Imo these are a better buy than any PCIe Gen 4 drives right now. You get nearly double the capacity and blazingly fast speed. I personally don't believe in futureproofing when it comes to consumer electronics so I wouldn't spend the extra money on the Gen 4 drives which have no practical advantages. And when software eventually catches up with Gen 4 hopefully the hardware will be much cheaper (as long as Chia doesn't take off). Keep in mind $139 for 1TB is in SATA territory.

Link for EX920:
https://www.canadacomputers.com/product ... _id=122430

Review:
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/hp ... ,5306.html

UPDATE:
The EX920 1TB is now $109, down from the original $139

Last edited by a11420565 on Aug 20th, 2021 10:41 pm, edited 2 times in total.

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Jul 24th, 2021 1:07 am

AlicW93740: Sr. Member; Sep 25, 2018; 954 posts; 1950 upvotes

Jul 24th, 2021 1:07 am

Seems to be a good deal. But not sure if I should buy because I rarely use my desktop now (last time boot up was nearly 2-3 months ago)

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Jul 24th, 2021 1:14 am

TransporterSD: Deal Fanatic; Aug 19, 2015; 7534 posts; 7770 upvotes; Downtown Canada

Jul 24th, 2021 1:14 am

AlicW93740 wrote: ↑ Seems to be a good deal. But not sure if I should buy because I rarely use my desktop now (last time boot up was nearly 2-3 months ago)

I use this in my laptop

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Jul 24th, 2021 8:21 am

AlicW93740: Sr. Member; Sep 25, 2018; 954 posts; 1950 upvotes

Jul 24th, 2021 8:21 am

TransporterSD wrote: ↑ I use this in my laptop

Sadly my macbook uses pripoeity connector. It is small but I can manage it. Don't have or plan to get another laptop since the macbook suits my need.

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Jul 24th, 2021 8:27 am

DannyT54472: Member; Oct 30, 2019; 239 posts; 191 upvotes; Toronto

Jul 24th, 2021 8:27 am

AlicW93740 wrote: ↑ Sadly my macbook uses pripoeity connector. It is small but I can manage it. Don't have or plan to get another laptop since the macbook suits my need.

If you have a 2013-2015 MacBook you can get an adapter to use m.2 NVMe SSDs.

More details here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/up ... e.2034976/

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Jul 24th, 2021 9:35 am

ToniCipriani: Deal Fanatic; Jun 3, 2006; 8694 posts; 3871 upvotes; 12 days north of Hop…

Jul 24th, 2021 9:35 am

If you are getting this for a laptop, just be careful that this is a double-sided drive. It might not fit if your laptop has a lower profile connector that mounts the drive flush with the motherboard and requires a single-sided drive. Had to return one a while back because of this.

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Jul 24th, 2021 10:48 am

TransporterSD: Deal Fanatic; Aug 19, 2015; 7534 posts; 7770 upvotes; Downtown Canada

Jul 24th, 2021 10:48 am

Got my in store pickup ready email.

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Jul 24th, 2021 10:52 am

Guest982374892374: Deal Addict; Jan 13, 2005; 1105 posts; 551 upvotes; Toronto, ON

Jul 24th, 2021 10:52 am

a11420565 wrote: ↑ For anyone who missed the $139 SN750 deal a while back, Canada Computers has a few HP EX920 and EX950 SSDs on clearance both for $139.

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Review:
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/hp ... ,5306.html

Thanks op ordered a 950.
What do they mean by Could use further efficiency optimization on the review?

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Jul 24th, 2021 11:06 am

kevinkuo: Member; Dec 8, 2019; 214 posts; 355 upvotes

Jul 24th, 2021 11:06 am

Great find OP!

Just note that these two double sided drives, so it won't fit some laptops without bending the PCB.

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Jul 24th, 2021 11:31 am

M1K3Z0R: Deal Fanatic; May 11, 2009; 7935 posts; 4701 upvotes; Trudostan

Jul 24th, 2021 11:31 am

Huh, didn't know HP made SSDs - assumed this was rebranded. The review says this uses micron chips, should be solid, unless HP dropped the ball in QC.

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Jul 24th, 2021 11:46 am

HiddenEmailer: Member; Feb 22, 2017; 406 posts; 272 upvotes

Jul 24th, 2021 11:46 am

DannyT54472 wrote: ↑ If you have a 2013-2015 MacBook you can get an adapter to use m.2 NVMe SSDs.

More details here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/up ... e.2034976/

been doing this with with my 2015 since I bought it with the Sintech adapter no issues.

heck I even got the reverse adapter to put the apple 512gb into a PC's m.2 slot of mine so it would go to use rather than sit on a shelf in my parts closet.

sidenote prior to my 2015mbp my old 2012 rmbp was using the Sintech MSATA adapter as well.
not trying to shill for Sintech but for the better part of a decade ive used 3 of their adapters and both Macs using them had no issues, heck im typing on my 2015 w/ a 2tb Samsung EVO in it as we speak.

