Team T-FORCE CARDEA Z44L | 1TB | M.2 2280 | PCIe 4.0 | 3,500MB/s read | 3,000MB/s write | $59.99$43.99 at Newegg (save $16)
You're not getting blistering read/write speeds here, just lots of storage for very little money. For a PCIe 4.0 drive, the data rates aren't great but it does mean the SSD won't get very hot, which is ideal for laptops or compact PCs.
Price check: $43.99 Walmart
Solidigm P41 Plus | 1TB | M.2 2280 | PCIe 4.0 | 4,125MB/s read | 2,950MB/s write | $64.99$49.99 at Newegg (save $15)
Solidigm is a brand name of SK Hynix, a company that directly makes memory chips for SSDs. Here you've got a drive that has a faster read rate than the Team model, but a slightly slower write speed. The former should help PCs boot a little quicker so the extra $6 is worth it.
Price check: $49.99 Amazon |
SSDs bigger than 500GB used to be quite expensive and I'm talking less than a year ago. But now you can load up your gaming PC or laptop with 1TB of storage, without having to pay a small fortune or sacrifice performance.
I set a budget limit of $60 to see exactly what deals I could get for this money and four offers stood out from the crowd.
The first from Team Group isn't a rocket ship, considering it's an NVMe PCIe 4.0 drive, but you're paying less than $45 for something that will leave any SATA drive in the dirt. One advantage of its slower transfer rates is that it won't get very hot, which makes it ideal for laptops or small PCs.
If you want a little more oomph from your SSD, then for a whole $6 more you could get the Solidigm P41 Plus. It's read speed is 18% higher than the Team model and it's write speed is within 2% of the competition. Having a faster read rate is useful for booting Windows or loading apps quickly,
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