ADATA SU650 or Intel 660p?

[rcmaehl]

Hi all,

 

I'm considering purchasing the wife a 1TB SSD for general storage. Currently I'm stuck between an Intel 660p or an ADATA SU650 for very specific reasons. Both cost within $1-2 of each other after deals and adapters.

 

Use case

• Content creation storage (files from a few MB to ~8GB)
• Possibly steam gaming storage
• Adobe scratch disk
• Misc file storage

Specs:

• Ivy Bridge CPU
• Z77 Motherboard
• PCIe to M.2 adapter (if getting 660p)
   

My concerns:

• I'm unsure if the 660p will work natively with Ivy Bridge as a non-OS disk.
• I'm unsure of how the 660p will handle being a scratch disk/game storage
• I'm unsure if the SU650 will be a fast enough scratch disk

[Princess Luna]

Just get the ADATA or a SanDisk 1tb equivalent, it's not worth the hassle of getting adapters and what not.

[Fasauceome]

41 minutes ago, rcmaehl said:

very specific reasons

What reasons? It likely works but it's a hassle.

[rcmaehl]

1 hour ago, fasauceome said:

What reasons? It likely works but it's a hassle.

Basically what I listed under concerns:
 

• I'm unsure if the 660p will work natively with Ivy Bridge as a non-OS disk.
• I'm unsure of how the 660p will handle being a scratch disk/game storage
• I'm unsure if the SU650 will be a fast enough scratch disk

[Fasauceome]

3 minutes ago, rcmaehl said:

Basically what I listed under concerns:
 

• I'm unsure if the 660p will work natively with Ivy Bridge as a non-OS disk.
• I'm unsure of how the 660p will handle being a scratch disk/game storage
• I'm unsure if the SU650 will be a fast enough scratch disk

If you had another SATA SSD lying around, she could borrow it and find out if it suits her needs with a test run. The 8GB size stated in your use case is not so large that ultra high speed file transfers would make an appreciable difference.