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Crucial MX500 2TB 2.5" SATA SSD $194 Delivered @ Amazon AU

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Crucial MX500 2TB 2.5" SATA SSD $194 Delivered @ Amazon AUAffiliate
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LShrewdBargin on 23/01/2023 - 23:53 amazon.com.au (1505 clicks)
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First post, please forgive mistakes.

Dropped to an ATL of $189 according to the 3 C’s alert. Max 3 x QTY per order (Update 11 Feb 12AM price has decreased). Umart has price matched @ 199 but no free shipping.

Not cheaper than this anywhere else that I can see via staticice. This also has the advantage of being Amazon AU stock.

Please keep in mind two things before purchasing:

  1. some analysts are projecting NAND prices to drop a lot a this year, as much as 50% (I am not an analyst, DYOR)

  2. There are some reports from a single party that 2TB and 4TB switched to QLC NAND. If so TBW will be impacted.

Having said that only buy these if you need them now, though since it’s Amazon AU, you should have an easy time returning 👍.

If someone does buy them, please report back here on what you got (if you know how). It’s been like 4 threads on unconfirmed hearsay apart from the blogpost, which whilst convincing, we need multiple sources for to be sure.

(Prior post discussing this: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/751540)

Mod Update 15/2: Price has increased to $194

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  • ShrewdBargin on 24/01/2023 - 00:15

    Also please excuse whatever the hell is going on with the tags. I was editing as the mod did and it’s just refusing to keep the mod added tag of “Crucial MX500”. (At least I can’t see it on my end)

    • Moderatorscrimshaw on 24/01/2023 - 00:37

      If you can see the "Related Products" box showing the product tag on the deal post, that means it's tagged already.

      The other tags that show up on the bottom of the deals are "implicit" tags, that is, tags are implied with the product. In this case it's the brand name of the product and the product category. We often manually add other tags as necessary, for example storage capacities for storage media and inches for displays / TV's or laptops.

  • XZT on 24/01/2023 - 00:34
    +8

    Copying in some context around that report of MX500 using QLC NAND, here's the original (sole) source:
    https://theoverclockingpage.com/2022/07/27/review-crucial-mx…
    And a comment from the author (Gabriel Ferraz):
    https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/rumour-that-mx500…

    Oh that's my sheet haha, i did it when i reviewed my Crucial MX500 1TB when i bought it from Aliexpress.

    i Wrote the review, yes there are QLC Variants, although all i could find were from reports from buyers from Aliexpress, i had encounters many MX500 from my country's stores and all had TLC dies, but some variants coming from Aliexpress had QLC variants indeed, a friend of mine had one with N48R dies

    Thanks for calling on people to report what they find. It's probably good practice to keep up the public awareness of what goes into SSDs in general. Although, we can't really confirm that something doesn't exist.

    • Thaal Sinestro on 24/01/2023 - 02:48
      +14

      QLCs should be illegal, so should Shingled hard drives and TN monitors. They are inferior garbage technology, only fit for landfill.

    • ofey on 25/01/2023 - 17:56

      I've just received my order. How do I check if it's a QLC variant? Besides running CrystalDiskMark after opening the box, is there a batch number we can refer to on the box?

      • XZT on 26/01/2023 - 02:19
        +2

        Opening the enclosure to check markings on the chips themselves would be one way, but there's understandably going to be hesitation to do that.

        @netsurfer previously mentioned this program, though there seemed to be some issue? It may be able to show something for Silicon Motion (SMI) controllers:
        http://vlo.name:3000/tmph/smi_flash_id.rar
        Extract and run "smi_flash_id_ata.exe" (there are 2 other .exe in the .rar). It should ask to select the drive to check. There might be issues inspecting drives with certain partitions on them.

        e.g. MX500 1TB Windows OS drive gives an error:

