As part of my build I included an Intel 660p 1tb NVME M.2 as my boot drive (and for games i play regularly). I also have a 2tb mechanical drive. I was aware of the QLC limitations but decided given the 5 year warranty and the price (£90 on special) I went ahead and I have no complaints.
Roll on a few months, someone very kindly bought me another Intel 660p. I don't have the heart to say I can't use it as they did a lot of research to buy me what they thought was best so I can't return it, but my motherboard only has one m.2 slot.
I think I have four options:
1) sell it on ebay, and buy a sata SSD drive
2) keep it and use it when my current drive starts to "suffer" write issues
3) Buy a PCI x4 NVME adaptor card (around £20) and install it as a second drive
4) Buy a PCI x4 NVME adaptor card, sell the Intel 660p and buy a Sabrent rocket to use as a boot drive and the Intel as a storage drive
anyone have any thoughts about what the best course of action is? Or alternative ideas?
Roll on a few months, someone very kindly bought me another Intel 660p. I don't have the heart to say I can't use it as they did a lot of research to buy me what they thought was best so I can't return it, but my motherboard only has one m.2 slot.
I think I have four options:
1) sell it on ebay, and buy a sata SSD drive
2) keep it and use it when my current drive starts to "suffer" write issues
3) Buy a PCI x4 NVME adaptor card (around £20) and install it as a second drive
4) Buy a PCI x4 NVME adaptor card, sell the Intel 660p and buy a Sabrent rocket to use as a boot drive and the Intel as a storage drive
anyone have any thoughts about what the best course of action is? Or alternative ideas?