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2TB Seagate Firecuda 520 PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe 1.3 M.2 2280 Solid State Drive

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Newegg.com has 2TB Seagate Firecuda 520 PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe 1.3 M.2 2280 Solid State Drive (ZP2000GM3A002) on sale for $179.99. Shipping is free.

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Performance Specs:
  • Max Sequential Read: Up to 5000 MBps
  • Max Sequential Write: Up to 4400 MBps
  • 4KB Random Read : Up to 750,000 IOPS
  • 4KB Random Write: Up to 700,000 IOPS
  • Terabytes Written (TBW): 3600TB
  • MTBF: 1,800,000 hours

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  • About this Offer: This sale is $45 less than this previous FrontPage Deal from February.
  • Reviews: This Solid State Drive receives 4.7 Stars out of 5 Stars based on over 170 Customer Reviews.
  • Warranty: Includes 5-Year Limited Warranty for Parts & Labor
  • Newegg Return Policy: Eligible for returns or exchange within 30-Days. -slickdewmaster

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Newegg.com has 2TB Seagate Firecuda 520 PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe 1.3 M.2 2280 Solid State Drive (ZP2000GM3A002) on sale for $179.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks Staff Member f12_26 for sharing this deal

Performance Specs:
  • Max Sequential Read: Up to 5000 MBps
  • Max Sequential Write: Up to 4400 MBps
  • 4KB Random Read : Up to 750,000 IOPS
  • 4KB Random Write: Up to 700,000 IOPS
  • Terabytes Written (TBW): 3600TB
  • MTBF: 1,800,000 hours

Editor's Notes

Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
  • About this Offer: This sale is $45 less than this previous FrontPage Deal from February.
  • Reviews: This Solid State Drive receives 4.7 Stars out of 5 Stars based on over 170 Customer Reviews.
  • Warranty: Includes 5-Year Limited Warranty for Parts & Labor
  • Newegg Return Policy: Eligible for returns or exchange within 30-Days. -slickdewmaster

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f_v_man
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People here need to realize that the real value of the drive is in the endurance specs. It's 3600 TBW. That means this drive can be overwritten 1800 times and it will still perform within spec. That's like filling this drive for everyday for 4.5 yrs. That's some insane psuedo enterprise-level specs. Even the WD Red NVMe SSD's that's advertised for NAS usage has 2500 TBW. It may not be a speed demon but it's an endurance demon for sure. Most of these drives will outlast the consumer electronics they are installed in. That's a good thing. Time will tell but this is hella good deal. The last time it was anywhere near this price was almost 5-6 months ago when Newegg had a surprise 25% coupon for SSD's and this was priced $250 at that time (effectively $187.5). BEWARE: this is a double-sided NVME. May not work for all slots. Do your research on slot clearances before you order.
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LeYang
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For Gen 4 NVMe SSD in this size, I would say yes. AMD has been PCI-E GEN4 for a while, and only recently with Intel with the 11th Gen series (with 5x0 Motherboard and UP).

Also should be good for a PS5 (for speed requirements).

