Recommended (cheap) 1TB m.2 2280 nvme

[Jannis Jacobsen]

I’m looking for the best deal/value nvme m.2 ssd at around 1TB.
Anyone have any good recommendations?
Considering the Corsair MP510, but have hopes to find something cheaper on ebay etc.
preferably more enterprise than prosumer.
Usage will be laptop with my entire config manager lab.
(4-8 vm’s)

-j

 

[StevenDTX]

I’ve been using an HP EX920 for a while.

HP EX920 M.2 1TB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe 3D TLC NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) 2YY47AA#ABC - Newegg.com

 

[ReturnedSword]

If you buy the EX920 1TB and it has the 54C temperature bug, here's the firmware update to fix it: Downloads - HP SSD | MCS - HP Business Partner

It seems mainly the 1TB SKU was affected.

Btw, HP just released the EX950. The main difference between the EX920 and EX950 is the controller/firmware, which is the Silicon Motion SM2262 and SM2262EN respectively. It looks like SM optimized the new controller revision to be great at synthetics, which early reviews showing it being the fastest non-Optane PCIe 3.0 x4 drive available right now. As synthetics don't really matter much to real world usage, if I were to buy a SM2262/EN based drive right now I'd stick with the cheaper EX920.