expired SanDisk Ultra 3D 2.5" 500GB SATA3 Solid State Drive (SDSSDH3-500G-G25) $90.68 (Free Prime Delivery or $8.74) @ Amazon US via AU

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SanDisk Ultra 3D 2.5" 500GB SATA3 Solid State Drive (SDSSDH3-500G-G25) $90.68 (Free Prime Delivery or $8.74) @ Amazon US via AUAffiliate
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zrmx on 26/02/2019 - 20:58 www.amazon.com.au (217 clicks)
Last edited 26/02/2019 - 21:58

This is the mainstream/decent performing, DRAM cached range of SSD (not the DRAM-less, more budget oriented SSD Plus range), and basically the same drives as WD Blue 3D SSD (SanDisk is owned by Western Digital, as of posting). The WB Blue branded drives can go down to the $100 price point from time to time (cheapest maybe $90), while the SanDisk branded ones have always stayed above $100. Nonetheless, they are basically the same drive (sans branding) and performs the same.

With dropping NAND and DRAM prices, and reduced demand of parts over the past few months, it is possible that the prices will fall further. So again this is probably a good deal for those with Amazon Prime membership, who are semi-urgently in need of getting a drive (for use within the next month or so).

Another caveat would be these are sold by Amazon US instead of AU, so the warranty will be covered by Amazon US.

A review here from AnandTech (albeit at a different capacity): https://www.anandtech.com/show/11792/the-sandisk-ultra-3d-1t...

Some specification from SanDisk's official website:

Seq. Read(up to) 560 MB/s
Seq. Write(up to) 530 MB/s
Rnd. Read (up to) 95K IOPS
Rnd. Write (up to) 84K IOPS
TBW (write endurance) 200 TB

Dimensions 2.75 x 3.96 x 0.28 in. (69.95 mm x 100.5 mm x 7.0 mm)
Interface SATA Revision 3.0 (6 Gb/s)
Operating temperature 32ºF to 158ºF (0ºC to 70 ºC)
Shock Resistant up to 1500 G @ 0.5 m/sec
Vibration 5 gRMS, 10-2000 HZ / 4.9 gRMS, 7-800 HZ

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Comments

  • +1 vote
    ko0l on 26/02/2019 - 21:01

    How does it compare to the evo 860?

    • +5 votes
      zrmx on 26/02/2019 - 21:06

      860 EVO 500GB is generally considered to perform slightly better on paper and in benchmarks, but not very noticeable or significant in real life use. The 860 EVO 500GB is also rated to have higher endurance at 300TB (vs 200TB of the SanDisk), but for general consumer use, both are unlikely number to be reached in the hardware's lifetime. (A benchmark comparison of the 1TB variant by AnandTech: https://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/2198?vs=2328 )

      Most of the SATA SSDs of the same category (e.g. DRAM-less, DRAM cached especially if same controller and DRAM amount) nowadays perform very similarly and reliably enough, that I just go for the cheapest/GB one.

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        chrisie on 26/02/2019 - 21:59

        OP how would this compare to the Crucial MX500 500GB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD ?

        • +2 votes
          zrmx on 26/02/2019 - 22:38

          They perform very similarly, the SanDisk Ultra 3D is almost as fast (but no significant noticeable differences in general real life usage scenarios), and offering actually higher endurance (MX500 500GB has a rated endurance of 180TB), although shorter warranty (3 years vs MX500's 5 years).

          Personally I'd go with whichever drive is cheaper on the market. I'm aware of Umart's recent $89 MX500, but that's out of stock now. If it was still available, I'd go with the $89 drive.

          AnandTech's benchmark comparison against MX500: https://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/2328?vs=2205

    • +6 votes
      Major Mess on 26/02/2019 - 21:12

      It doesn't compare. The Sandisk is a budget drive. This is not a great price anyway and you are better off spending the extra $20 to get an EVO 860 from Australian stock.

      $109.65 after ebay 15% off, from Computer Alliance with free delivery for ebay plus. Or wait for the next 20% off.
      https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/500GB-Samsung-2-5-860-EVO-SATA-6...

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    PorkHunt on 26/02/2019 - 21:06

    And are these okay for PS4 Pros? Or are there better options out there?

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      zrmx on 26/02/2019 - 21:08

      I don't know about the topic in terms of replacing console hard drives. (Last time I read there was not too much improvement for using a SSD over a SSHD.)

      Nice if others can share =)

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    fr33loader on 26/02/2019 - 21:21

    excellent post details OP

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    incipient on 27/02/2019 - 01:34

    They REALLY need to come up with better naming for their drive revisions!

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