500GB Western Digital Blue SN550 NVMe M.2 2280 PCIe Solid State Drive

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03-24-2020 at 09:52 PM #3

Good price for a reputable NVME.

Great for a boot drive and most used programs and files.

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03-24-2020 at 11:31 PM #4

I'm thinking about this for a 2nd drive in my laptop for Documents, photos, downloads but am out of the loop on these. If I don't hear many negatives i'll pull the trigger. Thanks

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03-24-2020 at 11:47 PM #5

work on an old MacBook air 2013 without hibernate issue?

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03-25-2020 at 03:12 AM #6

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I'm thinking about this for a 2nd drive in my laptop for Documents, photos, downloads but am out of the loop on these. If I don't hear many negatives i'll pull the trigger. Thanks

Good drive. You can also get it on WD's site, including at 1TB, with various promotions and CB available. However it might not be ideal for a laptop on battery, it has high idle power usage.

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03-25-2020 at 06:21 AM #7

If you want this for PS5, check Sony website for compatibility.

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03-25-2020 at 06:24 AM #8

I have been out of the game for many years - last time I built a PC, the CPU was a Pentium 4 Northwood 2.4c. Holla! So sorry for the stupid question, but I'm buying a NUC that has an "M2" slot. Is this compatible with that?

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03-25-2020 at 06:38 AM #9

Performance

Max Sequential Read
Up to 2400 MBps

Max Sequential Write
Up to 1750 MBps

4KB Random Read
Up to 300,000 IOPS

4KB Random Write
Up to 240,000 IOPS

MTTF
1.7M hours

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03-25-2020 at 06:42 AM #10

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work on an old MacBook air 2013 without hibernate issue?

Same question. Can I install it into my 2014 MB Pro?

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03-25-2020 at 06:54 AM #11

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I have been out of the game for many years - last time I built a PC, the CPU was a Pentium 4 Northwood 2.4c. Holla! So sorry for the stupid question, but I'm buying a NUC that has an "M2" slot. Is this compatible with that?

Yes. Should be. I have a bean canyon NUC. but I would buy the black nvme from Western digital. it was on sale a day or two earlier for 5 more dollars.

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03-25-2020 at 06:55 AM #12

Quote from Lukkie :

I have been out of the game for many years - last time I built a PC, the CPU was a Pentium 4 Northwood 2.4c. Holla! So sorry for the stupid question, but I'm buying a NUC that has an "M2" slot. Is this compatible with that?

That was a good intel CPU👍🏻. You have to look for MB specs, m.2 is also used for "regular" ssd drives (just instead of SATA it has m2 connector). Some MB also support both SATA and NVME protocol so if manual mentions NVME support you should be good. Also it's a good idea to get a heat sink for it since it will reduce operating temp and increase drive longevity.

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03-25-2020 at 06:56 AM #13

How does this compare to a 970 Evo?

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03-25-2020 at 07:23 AM #14

Got myself one as a 3rd storage on my gaming pc. I have an SSD for the system, this one for the games I play the more often, and a 4GB mecanical HD for my game library. I should be set for now. I think... 🤔

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03-25-2020 at 07:23 AM #15

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work on an old MacBook air 2013 without hibernate issue?

No, Apple uses different form factor. You can buy new drives from OWC or Macmall.

https://forums.macrumors.com/thre...e.2034976/

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