Questions about Intel 660p - Retail

Is also QLC rubbish ;) So no wonder xD

https://www.digitec.ch/de/Search?so=0&q=usb%20gehause%20m.2 Look for an M.2 USB enclosure > 8cm length, digitec has enough choice... Available from 22 CHF. Have fun

The case and SSD are not compatible each ohter. The SSD uses the NVMe interfaceprotocol. The SSD uses the AHCI interfaceprotocol. You have to search for a case that is NVMe compatible.

But there is one thing to note. This is a QLC SSD with an SLC cache of 12GB. If you plan to transfer backups or other large amounts of data to your NAS at once, you will only have full speed for the first 12GB, after which performance will drop to normal SSD speed. Until the p660 has written all files from its 12GB SCL cache to the QLC partitions. Depending on how your network is set up, you could then have losses.

Yes, it should work. The NUC8i7BEH2 has an M.2 slot according to the specifications.

Hello, difficult, what kind of mainboard do you have?

I would add also that you should check which size is compatible with your M.2. space (2242 or 2280)

what kind of mainboard do you have? on which socket / interface do you have it installed?

With Icy perfect on MacBookPro 17

Hello, the correct enclosure for an NVMe SSD is: ICY BOX IB-1817M-C31 - NVMe M.2 (M.2 2230, M.2 2242, M.2 2260, M.2 2280). it worked perfectly for me !

Hello Mombonilom. The Intel 600p has an M.2 interface - in my opinion you can use the Intel 660p on this without any problems, it is worth a try, as the 660p is approx. 8-10 times faster and has much more memory.

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Yes, as long as the form factor and interface of the enclosure fit :)

yes it does... just tried it, seems to work - let's see how well and how long it works :-)

Hello Lutz, I can at least answer your question about the cache: The Intel 660p is a QLC SSD (Quad Level Cell - i.e. 4 bits per cell). However, the speed of QLC is relatively low, so unused cells are converted to cache. Cells that are used as cache work as SLC (Single Level Cell - i.e. 1 bit per cell), which significantly increases the speed. In the case of the 660p, we are talking about 1800MB/s vs. 100MB/s. Logically, however, fewer and fewer unused cells are available as cache the fuller the SSD is. So if you write more data to the SSD than there is cache available, the speed will collapse at some point because the SSD first has to empty the cache again. Depending on how full your SSD is, this happens between 140GB (<25%) and 12GB (>75% full). If you do not want to copy large files to the SSD regularly, the SLC cache should be sufficient. You can find more information about this here: https://www.legitreviews.com/intel-ssd-660p-1tb-ssd-review-with-qlc-nand-flash_207025/6 Many greetings