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Crucial MX500 2TB SATA 2.5" 7mm Internal SSD, Blue/Gray $149 Delivered @ Amazon AU

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KaytoMagic on 17/07/2023 - 06:20 amazon.com.au (1593 clicks)
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  • Fergy1987 on 17/07/2023 - 07:28
    +3

    Annoying. Just bought it for 165

    • ChatCPT on 17/07/2023 - 15:58

      amazon do returns pretty easy

      • Fergy1987 on 17/07/2023 - 15:59

        By just bought about a week ago and its in my machine with games on it lol

        • ChatCPT on 17/07/2023 - 16:00
          +4

          yes but its possible order this one, create return under old one and return this one

  • dr on 17/07/2023 - 07:35

    Does anyone still buy 2TB SATA drives when nVME ones are in the same price ballpark?

    • Fergy1987 on 17/07/2023 - 07:39
      +19

      I suppose if you dont want to buy a new motherboard with 2 slots.

    • DiscountForThee on 17/07/2023 - 07:39
      +9

      More SATA ports on my motherboard :P

    • DarnyBoy1982 on 17/07/2023 - 07:44
      +5

      I have 2 nvme slots, one is already for my O.S. My goal is to fill all of my sata ports before splurging on a high capacity nvme

      I just bought the samsung 2tb QVO days ago and then the EVO 2tb went on sale for even cheaper. It hurts.

    • johnkash on 17/07/2023 - 07:46
      +3

      I already used up all my M.2 slots, my only choice is to either rip out the m.2 on my pc and upgrade with a higher capacity one, which I don’t want to do, because I have to reinstall windows. Or I can just plug in SATA drives and use them right out of the box.

      • Agret on 17/07/2023 - 09:00

        If your PC has 2 nvme slots you can just clone your existing windows install to the new drive and then run off that.

        • eecan on 17/07/2023 - 09:54
          -1

          Yes but that way you are paying for capacity you won't use. Let's say his existing m2 is 1tb and he buys a 2tb drive that is 1tb extra storage after removing his old drive but if they bought a 2TB SATA then that's 2TB additional storage instead of 1TB. And the NVME speeds are not going to make any meaningful difference over SATA SSDs for 99% of people.

          EDIT: Reading your comment though I guess you were just giving him an option with the NVME replacement as opposed to pushing for him to replace the drive.

        • johnkash on 17/07/2023 - 10:57

          Unfortunately, I went with a micro-ATX build with a motherboard that contains only 1 M.2 slot, so that’s not an option for me.

      • dr on 17/07/2023 - 13:54

        Not correct, if you have spare PCIE x16 slot, you can buy NVMe to PCIE based card like this one https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/404091146274 - works like a charm

        EDIT: this card will support 4 NVMe drives, if you only have PCIE x4 or x8 there are cards that support one or two ssd drives instead - you need 4 PCIE lanes per ssd

        • paulojr on 17/07/2023 - 16:08

          that is true if your motherboard officially supports NVMe or can be hacked to support it. So far I haven't found many older motherboards that can boot from NVMe via those cards, and of course newer boards often already have the NVMe interface so if people are saying they have the older M.2 slot chances are the bios won't boot from NVMe. (and the big win is booting time and OS load so you really want to be able to use them for boot if you can)

          Also many motherboards will reduce the speed of the graphics card if you install an NVME card like this. Really need to check the motherboard specs and if there is limits its a decision then between slower graphics throughput versus the NVME.

          So far I haven't had much luck adapting those cards to older motherboards, usually those cards are OK if you want to use a NVME as a storage drive as the OS loads drivers after boot but not as boot drives

          And be super careful of those no name or cheap brand name cards, quality of the pins varies and can find yourself damaging your motherboard PCI interface. (Anything from Computer Parts Land.. steer well clear of!!) Actually just steer well clear of CPL as a general rule.

          • dr on 17/07/2023 - 19:50
            +2

            @paulojr: I never said this solution will work on all boards or boards that do not have any NVME slots - I was addressing the folks that said they ran out of NVMe slots and thus using SATA drives as additional storage. Those NVMe slots on the MB are obviously bootable.

