The previous deal was $39, so another $7 cheaper! Shipping to WA was $10 (I bought 4 and it was still $10 total).
CT500BX500SSD1
DRAM Cache: None
Sequential Read: 550 MB/s
Sequential Write: 500 MB/s
Random Read: N/A
Random Write: N/A
Endurance (TBW): 120 TB
Warranty: 3 Years
yea I think I paid about $400 for my first ssd in 2009
Wow an SSD in 2009… I didn't get one until late 2012 and even then they were a "new" thing.
haha my OCZ vertex finally died last week!
Details?
Just stopped responding or..?
Yeah just stopped being detected at boot
From my Mwave receipt 2011: OCZ Agility 3 - 60GB - 2.5" SATA3 SSD - 525MB/s Read & 475MB/s Write (AGT3-25SAT3-60G) $99.00
I had my first built-in 128 GB SSD laptop for like $800 on sale, 10 years ago….
My first OCZ died within 2 months. The retailer told me to ask OCZ for a full refund (arranged by the retailer).
still have an OCZ Agility 3 - 60gb i use for testing with. Perfect condition, 100% health
Are these good boot drives?
Depends on who you ask. I use them for upgrades of HDD's when doing reinstalls for folks who aren't really doing much beyond email, photos, Google, etc. Many here suggest the MX series over the BX, if you do a lot of sustained writing as the MX is snappier. For the every day, I doubt you'd notice much difference.
I was wondering what people use these for, when there are much faster M.2 drives. But these will be a good upgrade for nanna's ancient computer etc.
Try out other OSes (linux, Windows Servers, hackintosh, or even older Windows). Pi 4 (which doesn't even have SATA support, just USB 3) or poor man's NAS via router's USB 3 port. Store "candid" videos or photos.
Most PC BIOSes let you hide / disable SATA SSDs, making it easier to install multiple OSes (I don't like Windows 10/11's boot manager, prefer to use BIOS boot menu to change the SSD to boot from) whereas NVMe SSDs, need to take them out (no BIOS hiding / disable feature for NVMe SSDs as far as I know).
For low cost, old systems, this is fine, assuming you don't intend to write a lot of files to it very often.
Unclear whether this now has QLC or still TLC, but even if it is TLC, it is inferior grade TLC from Micron.
If it is for a new system or a system built last year or this year, probably no.
Good is subjective. Some people are happy with and only need 20mbps internet. Giving them 200mbps internet is going to be a modest improvement at best if they never utilise it.
The majority of people though would notice and appreciate that difference though and find it hard to then go back down to or recommend 20mbps.
MX500 was just $49 delivered and is currently $46 at Umart which has more stores to C&C from than PCByte. For that small of a price difference I wouldn't consider the BX.
this or a larger SSD for extra
For a boot drive on a computer used for web browsing etc., this will be more than enough space. Just make sure the computer is OLD.
Buy both, it's your credit card, not mine.
SSDs feel like toys or consumables nowadays. If this one is TLC, then probably still good as a spare toy SSD. Kingston A400 480GB was $29 (maybe still is), QLC junk.
$118 for a 2TB TLC NVMe SSD with 5 years warranty so this isn't bargain cheap in terms of $/GB. I know the $109 2TB one yesterday, but sold out too quickly. However, BX500 is SATA (more SATA slots on most PCs and BIOS may let you hide the SSD temporary, handy to install multiple Windows on multiple SSDs).
I have my intel 120gb used as my boot disk - SC2CW120A3 from about 2012 - 77494 hours - 120692 GB transfers and currently at 89%
I remember I bought my first OCZ vertex 120gb for like $600, 13 years ago….