        SMI 224x/225x SSD Flash ID ATA reader v0.564a by Ochkin Vadim
        OS: 10.0 build 19044
        Use: smi_flash_id drive_num[u]
        - u - model check override
        0: (CT1000MX500SSD1
        1: (CT1000MX500SSD1
        …
        Please select drive number:0
        Drive: 0(ATA)
        Model: CT1000MX500SSD1
        Fw : M3CR023
        Size : 953869 MB [1000.2 GB]
        From smart : [SM2258B16AR] [M3CR023 ]
        Controller : SM2258AB
        IOCtl: W6 failed 0x5!
        Possible disk has partition within first 12MB.
        Try another way…
        ATA: Smart/para failed! Error: 0x51

        A non-system drive gives the below (shortened at "…"). So this seems to be a MX500 1TB with SM2258AB controller, Micron 64 layer B16A TLC NAND, 1GB DRAM. https://www.techpowerup.com/ssd-specs/crucial-mx500-1-tb.d77

        SMI 224x/225x SSD Flash ID ATA reader v0.564a by Ochkin Vadim
        OS: 10.0 build 19044
        Use: smi_flash_id drive_num[u]
        - u - model check override
        0: (CT1000MX500SSD1
        1: (CT1000MX500SSD1
        …
        Please select drive number:1
        Drive: 1(ATA)
        Model: CT1000MX500SSD1
        Fw : M3CR023
        Size : 953869 MB [1000.2 GB]
        From smart : [SM2258B16AR] [M3CR023 ]
        Controller : SM2258AB
        Bank00: 0x2c,0xa4,0x8,0x32,0xa1,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Micron 64L(B16A) TLC 256Gb/CE 256Gb/die
        Bank01: 0x2c,0xa4,0x8,0x32,0xa1,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Micron 64L(B16A) TLC 256Gb/CE 256Gb/die
        Bank02: 0x2c,0xa4,0x8,0x32,0xa1,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Micron 64L(B16A) TLC 256Gb/CE 256Gb/die
        …
        Bank31: 0x2c,0xa4,0x8,0x32,0xa1,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Micron 64L(B16A) TLC 256Gb/CE 256Gb/die
        Pure Spare Blocks : 46
        Running Spare Blocks: 56
        FlashID: 0x2c,0xa4,0x8,0x32,0xa1,0x0,0x0,0x0 - Micron 64L(B16A) TLC 256Gb/CE 256Gb/die
        Channel : 4
        Ch map : 0x0F
        CE map : 0xFF
        First Fblock : 2
        Total Fblock : 504
        Bad Block From Pretest: 14
        Start TLC/MLC Fblock : 20
        DRAM Size,MB : 2*512
        DRAM Vendor : Micron

        The MX500 4TB found so far have been with SM2259 controller, Micron 176 layer B47R TLC NAND (chip marking NY135), 512MB DRAM. https://www.techpowerup.com/ssd-specs/crucial-mx500-4-tb.d95…

        • ofey on 26/01/2023 - 11:46
          +2

          So no way to tell before opening up the packaging …
          I'll have to take one for the team then.

          • netsurfer on 27/01/2023 - 09:45

            @ofey: The utility doesn't seem to work for the newer MX500 so the only way to tell without opening it is to run a sustained write test, but that involves filling the drive up until a point it reaches the NAND write speed. It's time consuming.

  • viper8548 on 24/01/2023 - 00:50

    Combine this with the umart amex offer $50 back for $300 spend

  • BargainBuddy on 24/01/2023 - 01:01

    Does the difference of $40 worth it with this one?

    Silicon Power Ace A55 2TB SATA SSD, Up to 560MB/s, 3D NAND with SLC Cache, 2.5 Inch SATA III 6Gb/s Internal Solid State Drive for Desktop Laptop Computer

    https://amzn.asia/d/6MJpBsn

    • misunderstood98 on 24/01/2023 - 01:16
      +1

      Go crucial for sure at this price.

      If you decide to save money, the SP is cheaper through eBay with vouchers applied.

    • dqtl74 on 24/01/2023 - 08:59

      I bought a 1TB A55 recently and am using it purely for games. Works well enough.

      If using it as a primary drive I'd definitely go for the Crucial.

  • bellz80 on 24/01/2023 - 07:21

    Damn! just purchased a 1TB in the weekend for an upgrade on the PS4 should have waited for this!