If you don't have those, there is no real advantage in speed over a cheaper ("slower") GEN3 NVMe SSD.
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Any Gen 4 will work, regardless of how below the PlayStation specification it is. So far there's been absolutely no impact for in-game performance with any games tested. This could always change in the future, at which point you'd have to put the new game on the internal and the rest can safely stay on this expansion drive.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/4...ystation-5
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Jun 18, 2022 3:10 AM
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DontTaxBeerJun 18, 2022 3:10 AM
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anyone know if this is just regular price? no coupon code, no %off listed, nothing. that's not like newegg. the drive is a few years old, which explains the price drop.
Jun 18, 2022 10:40 AM
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f_v_manJun 18, 2022 10:40 AM
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People here need to realize that the real value of the drive is in the endurance specs. It's 3600 TBW. That means this drive can be overwritten 1800 times and it will still perform within spec. That's like filling this drive for everyday for 4.5 yrs. That's some insane psuedo enterprise-level specs. Even the WD Red NVMe SSD's that's advertised for NAS usage has 2500 TBW. It may not be a speed demon but it's an endurance demon for sure. Most of these drives will outlast the consumer electronics they are installed in. That's a good thing. Time will tell but this is hella good deal. The last time it was anywhere near this price was almost 5-6 months ago when Newegg had a surprise 25% coupon for SSD's and this was priced $250 at that time (effectively $187.5). BEWARE: this is a double-sided NVME. May not work for all slots. Do your research on slot clearances before you order.
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Jun 18, 2022 12:10 PM
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Shake-N-BakeJun 18, 2022 12:10 PM
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Quote from CVGtoSRQtoIND View quoted comment :
Yes. Need a heat sink for PS5 use, though
You don't have to have one for the PS5. It's recommended, but not 100% necessary. It doesn't get that hot. A lot of people have gone without a heatsink and reported no issues after a lot of use. Heatsinks can be found for cheap, though. So, it's not some big deal that this doesn't come with one. I got mine for $10.
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Shake-N-BakeJun 18, 2022 12:14 PM
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Quote from daruiner View quoted comment :
For what it's worth, the PS5 recommends sequential read speed of 5500MBps or faster, and this is 5000. I'm not sure if the PS5 will actually check performance and not use this, but it's worth noting. Anyone know? Will the 500 difference disqualify this from being used, or is that just a recommendation?
5500 is just a recommendation. Not a requirement. You won't notice any difference at all. I have a 1TB WD Black SN750 SE with a speed of 3600 (the PS5 reads it at 3400) and it loads games just as fast as the stock one. There is no benefit from getting anything faster. No games use the full bandwidth of SSDs yet, and it's likely still an entire generation away before we start seeing games take advantage of the higher speeds. They load super fast as it is. Digital Foundry even tested a drive with a speed of 3200 and most of the time it was just as fast as the stock. On rare occasion it would take 1 second longer to load. There weren't any in-game hiccups or anything. Even if you had an SSD with a speed of 7000, it would only load games maybe 2 or 3 seconds faster than even my "slow" one. It's a software thing, rather than hardware. All the power/speed in the world doesn't matter if the games aren't told to use it. It's like how the PS5 is powerful enough to run every PS4 game at 60fps, but almost all of them still run at 30fps. They haven't been patched to take advantage of the hardware.
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Jun 18, 2022 1:14 PM
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greenbluesJun 18, 2022 1:14 PM
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How does this compare to the team groups cardera graphene z440 here https://slickdeals.net/share/android_app/fp/721315
Jun 18, 2022 2:22 PM
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aarond12Jun 18, 2022 2:22 PM
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I put one of these in my Gigabyte A5 X1. It's fast but not super fast. Crystal DiskMark reports this:

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CrystalDiskMark 6.0.2 x64 (C) 2007-2018 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : https://crystalmark.info/
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* MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s]
* KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes

Sequential Read (Q= 32,T= 1) : 3482.096 MB/s
Sequential Write (Q= 32,T= 1) : 3454.075 MB/s
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 8,T= 8) : 1802.474 MB/s [ 440057.1 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 8,T= 8) : 2292.838 MB/s [ 559774.9 IOPS]
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 677.495 MB/s [ 165404.1 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 399.597 MB/s [ 97557.9 IOPS]
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 49.134 MB/s [ 11995.6 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 155.258 MB/s [ 37904.8 IOPS]

Test : 1024 MiB [C: 39.8% (734.0/1846.0 GiB)] (x5) [Interval=5 sec]
Date : 2022/06/18 9:22:08
OS : Windows 10 [10.0 Build 22000] (x64)
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Jun 18, 2022 6:14 PM
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bmiller0Jun 18, 2022 6:14 PM
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Quote from Shake-N-Bake View quoted comment :
5500 is just a recommendation. Not a requirement. You won't notice any difference at all. I have a 1TB WD Black SN750 SE with a speed of 3600 (the PS5 reads it at 3400) and it loads games just as fast as the stock one. There is no benefit from getting anything faster. No games use the full bandwidth of SSDs yet, and it's likely still an entire generation away before we start seeing games take advantage of the higher speeds. They load super fast as it is. Digital Foundry even tested a drive with a speed of 3200 and most of the time it was just as fast as the stock. On rare occasion it would take 1 second longer to load. There weren't any in-game hiccups or anything. Even if you had an SSD with a speed of 7000, it would only load games maybe 2 or 3 seconds faster than even my "slow" one. It's a software thing, rather than hardware. All the power/speed in the world doesn't matter if the games aren't told to use it. It's like how the PS5 is powerful enough to run every PS4 game at 60fps, but almost all of them still run at 30fps. They haven't been patched to take advantage of the hardware.
Great information, thanks and repped

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Jun 18, 2022 8:23 PM
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Shake-N-BakeJun 18, 2022 8:23 PM
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Quote from daruiner View quoted comment :
Great information, thanks and repped
I appreciate it. I try to get the word out so people can save some money. I wish Sony would do away with the 5500 recommendation. Too many people have wasted too much money.

