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WD Blue SSDs: 500GB SN550 NVME $50, 500GB 2.5" SATA Expired

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Amazon has Select WD Blue Solid State Drives on sale for the prices listed below. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member lovemydeal for finding this deal.

Available Options:
  • WD Blue 2.5" SATA III:
  • WD Blue SN550 NVME:
    • 500 GB $49.99
      • Note: In Stock Soon
Newegg also has Select WD Blue Solid State Drives on sale for the prices listed below. Shipping is free.

Available options:
  • WD Blue 2.5" SATA III:
  • WD Blue SN550 NVME:
SATA Features:
  • Sequential Read 560MB/s
  • Sequential Write 530MB/s
  • Random Read (IOPS) 95K
  • Random Write (IOPS) 4 TB Model: 82K; 500 Gb, 1 TB, 2 TB Models: 84K
  • Endurance (TBW)
  • 500 GB Model: 200 TBW
  • 1 TB Model: 400 TBW
  • 2 TB Model: 500 TBW
  • 4 TB Model: 600 TBW
  • 3-Year Warranty
NVME Features:
  • Faster than a SATA III SSD
  • Sequential Read 2,400 MBps
  • Sequential Write 1,750 MBps
  • Random Read (IOPS) 300,000 IOPS
  • Random Write (IOPS) 200,000 IOPS
  • Endurance (TBW) 300TBW
  • 5-Year Warranty
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Select WD Blue SSDs are on sale at Amazon

WD Blue 2.5" SATA III:
Performance (WD Blue SATA Data Sheet [westerndigital.com])
  • Sequential Read 560MB/s
  • Sequential Write 530MB/s
  • Random Read (IOPS) 95K
  • Random Write (IOPS) 4 TB Model: 82K; 500 Gb, 1 TB, 2 TB Models: 84K
  • Endurance (TBW)
  • 500 GB Model: 200 TBW
  • 1 TB Model: 400 TBW
  • 2 TB Model: 500 TBW
  • 4 TB Model: 600 TBW
  • 3-Year Warranty

WD Blue SN550 NVME:
500 GB $49.99 [amazon.com] In stock soon but can still order.

Performance
  • Faster than a SATA III SSD
  • Sequential Read 2,400 MBps
  • Sequential Write 1,750 MBps
  • Random Read (IOPS) 300,000 IOPS
  • Random Write (IOPS) 200,000 IOPS
  • Endurance (TBW) 300TBW
  • 5-Year Warranty
WD Blue SN550 NVME:
https://www.amazon.com/Blue-SN550...r_1_1?th=1


WD Blue SATA SSDs;
https://www.amazon.com/Blue-NAND-...r_1_3?th=1
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I'm guessing people are considering these tier D based on the lack of DRAM cache. They are not marketed as high performance like the WD Black series.
Relative to a mechanical hard drive it'll be way faster. Relative to other SSDs it may be faster or slower but the difference will be much smaller.
Blue SATA is probably the same as the variable BOM Sandisk SSD Plus drives. I have multiple of those used as replacements for mechanical drives and they've been fine.
Blue SN550 NVMe has gotten fairly good reviews as one of the fastest DRAMless drives. Example [tomshardware.com]from Tom's hardware. It's uses HMB so it will use up some of you system RAM though.
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Why do you categorize this as tier D? I've used WD blue for over 6 years now. Zero issues.
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06-20-2021 at 08:05 PM.
06-20-2021 at 08:05 PM.
Quote from MagentaJuice3686 :
These will last 1-2 months mining chia Wink
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06-20-2021 at 08:14 PM.
06-20-2021 at 08:14 PM.
Quote from StevenA5412 :
Just replaced my WD NvME with a Samsung. The samsung is almost twice as fast read/write.

WD is only good if you're on a budget. Otherwise highly recommend samsung instead
WD black is similar to Samsung read and write. WD blue is slower by design.
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06-20-2021 at 11:31 PM.
06-20-2021 at 11:31 PM.
Quote from drac :
Don't those crucial drives suffer from premature write wear? Pretty common issue

