Good deal for a good drive. Not a preferred drive but unless you need extreme speed, has great performance per dollar ratio.
Also the 1TB Version is $79.99 currently at a 11% discount. No coupon code needed.
- Fast NVMe performance for daily computing needs - up to 2,400MB/s
- SSDs offer shock-resistance against accidental bumps and drops
- The slim M.2 2280 form factor is ideal for computers with an NVMe slot
- Downloadable Western Digital SSD Dashboard monitors the health and usage of your drive
- Rest assured with a Western Digital 3-year limited warranty
https://www.amazon.com/Western-Di...r=8-2&th=1
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IIRC, the drives are basically made to work for about 5-6 years before turning to crap. I was looking at this drive last week and passed on it.
I got one of the teamgroup ram+ gen4 1tb ssd deals from amazon. Much better drive for not much more $.
IIRC, the drives are basically made to work for about 5-6 years before turning to crap. I was looking at this drive last week and passed on it.
I got one of the teamgroup ram+ gen4 1tb ssd deals from amazon. Much better drive for not much more $.
Was hoping the "green" part would make it run cool and be good for my laptop but going with Samsung 980 (non-Pro) instead for a little bit more (after cashback and EPP)
Was hoping the "green" part would make it run cool and be good for my laptop but going with Samsung 980 (non-Pro) instead for a little bit more (after cashback and EPP)
And then I saw tons of people returning it when they saw the low TBW.
Okay for an external thunderbolt or usb 3.2 drive in an enclosure, that's just used for backups or on occasion.
And for a few dollars more, you can get something better than WD's worst binned flash.
If you want cool, check out the Hynix Gold SSD's. They use a pretty dense flash and as a result, they don't run that hot. I got one of their 1tb nvme drives. Runs so cool it doesn't even need a heatsink. Perfect for laptops.
And then I saw tons of people returning it when they saw the low TBW.
Okay for an external thunderbolt or usb 3.2 drive in an enclosure, that's just used for backups or on occasion.
And for a few dollars more, you can get something better than WD's worst binned flash.
If you want cool, check out the Hynix Gold SSD's. They use a pretty dense flash and as a result, they don't run that hot. I got one of their 1tb nvme drives. Runs so cool it doesn't even need a heatsink. Perfect for laptops.
But check out the power efficiency. Large SLC cache, that really helps performance. Faster than a 970 evo plus.
https://www.anandtech.c
BUT... I would say that for probably 90%+ of people the reliability of this drive is perfectly fine and would literally last them decades. e.g. I'm sitting at 4.4TBW in the past year+. And when they do fail SSDs don't actually lose the data.
Do a lot of you have particular usage cases where you actually do need high TBW ?
Again, I'd buy a diff drive than this at this price but I doubt the TBW # is relevant for most.
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