As part of the 10% off sale is some low prices on these NVMe M.2 and SATA SSDs. Both are good options are if you're looking to get SSD storage on a budget and don't mind sacrificing some performance for a lower price, compared to a PCIe 4 SSD. 1% surcharge applies for select payment methods.
The Kingston NV1 is a budget NVMe SSD with QLC NAND Flash, pSLC cache and no DRAM Cache, while the Crucial MX500 SATA SSD has TLC NAND Flash with DRAM and pSLC cache.
Kingston NV1 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD - $106.20
- Capacity: 1TB
- PCIe Generation: PCIe Gen 3
- Read Speed (MB/s): 2100MB/s
- Write Speed (MB/s): 1700MB/s
- Terrabytes Written: 240TBW
- Form Factor: M.2 (2280)
Crucial MX500 1TB SATA 2.5" SSD - $116.95
- Capacity: 1TB
- Interface: SATA 6Gb/s
- Read Speed (MB/s): 560MB/s
- Write Speed (MB/s): 510MB/s
- Terrabytes Written: 360TBW
- Form Factor: 2.5-inch (7mm)
What is a suitable 1tb NVME for a laptop that doesnt give bad temps, keep holding out for a deal but it seems like so many non oem NVMEs are rather hot.