The Bx500 are dram-less, and I bought dozens, and most of those slowed to unusable (far worse than HDD) speeds in less than a year. I'm not buying sata ssd without dram, or Crucial SSD again anytime soon after that. The Crucial secure erase did refresh their performance, but that's burdensome.
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06-21-2021 at 02:17 AM.
06-21-2021 at 02:17 AM.
Quote from poorgrad :
I'm guessing people are considering these tier D based on the lack of DRAM cache. They are not marketed as high performance like the WD Black series.
Relative to a mechanical hard drive it'll be way faster. Relative to other SSDs it may be faster or slower but the difference will be much smaller.
Blue SATA is probably the same as the variable BOM Sandisk SSD Plus drives. I have multiple of those used as replacements for mechanical drives and they've been fine.
Blue SN550 NVMe has gotten fairly good reviews as one of the fastest DRAMless drives. Example [tomshardware.com]from Tom's hardware. It's uses HMB so it will use up some of you system Rhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DKLA7w9eeA
Quote from poorgrad :
I'm guessing people are considering these tier D based on the lack of DRAM cache. They are not marketed as high performance like the WD Black series.
Relative to a mechanical hard drive it'll be way faster. Relative to other SSDs it may be faster or slower but the difference will be much smaller.
Blue SATA is probably the same as the variable BOM Sandisk SSD Plus drives. I have multiple of those used as replacements for mechanical drives and they've been fine.
Blue SN550 NVMe has gotten fairly good reviews as one of the fastest DRAMless drives. Example [tomshardware.com]from Tom's hardware. It's uses HMB so it will use up some of you system RAM though.
SSDs blind test for Gamers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DKLA7w9eeA
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06-21-2021 at 04:32 AM.
06-21-2021 at 04:32 AM.
Quote from Jaggsta :
Actually B tier on SATA list Tier B (Mid-end)

Western Digital - Blue 3D (Marvell 88SS1074), Blue (Marvell 88SS1074)

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1...tier-list/ [linustechtips.com]
we are not talking the same WD Blue SN550 NVME
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06-21-2021 at 06:45 AM.
06-21-2021 at 06:45 AM.
Quote from dealpapa :
Tier D (Budget)
Ignorant much?
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Any deals on m.2 sata 3?
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Ignorant much?
when people say something I do not understand, I normally start learning.
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when people say something I do not understand, I normally start learning.
That's a positive mindset. Wink
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06-21-2021 at 08:01 AM.
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Quote from ChrisTran206 :
Unless you're in the <5 % of PC users who have a use case where you can tangibly use the increased Read/Write speed, spending more for a Samsung will make no difference.

So for the rest of the PC users, you won't be able to tell a difference between a SATA SSD or a top of the line NVMe PCIe gen4 SSD for general use, work, gaming, etc.


Good luck with that message. I've been pointing this out (the fallacy and noticeable lack of performance differences with grossly over priced NVME SSDs) for years, but there are more people that simply lack the ability to understand than I\we can ever hope to educate.

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06-21-2021 at 08:44 AM.
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Says above" in stock soon" on 500GB NVME. I don't see it for that price on Amazon and can't order for $50. Is it over?
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06-21-2021 at 10:24 AM.
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Quote from likeaw :
Says above" in stock soon" on 500GB NVME. I don't see it for that price on Amazon and can't order for $50. Is it over?
Looks like out of stock on Amazon however Best Buy and Best Buy on eBay has them for $49.99 also.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-b...Id=6379920 + Shutterfly - $25 to spend or 8x8 Photo Book

https://www.ebay.com/itm/19421098...SwMa9gCwAw

Feel free to correct me if this is not the same NVME SSD

Looks like it is back on Amazon for $49.99 but shows it wont be received until July 17th
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Looks like out of stock on Amazon however Best Buy and Best Buy on eBay has them for $49.99 also.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-b...Id=6379920 + Shutterfly - $25 to spend or 8x8 Photo Book

https://www.ebay.com/itm/19421098...SwMa9gCwAw

Feel free to correct me if this is not the same NVME SSD

Looks like it is back on Amazon for $49.99 but shows it wont be received until July 17th
Thanks, was able to order from BB with Wednesday delivery. Edit: Also noticed they have the Black

WD - WD_BLACK SN750 NVMe 500GB Internal PCIe Gen 3 x 4 Solid State Drive for Laptops & Desktops

$69.99
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Quote from likeaw :
Thanks, was able to order from BB with Wednesday delivery. Edit: Also noticed they have the Black

WD - WD_BLACK SN750 NVMe 500GB Internal PCIe Gen 3 x 4 Solid State Drive for Laptops & Desktops

$69.99
No problem. Yeah I saw the WD Black @ BB but it is $7 less on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/BLACK-SN75...B07MH2P5ZD
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How are these for music production?
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