EU Transcend MTE220S at 89.90€ for 2TB / 4.4PBW.

[mrpasc]

German hardware retailer „Alternate“ has currently a sale on Transcend MTE220S 1TB for 49.90€ and 2TB for 89.90€

Transcend 220S 2 TB, SSD PCIe 3.0 x4, NVMe, M.2 2280

Die PCIe SSD 220S von Transcend zielt auf High-End-Anwendungen wie digitale Audio-/Videoproduktion, Spiele und Enterprise-Anwendungen ab, die eine ...

www.alternate.de

Not the fastest PCIE-3 NVME but impressive endurance for a consumer NVME. See specs here:

PCIe SSD 220S | PCIe M.2 SSDs - Transcend Information, Inc.

Transcend's PCIe SSD- MTE220S features 3D NAND flash and a DRAM cache. It utilizes the PCIe Gen3 x4 interface and an 8-channel controller for ultra-high data throughput.

www.transcend-info.com

 

[piranha32]

It can be manufacturer's promo, or price drop. Amazon in US currently sells the 1TB version for $60 https://www.amazon.com/Transcend-Solid-State-Drive-TS1TMTE220S/dp/B07MTX2F8X

 

[rtech]

That thing has not that great reviews on Geizhals. Be prepared to test and potentially return it.

Transcend MTE220S SSD 2TB ab € 152,57 (2024) | Preisvergleich Geizhals EU

✔ Preisvergleich für Transcend MTE220S SSD 2TB ✔ Bewertungen ✔ Produktinfo ⇒ Kapazität: 2TB • Bauform: Solid State Module (SSM) • Formfaktor: M.2 2280 • Schnittstelle: M.2/M-Key (PCI… ✔ Solid State Drives (SSD) ✔ Testberichte ✔ Günstig kaufen

geizhals.eu

 

[Kahooli]

For 1TB drives in a similar class, I'd suggest the teamgroup
CARDEA Zero Z440. $52 on amazon right now in the US.
Or for specifically PCIE3, the Hynix P31 gold is top tier for $62

 

[rtech]

For 1TB drives in a similar class, I'd suggest the teamgroup
CARDEA Zero Z440. $52 on amazon right now in the US.
Or for specifically PCIE3, the Hynix P31 gold is top tier for $62

The SSDs you have been suggesting have pretty trash TBW ratings and are not on sale in EU

 

[Kahooli]

K buddy.

Transcend:
1 TB
2200 TBW
TG
1TB - 1,800TBW

P31
1TB-
1,200-TBW .

And we're talking different classes of flash. 64layer on the old transcend, 96+ on the other two. trash is relative.

 

[Cruzader]

I would call that a draw, both have trash TBW

 

[sko]

Nice find, thanks!

That thing has not that great reviews on Geizhals. Be prepared to test and potentially return it.

Transcend MTE220S SSD 2TB ab € 152,57 (2024) | Preisvergleich Geizhals EU

✔ Preisvergleich für Transcend MTE220S SSD 2TB ✔ Bewertungen ✔ Produktinfo ⇒ Kapazität: 2TB • Bauform: Solid State Module (SSM) • Formfaktor: M.2 2280 • Schnittstelle: M.2/M-Key (PCI… ✔ Solid State Drives (SSD) ✔ Testberichte ✔ Günstig kaufen

geizhals.eu

Problem with ratings on geizhals: they are often completely unrelated to the product (see the second 1-star review that's talking about a 'fastro MS220') or a result of non-existent competence, e.g. reviews that state the drive won't work over PCIe x1, which is almost always a problem with the board/bios and not the drive... (or the typical 'windows doesn't recognize it / crashes / is windows' reviews that are absolutely worthless...)

I'm still running 4 transcends (MTE110 & 220) in my home server for jails and vm-storage. one pair (256GB 110s) was abused for quite some time for my poudriere build jobs, but due to space requirements and better sustained bandwidth/iops, they have been replaced with micron 7400s. They are still working fine though...
At work we've put some transcends in several NUCs where they are completely unobtrusive and reliable.
IIRC I'v had exactly one DOA transcend drive out of ~15 or even 20 drives to date. They are still my first choice for 'low cost / good endurance' M.2 drives, especially for small sizes up to 512GB.


The only 'problem' with the (2TB) transcends is, that the 1.92TB micron 7400pro have also become so dirt cheap - they can be found regularly for ~130-140EUR and sometimes even for as low as 110EUR (bought my last pair for 109,- each).