Intel 660p 512GB M.2

The 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 model at only $199. Those prices equate to about $0.19 per gigabyte, which is among the lowest prices we've seen for any SSD, let alon...

The 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 fill up. Note that the 512MB version offers significantly slower performance.

While many are skeptical about QLC memory, we assure you that Intel has done a bang up job in creating the Intel SSD 600p. It boasts some very good performance results and comes with a 5-year warranty and AES 256-bit hardware encryption support. At $0.20 per GB, it is a great buy for most. Be warned though, if you need a lot of write endurance, ...