  • ShrewdBargin on 24/01/2023 - 08:49

    So I went to expire this but mods/admins have edited price title to the increased price of 204, around when I was expiring the deal

    In a scenario like this is it best practice I leave this up or expire it? It still cheaper than elsewhere but not ATL.

    • Ulysses31 on 24/01/2023 - 08:59
      -4

      Who knows. Constant messing-around by other… “helping” in the background.

      Unfortunately, there’s a long-standing reason majority of people don’t post deals, and beg for mercy.

      • ShrewdBargin on 24/01/2023 - 09:02

        Wat, I have no beef with mods.

        I just don’t know what to do now in a scenario like this

      • ShrewdBargin on 24/01/2023 - 13:30
        -1

        FYI I didn’t neg you Ulysses. I assuming you did for me thinking I did

        • Ulysses31 on 25/01/2023 - 17:39
          -1

          Some coward did. Not me

    • Cyan9 on 24/01/2023 - 09:14
      +3

      I don’t think every bargain post needs to be an ATL, it’s still a great price and cheapest around, leave it up I reckon.

    • Moderatormoocher on 25/01/2023 - 09:17

      Generally, if the price has fluctuated by less than a few percent, and no one else has posted another deal with the new price yet, it is ok to update it the price but just add a note to say so.

  • John Doh on 24/01/2023 - 09:54
    +7

    199 at computer alliance on ebay with ebay plus and free shipping - https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/175211554275
    Support local sellers over amazon unless you have returns in mind.

    • ShrewdBargin on 24/01/2023 - 09:59

      Good to see more psuedo price matching and true, I’m tempted to expire now 🤣

      • jwh on 24/01/2023 - 10:20

        That's only for eBay plus though, so probably cheaper at Amazon for those without.

    • ShrewdBargin on 24/01/2023 - 11:05
      +1

      CentreCom ComputerAlliance have also matched on main site: https://www.computeralliance.com.au/parts?id=22348

      • dqtl74 on 24/01/2023 - 11:22
        +1

        Centrecom have matched it but that's not them.

        • ShrewdBargin on 24/01/2023 - 11:24

          Brain fart there honestly

    • ATeeK on 24/01/2023 - 14:36

      Thanks mate brought some from ebay !

  • Lomax on 24/01/2023 - 11:34

    Aaarrrgghh… saw this at Amazon yesterday for $199, checked Camelx3 and found out that the price was at the lowest.
    Thought to check my laptop first, and when arrived home, totally forgot to do it until today, and saw the price now increased to $204. So I immediately bought one, and then saw another posting that ebay has one for $199…

    I know it just $5 difference, but I felt being defeated…

    • John Doh on 24/01/2023 - 12:13
      +1

      Cancel on amazon if not shipped.

  • Mancandy on 24/01/2023 - 13:18

    Scorptec have the BX500 for $169
    https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/hard-drives-&-ssds/ssd-2…

  • RickyBaker on 25/01/2023 - 06:13

    Just curious why people still buy these when NVMe drives are around the same price now?

    • ShrewdBargin on 25/01/2023 - 10:01
      +2

      Unless you have thousands and thousands of dollars to spare you can have more SATA drives plugged in. In my use case for a NAS, mobos may have 1 - 2 NVME slots which is not enough to use what I would call a proper RAID setup.

  • Skxkwkei on 25/01/2023 - 11:43
    +1

    4TB is down to $379 at Umart:
    https://www.umart.com.au/product/crucial-mx500-4tb-3d-2-5in-…

    Strongly considering buying this to stack with Amex offer but am wondering if it's better to wait for a price drop on the Samsung 4TB EVO if there are concerns with QLC NAND being used.

  • BurnZ on 27/01/2023 - 10:43

    It's back to $199.

  • Codeless on 09/02/2023 - 22:20

    $194 now

  • CheapGit on 16/02/2023 - 00:46

    $188 for those in Perth than can pick up from Austin Computers https://www.austin.net.au/products/crucial-2tb-ssd-mx500-ser…

  • gedge10 on 23/02/2023 - 23:57

    It's back at $189

    • ShrewdBargin on 24/02/2023 - 00:10

      This post is buried. Best to rely on newer ones

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