I got my SSD on sale for $75 from GameStop, about a month or two ago. Meanwhile other people have spent $200-$300 on SSDs that don't load games any faster than mine. I understand if people want to future proof, but based on how quickly games already load, that future is still pretty far off. I don't see games using those higher speeds until the next generation.
Jun 18, 2022 10:28 PM
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DontTaxBeerJun 18, 2022 10:28 PM
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Quote from aarond12 View quoted comment :
I put one of these in my Gigabyte A5 X1. It's fast but not super fast. Crystal DiskMark reports this:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
CrystalDiskMark 6.0.2 x64 (C) 2007-2018 hiyohiyo
Crystal Dew World : https://crystalmark.info/
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
* MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s]
* KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes

Sequential Read (Q= 32,T= 1) : 3482.096 MB/s
Sequential Write (Q= 32,T= 1) : 3454.075 MB/s
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 8,T= 8) : 1802.474 MB/s [ 440057.1 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 8,T= 8) : 2292.838 MB/s [ 559774.9 IOPS]
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 677.495 MB/s [ 165404.1 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 399.597 MB/s [ 97557.9 IOPS]
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 49.134 MB/s [ 11995.6 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 155.258 MB/s [ 37904.8 IOPS]

Test : 1024 MiB [C: 39.8% (734.0/1846.0 GiB)] (x5) [Interval=5 sec]
Date : 2022/06/18 9:22:08
OS : Windows 10 [10.0 Build 22000] (x64)
and there's very few reviews. the 4KQD1 is really all i care about, and it's unimpressive on this drive. i think i'll get the samsung 980 pro refurb instead from BB.

when you say not that fast, are you copying to another faster nvme drive, or just basing off of synthetic numbers? and are you using a pcie 4.0 board?
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Jun 19, 2022 10:56 AM
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VaheliusJun 19, 2022 10:56 AM
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Ugh I need to uninstall this app. Sure I'm getting great deals but I'm spending more than I did before lol
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argentumJun 19, 2022 11:17 AM
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Quote from daruiner View quoted comment :
For what it's worth, the PS5 recommends sequential read speed of 5500MBps or faster, and this is 5000. I'm not sure if the PS5 will actually check performance and not use this, but it's worth noting. Anyone know? Will the 500 difference disqualify this from being used, or is that just a recommendation?
Sony is just trying to pretend to be an elite here, ALL gen 4 ssd will work in PS5.
Jun 19, 2022 4:20 PM
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RulzMDJun 19, 2022 4:20 PM
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Excellent deal I knew when I got my Samsung 980 pro thet one day it will be cheaper drive. I got mine at 299 without heat sink which was perfect for me now this is a hell of a deal for my ps5.

If you haven't get one, this is an excellent price even without heat sink which are only 10-20 dollars more.
Jun 19, 2022 5:24 PM
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Myst3ryxJun 19, 2022 5:24 PM
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Quote from vahelius View quoted comment :
ugh i need to uninstall this app. Sure i'm getting great deals but i'm spending more than i did before lol
welcome to the club Wink
Jun 19, 2022 8:20 PM
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phiberJun 19, 2022 8:20 PM
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Quote from HonestPickle339 View quoted comment :
Is it for laptops ? I have Dell laptop G15 i5-11400 with 8 GB RAM 512GB SSD and Nvidea 3050ti. Got it for Thanks Giving. I want to upgrade my laptop memory and add additional SSD. Any suggestions please . I also have 2 year coverage on the laptop and want to know if any upgrade will waive that off.
Be careful. There's an ongoing issue with the G15 as well as other Dell models that share that mobo/chipset. It doesn't seem to want to recognize and run at PCIE Gen4x4. Best case it downgrades the speed to 3x4. Worst case it doesn't detect at all or if it does at a random time after boot the drive will disappear from the system and require a reboot.

https://www.dell.com/community/In...-p/8041471

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Jun 19, 2022 11:39 PM
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mars009Jun 19, 2022 11:39 PM
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What's a good heatsink for this drive to put in a ps5?

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