            Secondly, NVMe (over PCIE slots) MB support has three parts:
            a. can it support drive as non bootable drive,
            b. can MB boot from such drive
            c. in case of X8 and X16 slots can it bifurcate them and allow multiple NVMe SSD per card

            Option C is most complicated and not supported on a lot of boards older than 3-4 years. I have yet to see the board where option a. does not work.

            Also many motherboards will reduce the speed of the graphics card if you install an NVME card like this.

            You mean some boards? And you mean that most boards have some documented limitations which slots can be populated at the same time wrt to throughput, regardless what kind of device is placed it that other slot? IOW not specific to NVMe cards - applicable to for example a capture card, or 2nd GPU…

            And be super careful of those no name or cheap brand name cards, quality of the pins varies and can find yourself damaging your motherboard PCI interface.

            Stop the FUD please. There are no pins on PCIE cards, they use edge connectors.

            I have two of the cards I recommended, one of them running in 8 years old Dell Precision T7910 - and it runs flawlessly. On the other hand way more expensive and from well known brand AORUS Gen4 AIC SSD card did not work.

          • hollykryten on 20/07/2023 - 14:15

            @paulojr: I'm quite sure that it only needs official NVMe support in the bios in order to be able to boot off it. But otherwise it can only be used as a non bootable drive.

            But then again if the person already has an NVMe being booted off of then the the computer already has official NVMe support. But if the computer has a UEFI bios then there's a good chance that there's already official NVMe boot support.

      • jace88 on 20/07/2023 - 23:32

        You could just buy expansion cards with m.2 slots on it if you have space. Relatively inexpensive on eBay.

    • combatant on 17/07/2023 - 08:12

      Yep, I've filled all my NVME slots and use SATA SSDs for extra game storage.

    • axyh on 17/07/2023 - 10:01

      For additional storage, it's fine.

      My M.2 slots are full, I want a few extra TB of storage for storing project data, so adding some SATA drives is easy and still fast enough for offloading data temporarily between processing runs.

    • garage sale on 17/07/2023 - 11:05

      already have 2 NVME so SATA saves some hassle, and less waste. not many MBs with 4x NVME yet at bargain prices.

    • Crono on 17/07/2023 - 16:14
      +1

      For general use there will be no noticeable difference in speed, and with m.2 slots limited on mobos these sata drives are perfect for additional storage.

    • xmagic on 18/07/2023 - 00:48

      Probably because vendors are busying make NVMe to USB bridges while no one is doing NVMe to SATA bridge?

      It's annoying for sure knowing NVMe drives are more affordable in general, while there are devices that either SATA only or comes with plenty of SATA ports.

    • Ebany on 18/07/2023 - 21:38

      Definately. These are my prefered method of storing back-up stuff like documents or photos, I also have one as my portable apps drive. To add some extra to the mix I clone all my backup drives onto another backup drive.

      Back when they first came out I paid $500 for a 64GB, now they're so cheap.

  • sween64 on 17/07/2023 - 07:41

    1TB is $83, up from $79 last week.

  • Rob-4x4 on 17/07/2023 - 07:50
    +4

    FYI… You can get NVME->SATA adapters and also NVME PCI cards to increase the available slots in M/Bs

    For example these sorts of things (Just from a random google search)
    https://www.mwave.com.au/trending/nvme-pcie-adapter

    • Fergy1987 on 17/07/2023 - 08:50
      +3

      Unfortunately with the size of graphics cards or if you have a wifi card or capture card the pci slots disappear pretty quick

      • Erwark on 17/07/2023 - 13:54
        +3

        Even if they're not physically blocked, there are limited electrical lanes available. If you have a GPU and an NVME drive, the second "big" PCIe slot is often only X4 and will be bottlenecked. Still should be faster than SATA3, but by the time you start factoring in the adaptor it's not always worth the hassle.

