Intel 660p 1TB NVMe vs Transcend 220S 1TB NVMe

[Mahde232]

Hi there, I would like to ask professionals here about those 2 specific 1TB NVMe SSD's.

I have seen reviews about the 660p saying it's a good value option for a high capacity NVMe drive. Although it suffers from QLC-Based flash.

The 660p is rated for 200TB writes.

Intel 660p

There is a Transcend 220S drive which is the same price as the 660p although I have yet to find ANY reviews for it on Youtube or Google that do give any info about the drive speeds. The technical specs page does show R/W numbers as well as IOPS and is rated for 800TB writes, but considering that there are no reviews whatsoever as well as that the website does not specify which flash it is (mostly QLC i think).... I kinda hesitated.

Transcend 220S

 

I would like more opinions / input on this from experienced users, Thanks alot

[Princess Luna]

Just buy the 660p...

[Metallus97]

OMG you make me (big AMD boyyy here) recommend intel...

 

But ya: Intel is the better one. I had 2 devices from Transcend fail on me. Intel: none

 

My commendation for NVMe: Samsung!

[Mahde232]

3 minutes ago, Princess Luna said:

Just buy the 660p...

Uhm... Why though? (sorry for the dumb af question)

Looking at the speeds (on paper) of the 220S, it simply blows it out so hard.

4 minutes ago, Metallus97 said:

OMG you make me (big AMD boyyy here) recommend intel...

 

But ya: Intel is the better one. I had 2 devices from Transcend fail on me. Intel: none

 

My commendation for NVMe: Samsung!

Wanna laugh at me aswell? I am planning a big AMD build with a 3900X and I'm buying Intel SSD's

On a serious note though, can you answer the same question mentioned at the start of this post?

I'm really confused

[Dedayog]

2 minutes ago, Mahde232 said:

Uhm... Why though? (sorry for the dumb af question)

Looking at the speeds (on paper) of the 220S, it simply blows it out so hard.

Wanna laugh at me aswell? I am planning a big AMD build with a 3900X and I'm buying Intel SSD's

On a serious note though, can you answer the same question mentioned at the start of this post?

I'm really confused

Speeds are the same in real world application, for gaming and Windows use.  Only in content creation do you realize the speed benefits.

 

He already stated why:

 

But ya: Intel is the better one. I had 2 devices from Transcend fail on me. Intel: none

[Metallus97]

2 minutes ago, Mahde232 said:

Uhm... Why though? (sorry for the dumb af question)

Looking at the speeds (on paper) of the 220S, it simply blows it out so hard.

Yeh it does but intel SSDs are MUCH more reliable and shit

But why you don't get a Samsung 970? That is FAST(er that the 220s)

3 minutes ago, Mahde232 said:

Wanna laugh at me aswell? I am planning a big AMD build with a 3900X and I'm buying Intel SSD's 

Sure you really need this CPU? What are you doing with this machine? When not doing hardcore rendering etc get a R7 and a nice PCIe 4.0 SSD. THATS FAST

 

[Princess Luna]

5 minutes ago, Metallus97 said:

My commendation for NVMe: Samsung!

Or break the bank with an Optane

 

5 minutes ago, Mahde232 said:

Looking at the speeds (on paper) of the 220S, it simply blows it out so hard.

Not really, Intel has lower latency and should be more responsive... This Transcended outsources everything, these 3D NAND they use seems to come from Toshiba and their controller looks underwhelming.

 

DRAM is the same as the 660p as well... so all in all you're looking at the same performance but the Intel one has more reliable in-house made components.

[Metallus97]

1 minute ago, Princess Luna said:

Or break the bank with an Optane

On AMD? A little hacked  

[Mahde232]

2 hours ago, Metallus97 said:

Yeh it does but intel SSDs are MUCH more reliable and shit

But why you don't get a Samsung 970? That is FAST(er that the 220s)

Sure you really need this CPU? What are you doing with this machine? When not doing hardcore rendering etc get a R7 and a nice PCIe 4.0 SSD. THATS FAST

 

I thought about it but that jump in price is just too much money compared to this, I don't really care about speed THAT much, But it's still a factor since I am getting into Ai and Machine learning and I need to start training modules and neural networks and such... NVMe speeds are greater than Sata III's but going too much would just ruin the price/performance metric for me

 

2 hours ago, Princess Luna said:

Or break the bank with an Optane

 

Not really, Intel has lower latency and should be more responsive... This Transcended outsources everything, these 3D NAND they use seems to come from Toshiba and their controller looks underwhelming.

 

DRAM is the same as the 660p as well... so all in all you're looking at the same performance but the Intel one has more reliable in-house made components.

Oh gotchas, and yeah like I said I didn't find much information about the 220S that actually made sense, Thanks for clarifying it up

[Metallus97]

43 minutes ago, Mahde232 said:

I thought about it but that jump in price is just too much money compared to this, I don't really care about speed THAT much, But it's still a factor since I am getting into Ai and Machine learning and I need to start training modules and neural networks and such... NVMe speeds are greater than Sata III's but going too much would just ruin the price/performance metric for me

Yeh the 970 is pcie! But okkkk Ai and stuf will be happy with speed

[Mahde232]

17 hours ago, Metallus97 said:

Yeh the 970 is pcie! But okkkk Ai and stuf will be happy with speed

Yeah I know but it's price is basically double the price for the Intel one , I'd get double the capacity and still have good NVMe speeds available.

Thanks for the recommendation tho !