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Jul 24th, 2021 11:59 am

Guest982374892374: Deal Addict; Jan 13, 2005; 1105 posts; 551 upvotes; Toronto, ON

Jul 24th, 2021 11:59 am

It's made by an HP OEM partner: giving 5 year warranty.
https://www.multipointe.com/ex950-m2/

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Jul 24th, 2021 12:35 pm

jaksdj22: Deal Addict; Mar 13, 2012; 2015 posts; 3276 upvotes; Surrey

Jul 24th, 2021 12:35 pm

HiddenEmailer wrote: ↑ been doing this with with my 2015 since I bought it with the Sintech adapter no issues.

heck I even got the reverse adapter to put the apple 512gb into a PC's m.2 slot of mine so it would go to use rather than sit on a shelf in my parts closet.

sidenote prior to my 2015mbp my old 2012 rmbp was using the Sintech MSATA adapter as well.
not trying to shill for Sintech but for the better part of a decade ive used 3 of their adapters and both Macs using them had no issues, heck im typing on my 2015 w/ a 2tb Samsung EVO in it as we speak.

whats the drive speed on Novabench macOS app? im wondering is it worth the upgrade?

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Jul 24th, 2021 12:47 pm

sushibucket: Deal Addict; Mar 12, 2016; 1679 posts; 3964 upvotes

Jul 24th, 2021 12:47 pm

A lot of upvotes vs comments

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Jul 24th, 2021 12:49 pm

ji2o0k: Deal Expert; Oct 28, 2004; 23803 posts; 6420 upvotes; Toronto

Jul 24th, 2021 12:49 pm

Couldn’t resist, ordered & just picked up the EX950 at North York location.

Cc in store pickup is hella fast!

Thx op!!!

Gonna pop this into my dell precision 3440….originally picked up a wd blue sn550 500gb from Amazon but will return & use this….

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Jul 24th, 2021 1:02 pm

BiGD33nS: Deal Addict; Sep 27, 2006; 1418 posts; 419 upvotes

Jul 24th, 2021 1:02 pm

Great drive, much better than DRAMless going for a similar price.

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Jul 24th, 2021 1:14 pm

audit13: Deal Expert; Feb 24, 2003; 20174 posts; 7787 upvotes; Toronto

Jul 24th, 2021 1:14 pm

HiddenEmailer wrote: ↑ been doing this with with my 2015 since I bought it with the Sintech adapter no issues.

heck I even got the reverse adapter to put the apple 512gb into a PC's m.2 slot of mine so it would go to use rather than sit on a shelf in my parts closet.

sidenote prior to my 2015mbp my old 2012 rmbp was using the Sintech MSATA adapter as well.
not trying to shill for Sintech but for the better part of a decade ive used 3 of their adapters and both Macs using them had no issues, heck im typing on my 2015 w/ a 2tb Samsung EVO in it as we speak.

I've used $3 no-name adapters from eBay too and they work as well as the original Sintech's that I ordered directly from the Sintech site. I've always used the short adapters rather than the long adapters.

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Jul 24th, 2021 1:19 pm

AlicW93740: Sr. Member; Sep 25, 2018; 954 posts; 1950 upvotes

Jul 24th, 2021 1:19 pm

DannyT54472 wrote: ↑ If you have a 2013-2015 MacBook you can get an adapter to use m.2 NVMe SSDs.

More details here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/up ... e.2034976/

Thanks. Will place an order and try it out!

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Jul 24th, 2021 1:26 pm

tweebs2: Member; Aug 16, 2010; 413 posts; 209 upvotes

Jul 24th, 2021 1:26 pm

Thanks! I was waiting for a good deal on 1TB NVMe to use with this external enclosure from Sabrent. For $30 plus $139 I have a very capable portable flash drive. This adapter is great for swapping out SATA or NVMe m.2. Put a bootloader like Ventoy and I can boot all sorts of OS and utilities (Sergei Strelec anyone?), Windows isos with plenty to spare for storage. Way faster than USB flash drives. I realize this will limit my speed to USB3.1 (1Gbps) but eventually faster adapters will come down in price and more PC will have Thunderbolt 3/4 or USB4.

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Booo in-store pickup only. Clearance....

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Jul 24th, 2021 1:33 pm

seriosbrad: Sr. Member; Sep 16, 2011; 582 posts; 598 upvotes; Southern AB

Jul 24th, 2021 1:33 pm

These are really good performing SSD's. Had to RMA my first one, I bought it from Newegg.ca but for the RMA HP had me send it to Canada Computers "HP-SSD-Serv. Dept.". Turn around was slow but it was an easy process. Replacement has been good.

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