WD Blue M.2 SATA 3D NAND 500GB (WDS500G2B0B) $88 Delivered @ Centre Com

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arinko on 19/07/2020 - 03:53 centrecom.com.au (505 clicks)
Last edited 19/07/2020 - 13:55 by 1 other user

Western Digital WD Blue 500GB SATA3 3D NAND M.2 SSD for $88 each. Get free shipping for orders over $79.
The other places I have seen online are at least over $100 each.

I have an older MSI GE62-2QF gaming laptop with 3 x M.2 slots - 2 x SATA3 and 1 x PCIE 2.0/SATA3. I am getting 3 of these to replace the 2 x 128GB Toshiba SATA M.2 (RAID 1). This is my boot drive. Windows 10 is already bad enough but there are some programs that will only install on the boot drive and Program Files folder keeps getting bigger. Keeps getting the Low Disk Space warning. I can set all 3 M.2 Slots to RAID 0 since I am filling all 3 slots with the same capacity drives.

edit:
From WD Australia's website
https://shop.westerndigital.com/en-au/products/internal-driv…

5-Year Limited Warranty
Every WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD comes with a 5-year limited warranty, so you can be confident of your storage when you upgrade or replace any of your drives.

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  zhanggg on 19/07/2020 - 05:28

  +1

  Not sure how they compare, but the Crucial MX500 500GB is currently $86.50 at Online Computer (I believe free shipping too)

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    zwolf on 19/07/2020 - 08:46

    -5

    Crucial are the only drives I've had/I've known others to have that have had major issues
    Honestly I do and would advise to avoid them like the plague

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      eecan on 19/07/2020 - 09:40

      +6

      I don't really see any significant negative feedback in any of their other deals and their SSDs are posted here all the time.

      Obviously this is just an anecdote but I have a Crucial 960GB SSD from 2013 and have had no issues with it. I wouldn't think twice about buying another.

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        zwolf on 19/07/2020 - 18:05

        -1

        Welp, I was just offering my experience, not expecting to be downovoted for offering the truth of my experience, haha.. knobjockeys..
        Fact is I have 2 corrupted crucial drives sitting in my parts closet, and I sourced another corrupted one to be the source of a friend's (profanity) up PC. I relayed it to my nerdy builder brother in law, and he confirmed he'd had similar run-ins. And yeah, the internet does support this. This was a few years ago, but Crucial had a reputation for poor reliability, or maybe I just remembered all that bad feedback. Definitively moreso than samsung/asus/WD, brands known for reliability. To wit, I've never a problem with other branded drives. People on this site aren't exactly after "quality."

        But, whatever. Go buy a whole set of Crucials, and don't even bother backing up that data, you'll probably be fiiine… no skin off my damn back.

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          eecan on 19/07/2020 - 18:52

          +1

          @zwolf: If I had the same experience you did I'd probably be avoiding them too lol.

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  [Deactivated] on 19/07/2020 - 07:23

  +2

  Does this have a blue house and blue window?

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    kaleidoscope on 19/07/2020 - 09:02

    These guys might have the answer Lifeline

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    Vicente888 on 19/07/2020 - 10:18

    Abu debi abu dabi

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    Void on 20/07/2020 - 11:23

    +2

    and a blue corvette? Is everything around blue like it?

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  thorman on 19/07/2020 - 08:23

  I have this drive. It's a good solid sata drive.

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    kingmoron on 19/07/2020 - 09:09

    +1

    It's actually "solid state drive "

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      Leleone on 19/07/2020 - 09:12

      +3

      Well let's say it's a Solid Sata drive

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        [Deactivated] on 19/07/2020 - 10:42

        +2

        Lets just state solid sata drive

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  JediNite77 on 19/07/2020 - 09:46

  Looks like same is on offer from Umart : https://www.umart.com.au/WD-Blue-3D-NAND-SSD-M-2-SATA-500GB-…. Not sure on the shipping though.

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    arinko on 19/07/2020 - 10:14

    I don’t remember it at that price at Umart yesterday evening when I was looking for a cheaper deal to Centre Com’s.

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  edathor on 19/07/2020 - 10:45

  For $19 more (after cashback) I recommend the Samsung 860: https://www.centrecom.com.au/samsung-860-evo-500gb-m2-2280-s…. It's faster and has two years more warranty.

  Cashback offer: https://www.samsung.com/au/offer/ssd-eofy-cashback/

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    Void on 20/07/2020 - 11:24

    The 860 EVO has a DDR4 DRAM cache vs WD's DDR3 cache. I doubt you'd notice the difference short of synthetics though.

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  s20525xxx on 19/07/2020 - 11:48

  +1

  Both the WD Blue and Samsung 860 are SATA drive with below 600MB/s seq read/write, this is a better deal at $115:
  https://www.shoppingexpress.com.au/buy/seagate-barracuda-510…
  This is 320TBW vs Blue's 200TBW, and 5 year warranty, and DDR4 DRAM.
  If you really wanna save the money, you could just get the 2.5'' SATA drive, save the M.2 port for NVME SSD later.
  IMO, you don't have to use even NVME SSD for boot drive, if you don't have many software random read/write to boot drive all the time. It is better to save the NVME drive as data drive for your software, i.e database, photo editing app or virtual machines, so that you don't have other software, especially host OS, to compete for IOPs.

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    arinko on 19/07/2020 - 13:21

    I don't really need the write speed nor I do I think my 4th gen Intel chip and DDR3 memory can push it much. My downloads on NBN FTTC 100/20 go straight to the 1TB hitachi 2.5 5400rpm SATA drive. I don't play PC games. I am kinda splurging on some retail therapy since the lock down in Melbourne. $88 x 3 for a 5 years old laptop is already kinda on the expensive side. Basically nothing I do on the PC will need the NVMe speeds.

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  Wayne7497 on 19/07/2020 - 17:12

  -1

  Western Digital AU 1TB WD BLACK SN750 NVMe SSD now $215 on Amazon

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    Keeegs on 20/07/2020 - 14:44

    -1

    Apples and oranges….