Amazon sells a 2TB Silicon Power NVMe SSD (SP002TBP34A60M28) for just under $1.00. $74.99 (opens in new tab) , with free shipping within the US and the option of a data recovery plan for up to 3 years for just $14.99 extra (well worth it in case something goes wrong). This is the cheapest 2TB NVMe SSD on the market today. team group MP33 (opens in new tab) (TM8FP6002T0C101).
(Note: This SSD is priced in USD, but Amazon ships internationally and should be available for the same price or a small premium depending on where you live)
Using the old PCIe 3.0 protocol (we use PCIe 5.0), this SSD can be used as a secondary drive (perfect if your laptop has a spare secondary port) or a portable SSD (suitable external enclosure ). Performance is modest due to the lack of DRAM, but more than adequate when working with small files. Silicon Power’s SSDs are faster than Teamgroup’s SSDs and have higher guarantees: 2.3GBps/1.6GBps/1200 vs. 1.8GBps/1.5GBps/1000 (read/write/TBW).
Colleagues at Tomshardware reviewed the smaller model in January 2020 (the 1 TB version was priced at $95) and liked the black PCB and its efficiency, but noted slow direct-to-TLC write speeds. They still gave it a solid 4 stars (out of 5).Check out our Silicon Power P34A60 review. It uses TLC NAND chips, so it doesn’t have the drawbacks associated with QLC.
Looking for something faster?
Solidigm uses old Intel SSDs as 670p (opens in new tab) sale $75.99 , just $1 more than its Silicon Power rivals. However, because it uses QLC, it has a lower endurance of only 740 TBW, almost 40% lower than Silicon Power. However, keep in mind that it came out in February 2021 just over two years before him and retailed for a whopping $330.
The 670p is one of the fastest PCIe 3.0 drives, so you’ll have to move to a PCIe 4.0 SSD to get even faster models. Fanxiang S660, available now $79.19 at Amazon (opens in new tab) With a 10% discount coupon, it’s the fastest cheap SSD we can find, thanks in part to SLC caching. It claims to offer read/write speeds of 4.8GBps/4.2GBps and comes with a 5-year/1400 TBW warranty. Although we love it, some are put off by the reviews from this Chinese company and the brand’s lack of pedigree.
Want to buy something faster?
directly below $98 (opens in new tab) (Pricing down from $111.99 after a 10% discount coupon), the S770 (the faster sibling of the aforementioned S660) is the fastest SSD under $100. I couldn’t find an independent review of the S770 (or any Fanxiang SSD really), but the numbers this SSD brings to the table are ridiculously good – at least on paper: 7.3GBps/6.8GBps at 1400 TBW The read/write speeds of the Samsung 990 Pro are almost as good as the Samsung 990 Pro. It has 2GB DRAM, uses 128-layer YMTC NAND, and has a heatsink similar to the S660.
