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Western Digital WD Blue SN550 M.2 2280 NVMe 500GB 2,400 MB/s $79 Delivered @ PC Byte

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Better price than Prime Day deal

Capacity : 500GB

Form Factor : M.2 (2280)

Read : 2,400 MB/s

Write : 1,750 MB/s

Interface : NVMe PCIe Gen3x4

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  • +1

    Good price!

  • so cheap. Tempting even though i don't need one.

    • +1

      If you don’t need one, save the m.2 for a higher capacity.

      • Curious.. why?

        • Most motherboards have limited m.2, whereas you can have many sata drives. If you use a smaller one then upgrade to a larger, you might find you can’t use it now.

          • +1

            @ATangk: Can always use a spare PCIE slot with a cheap m.2 adapter.

            • @[Deactivated]: yeah they are about 6 bucks ebay china.

            • @[Deactivated]: Will that give full speed of the drive though?

              • +1

                @kisshell9: Theoretically yes, if it's a PCIE 3.0 x4 slot. It's essentially the same thing as a dedicated m.2 slot on a motherboard since that also uses the PCIE lanes.

                There was some issues with booting from m.2 drives using an adapter a few years ago but most manufacturers pushed BIOS updates to fix that. I'd assume any recent motherboard would be compatible.

  • +20

    Upvote for the Op's nickname.

    • +4

      That profile pic too 🤣

    • Hahaha I missed that till see ur message haha

  • +1

    great username

  • Is it compatible with MacBook Pro? Or do Need to buy some adapter?

    • +1

      Will have to buy an enclosure

  • Bought 1 for next year build :). Thanks OP

  • +5
    • This or kingston a2000? For gaming

      • +1

        You won't see any difference in gaming but someone correct me if i'm wrong

        • Yeah, A2000 and SN550 are very close in performance in general, so for game loading especially there's no practical difference. Best option is which ever is cheapest!

  • +1

    I'm waiting for black friday

  • +1

    this is dramless? from memory it is

    • +1

      It is but, but its controller is highly-regarded and is meant to utilise SRAM as a substitute.
      From reviews it seems to work well and performance is on par with the A2000 which does have DRAM.
      https://au.pcmag.com/ssd-1/67243/wd-blue-sn550
      https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/9590/western-digital-sn550…

      • that is true, and I read a couple of articles on that, but

        if I can choose between dramless and non-dramless, I will just choose non-dramless for a peace of mind

        and I did, I went with A2000

        it's not performance but endurance I am thinking about

  • hmm, this or a samsung 970 evo? /plus?

    • +4

      For the vast majority of users this or the A2000 will perform great.
      The advantage of the 970 evo is in large (from memory >~15GB) file transfers, where the 970 evo would be about 50% faster (~1200MBps vs ~800MBps). Unless that is something you do regularly, I'd save the money and get this or the A2000.

      • thank you for your advice! I'll look into these others more then, unless a really good deal for the samsung one comes back up again ^^

        • Glad I could help!

  • Back in stock, but no free shipping.

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