    • furythree on 20/07/2023 - 20:07

      any reccomended nvme sata ones

      i imagine that sata connector will be a massive bottleneck for 1 nvme, let aloen 2

      shame cause the 2.5 formfactor could easily fit 2 nvmes

      i can only add more storage via sata for my itx build

  • ConsumerAffairs on 17/07/2023 - 08:35
    +15

    Is there any reason you'd get this drive over the Samsung 870 Evo that's currently $138?

    • Rod M on 17/07/2023 - 08:40
      +1

      My thoughts exactly,

    • GhostofB on 17/07/2023 - 08:56
      +2

      That's an amazing price for the Evo, which is a better drive.

    • wellzi on 17/07/2023 - 09:02
      +4

      Yeah look it's probably cheap for this drive, but I would absolutely go the 870 EVO. :)

    • lucyr on 17/07/2023 - 09:35
      +6

      Was thinking the same thing and the only reason against the 870 Evo is it ships from Amazon US and some comments indicate warranty claims could be tricky

      • Devastator0 on 17/07/2023 - 09:43
        +1

        Yeah, 100% warranty issues/frustrations if you're purchasing it not from an AU based retailer.

      • ConsumerAffairs on 17/07/2023 - 10:48
        +2

        So long as their reliability is within ballpark of each other, that's a worthwhile trade-off then.

    • chumpychops on 17/07/2023 - 14:24
      +1

      In my case, the Mx500 is more compatible with my legacy mac. THe 870's are know to have issues with booting and waking computer from sleep etc.

  • vid_ghost on 17/07/2023 - 09:23
    +8

    This is an option

    Samsung 870 EVO 2TB 2.5" SATA III Internal SSD $138.18 Delivered @ Amazon US via AU
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/787877

    • kenmizuki on 17/07/2023 - 16:22
      +2

      I dont believe samsung can actually fix 0e issue(bad sectors) by updating firmware,they just hide it,

      same as HDD bad sectors.

      • vid_ghost on 17/07/2023 - 16:24
        +1

        Yeah.. Wouldn't want to lose my files on the Samsung drive

  • Coops1 on 17/07/2023 - 13:14

    Good price, dropping quickly….. $150 @ MSY if you need it today and can pick it up

  • girds7 on 18/07/2023 - 01:36
    -1

    bought one from umart for same price. planning to use it for a torrent cache drive in unraid.

    also as far as i can tell the firmware should be checked and updated since it looks like they've had issues in the past with these.

  • eWhizz on 18/07/2023 - 13:13

    Local retailers are the same price but include GST, so for most businesses it will be cheaper to buy local (plus easier warranty etc)

    • Agret on 19/07/2023 - 10:57

      Amazon includes GST

    • PainToad on 20/07/2023 - 05:30

      plus easier warranty

      Amazon’s warranty process is much easier than the hops retailers will make you jump through.

  • Scrobo on 18/07/2023 - 20:26

    Any good 4TB deals for SSD?

  • Ebany on 18/07/2023 - 21:46

    Thanks op, I was just about to buy some of the BX500's posted earlier for $138.

  • thekow on 19/07/2023 - 10:41
    +1

    Finally got a bad amazon delivery package was already opened with customer data on the drive.
    Pretty pissed off to be honest. Returning as I paid for a new drive not a returned drive i was suss the second I opened it, the box was beaten up and the seal was cracked.

    Powered on 720 times with 6464 hours on it. Lucky it didn't have malware.

    • pneumatic on 01/08/2023 - 20:10

      That's appalling. Was the seller "Amazon AU" or independent?

      I was under the impression that Amazon willingly takes huge losses on massive amounts of daily returned items and onsells them to liquidation companies who then sell them as factory seconds. Kind of like a "loss leader" policy to keep customers happy.

      If they are just throwing them back into the main stock pile then that is completely unacceptable, especially if it has user data on it. They might as well spit in your mouth if that's how they're going to operate.

      Seconds away from buying the 2TB @ $149, and your story is making me hesitate.

  • fhqhfhqh on 21/07/2023 - 13:42

    Ordered one. Ta

  • boxall on 30/07/2023 - 10:26

    Back in stock.

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