Our research indicates that this 512GB Gigabyte M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe 1.3 SSD is $16.08 lower (26% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting at $62.07 at the time of this posting.
About this product:
Comes with a 5-year limited warranty.
Sequential Read Speed: up to 1700 MB/s
Sequential Write speed: up to 1550 MB/s
Endurance: 800TBW
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Our research indicates that this 512GB Gigabyte M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe 1.3 SSD is $16.08 lower (26% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting at $62.07 at the time of this posting.
About this product:
Comes with a 5-year limited warranty.
Sequential Read Speed: up to 1700 MB/s
Sequential Write speed: up to 1550 MB/s
Endurance: 800TBW
About this store:
See the Newegg return policy for returns information.
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apples to oranges.
if you compare dram-less nvme, their power consumption are about the same.
case in point, 980 is maxed out at 4.3W (and about twice as fast both on read and write)
SN550 is maxed out at 3.9W (and about 50% faster on read)
so if you REALLY value about battery life, you should care about performance per unit watt. 980 consumes 30% more power but performs 100% better, so for a given task, it is actually uses 40% less power, all for 10 dollar more.
honestly, given the 980's price tag and performance, i don't know why anyone would go for anything else for general home use(esp at MSRP)
Just put in a Crucial P5 1TB and cloned my boot disk. The computer is definitely snappier, but not a huge difference. The big difference was coming out of sleep mode. With my old Adata SATA SSD it took 14 seconds. This NVME takes 5 seconds. So in my opinion, worth the upgrade.
Being single core and dram less and offering 800TBW i am sure is not going to last long either way they just wanna sell it, if it breaks down sure then there is warranty but still is your data.
That's why you backup the data that you care about, like you're supposed to. This isn't difficult.
Where do I find the supported devices like laptop/Apple Mac Air/Pro?
For generic laptops, check the manufacturer's documentation/help resources. A compatible Mac will need an adapter to use an NVMe drive. Check over at Other World Computing.
thank you for the info
i looked at the Specs 980 FOR THE 500gb Power Draw:
4.3 W (Active) 5.9 W (Max) 5.0 mW (Standby) [B]~1.8amps Endurance TBW: 300 TB
the Gigabyte 512gb
Power Draw:
Avg. Read : 3.3W ; Write : 2.8W (Idle) 1.8mw ~1amp Warranty: Limited 5-year or 800TBW
so the Gigabyte is $14 less
the Gigabyte is slower but still faster then any Sata SSD
uses ~1/2 the power and is Guaranteed to last more the 2 times longer
Thanks. I wouldn't notice the speed difference, but I would notice the SSD dying in half the time.
So is this a good drive for the money? I've got a micro center near me, they might have a 500gb inland cheap. Need something to throw in my dev machine for hyper v machines
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if you compare dram-less nvme, their power consumption are about the same.
case in point, 980 is maxed out at 4.3W (and about twice as fast both on read and write)
SN550 is maxed out at 3.9W (and about 50% faster on read)
so if you REALLY value about battery life, you should care about performance per unit watt. 980 consumes 30% more power but performs 100% better, so for a given task, it is actually uses 40% less power, all for 10 dollar more.
honestly, given the 980's price tag and performance, i don't know why anyone would go for anything else for general home use(esp at MSRP)
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any reason not to jump on this deal
what stands out is the
Warranty: Limited 5-year or 800TBW more then double most
and it VERY LOW POWER 3.3v - 1a
many others are 3.3v - 2.8a those will get very hot and suck batteries dry
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i looked at the Specs
980 FOR THE 500gb
Power Draw:
4.3 W (Active) 5.9 W (Max) 5.0 mW (Standby) [B]~1.8amps
Endurance TBW: 300 TB
the Gigabyte 512gb
Power Draw:
Avg. Read : 3.3W ; Write : 2.8W (Idle) 1.8mw ~1amp
Warranty: Limited 5-year or 800TBW
so the Gigabyte is $14 less
the Gigabyte is slower but still faster then any Sata SSD
uses ~1/2 the power and is Guaranteed to last more the 2 times longer
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I'd highly recommend doing a fresh install of windows though. You can make the USB installer drive pretty easily.
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