Best M.2 SSD for 50$ or under?

[Ashiella]

In the title, needs to be at least 64GB, and yes. M.2 only. 50$ maximum. I was looking at one from plextor, any ideas?

[Thorimus]

In what usage scenario will you only be using 64 gigs of memory? If it's for the OS I'd recommend at least 128GB.

[Ashiella]

Just now, Thorimus said:

In what usage scenario will you only be using 64 gigs of memory? If it's for the OS I'd recommend at least 128GB.

A game or two, I prefer speed.

[Thorimus]

For a little more, here's a budget 120GB M.2 drive: http://pcpartpicker.com/product/kCJkcf/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mzn5e120bw

[Ashiella]

Just now, Thorimus said:

For a little more, here's a budget 120GB M.2 drive: http://pcpartpicker.com/product/kCJkcf/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mzn5e120bw

The reason I say sub 50 is because I'm currently broke, and I'd have to ask my parents who don't like randomly giving me money.

[TidaLWaveZ]

4 minutes ago, Ashiella said:

A game or two, I prefer speed.

 

Keep in mind that the m.2's you find in that price range are going to be sATA not PCIe, so you're only going to get the speed of a sATA SSD.

[Ashiella]

2 minutes ago, TidaLWaveZ said:

 

Keep in mind that the m.2's you find in that price range are going to be sATA not PCIe, so you're only going to get the speed of a sATA SSD.

Send me a link for the cheapest pcie one?

[Thorimus]

Samsung PM951 128GB can be found for 60-ish USD from what I've heard, go for that

[TidaLWaveZ]

4 minutes ago, Ashiella said:

Send me a link for the cheapest pcie one?

Cheapest PCIe 3.0 on newegg (America - USD)

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820228161

 

Max Sequential Read

Up to 2200 MBps

Max Sequential Write

Up to 620 MBps

4KB Random Read

Up to 170,000 IOPS

4KB Random Write

Up to 110,000 IOPS

MTBF

1,500,000 hours