Western Digital WD Blue SN550 NVMe M.2 2280 500GB PCI-Express 3.0 x4 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) WDS500G2B0C for 54.99 after promo code
93XRB63 MAYSSD42 (Newegg changed the ptomo code)
This is a budget or entry level NVME SSD that uses your system memory as a small cache. It has good performance, see
https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/wd-blue-sn550 and
https://www.tomshardware.com/revi...ss-ssd-yet
Form Factor M.2 2280
Memory SanDisk 96L TLC
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4 / NVMe 1.4
Sequential Read 2,400 MBps
Sequential Write 1,750 MBps
Random Read
410,000 IOPS 300,000 IOPS
Random Write
405,000 IOPS 200,000 IOPS
Endurance (TBW)
600 TB 300TB
Part Number
WDS100T2B0C WDS500G2B0C
Warranty 5-Years
Update: I made a mistake. I accidentally copied some of the specs for the 1 TB version of this drive. Note in particular that the endurance rating for this drive is
300 TBW, not 600 TBW. I've fixed it all above.
https://www.newegg.com/western-di...6820250134
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130 tb vs 300 on evo
130 tb vs 300 on evo
I did a side by side comparison on Newegg. And towards the extra info section on the bottom it states this model has a lifespan of 130tb of usage R/W.
I supposed since they're same format nvme, m.2 area it had similar values.
It's actually a little complicated but in theory yes. The complication is that on some desktop motherboards using an NVMe drive will disable some SATA III ports. Normally, you have unused SATA III ports, but if you've managed to use up your other SATA III ports, then you won't be able to use both a SATA III and an NVME drive at the same time.
What you should do is check the manual that came with your motherboard or prebuilt system to see if any ports get disabled when using an NVME drive, and if so, are they being already used. If you don't have your manual, then you can find a manual online. In most cases, you'll be fine to do this. I just don't want to give a bad answer that causes you later grief.
If everything checks out, and you decide to go ahead with both drives, keep the OS and whatever else you want speed up on the NVME drive. The SATA III drive is then used for storage.
One final point I want to make is the size of modern games. Some can be as large as 100 GB or more. Check the size of the games you want to play. A few modern games might easily fill up 500 GB.
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( also prepaid the return ) .... ups delivered on may 13 .... wow! ..... noticed that on may 18 the return status was not updated.... WD chat guy checked tracking and I was told when it arrives at their warehouse I will be updated .... really ???????? Thank god it wasn't my work from home computer
It's actually a little complicated but in theory yes. The complication is that on some desktop motherboards using an NVMe drive will disable some SATA III ports. Normally, you have unused SATA III ports, but if you've managed to use up your other SATA III ports, then you won't be able to use both a SATA III and an NVME drive at the same time.
What you should do is check the manual that came with your motherboard or prebuilt system to see if any ports get disabled when using an NVME drive, and if so, are they being already used. If you don't have your manual, then you can find a manual online. In most cases, you'll be fine to do this. I just don't want to give a bad answer that causes you later grief.
If everything checks out, and you decide to go ahead with both drives, keep the OS and whatever else you want speed up on the NVME drive. The SATA III drive is then used for storage.
One final point I want to make is the size of modern games. Some can be as large as 100 GB or more. Check the size of the games you want to play. A few modern games might easily fill up 500 GB.
this explains a lot, thanks so much for taking the time to explain
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