Best NVMe SSD under $100 + new case maybe

[Magma Dragoon]

It will be an OS drive, I plan on migrating to it and right now I have 210GB of data on C, I don't expect this to grow to more than 250GB. Would like to stay under $100. I'm more interested in performance per dollar than capacity per dollar.
Currently leaning towards the 660p, I've seen it trade blows with the 970 EVO in Anandtech's benchmark comparer.

Also thinking of replacing my C70. Space is so tight in the backside that the power cable to one of my HDDs keeps coming out, and it's a real pain to close that side. I'm considering the CM H500, anybody have one? How is the backside cable management?

[L37]

660p is SLOW. It has fast cache, but it is dynamically allocated from free flash so it becomes smaller when drive is filled. Once cache is full speeds fall down to ~100mb/sec and it becomes generally very slow untill you give it time to recover.
660p is cheap and slow with low cost per storage capacity.
If you want speed samsung 970 pro is good option IMO. It might exceed you budget, but "fast and cheap" is mostly impossible for SSD-s.

[_I_]

more space wont hurt, id go with a 480+g ssd

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/internal-hard-drive/#xcx=0&D=1&A=450000000000,16000000000000&sort=price&m=11,12,21,31,32,33

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

https://www.newegg.com/samsung-970-evo-plus-500gb/p/N82E16820147742?Item=N82E16820147742

[Komrade]

Yeah I'd go with a 500GB one, you already have 210GB on your C: drive which doesn't leave a lot of room.

[stoneyoda]

Publicado originalmente por Rumpelcrutchskin:

https://www.newegg.com/samsung-970-evo-plus-500gb/p/N82E16820147742?Item=N82E16820147742

or here https://www.amazon.ca/Samsung-Internal-MZ-V7S500-AM-Version/dp/B07M7Q21N7?psc=1&SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duc12-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B07M7Q21N7
but yes the 970 evo is what you should get OP