Intel 600p 1TB - looking for reviews/info/opinions

Forums › Desktop computing › Intel 600p 1TB - looking for reviews/info/opinions

PaulBags

809 posts

Ultimate Geek
Inactive user

#205166 1-Nov-2016 16:11

I'm looking for something to save towards as an incentive to quit smoking (again), and replacing my 60GB SSD seems like a good place to start. However I'm having trouble finding reviews, so far the largest drives I've seen tested are the 512GB, and as TomsHardware points out varying levels of performance based on differing SLC cache sizes I'd really like to see results for the 1TB model.

"Large" "freeing up a sata port" and "cheap(er)" are really what I'm aiming for anyway, so long as performance/longevity isn't worse than a compareably priced sata drive. Are there other drives I should be looking at in this price range?

timmmay

20580 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#1662118 1-Nov-2016 16:28

Anything by Samsung is worth looking at. 850 evo or pro, either SATA or that other little plug directly into the motherboard, if yours supports it.

Dynamic

3867 posts

Uber Geek

ID Verified

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#1662121 1-Nov-2016 16:34

Your goal is fantastic.

Using a large SSD for file storage is a little overkill when spinning disk is cheap for infrequently accessed data, so consider a 250gb or 500gb model and spend the rest of your spare coin on something different. (Of course if you are editing a lot of video, the speed and spend is more justifiable.) SSDs are generally more reliable, but we have had enough SSD failures in client computers to know they are not infallible (surprisingly more SSD failures in the last year than spinning disk failures), so backups are still absolutely necessary.

Of course if you are working toward getting a tiny computer like an NUC then spinning disk is less of an option, though you can get them with space for an M.2 SSD and a 2.5" spinning drive.

We recently re-reviewed our SSD vendors, narrowing to Intel and Samsung. We went Samsung, but it was a close call with nothing really counting against Intel.

Based on my limited experience with NVME SSDs, you'll not be disappointed with the performance! Annoyingly they don't increase your typing speed.

“Don't believe anything you read on the net. Except this. Well, including this, I suppose.” Douglas Adams

Referral links to services I use, really like, and may be rewarded if you sign up:
PocketSmith for budgeting and personal finance management. A great Kiwi company.