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Meowssi | Staff 52.9K Views
Jan 30, 2023 10:16 PM

WD BLACK SN770 PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Drive: 1TB $68, 2TB

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Western Digital has 2TB WD BLACK SN770 PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Drive (WDS200T3X0E) on sale for $134.99. Shipping is free.

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Amazon also has 1TB WD BLACK SN770 PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Drive (WDS100T3X0E) on sale for $69.99 -> Now $67.96. Shipping is free.

Western Digital also has 1TB WD BLACK SN770 PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Drive (WDS100T3X0E) on sale for $69.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Hunter Meowssi and Community Member dragoNav for finding this deal.

Specs:
  • Form Factor: M.2 2280
  • Interface: PCIe Gen4 x4
  • Sequential Read Performance: 5150MB/s
  • Sequential Write Performance: 4850MB/s

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Update: This popular deal is still available.

Western Digital has 2TB WD BLACK SN770 PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Drive (WDS200T3X0E) on sale for $134.99. Shipping is free.

Newegg also has 2TB WD BLACK SN770 PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Drive (WDS200T3X0E) on sale for $134.99. Shipping is free.

Amazon also has 1TB WD BLACK SN770 PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Drive (WDS100T3X0E) on sale for $69.99 -> Now $67.96. Shipping is free.

Western Digital also has 1TB WD BLACK SN770 PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Drive (WDS100T3X0E) on sale for $69.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Hunter Meowssi and Community Member dragoNav for finding this deal.

Specs:
  • Form Factor: M.2 2280
  • Interface: PCIe Gen4 x4
  • Sequential Read Performance: 5150MB/s
  • Sequential Write Performance: 4850MB/s

Editor's Notes

Written by StrawMan86 | Staff
No longer available:

Best Buy also has 2TB WD BLACK SN770 PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Drive (WDS200T3X0E) on sale for $134.99. Shipping is free.

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AnonymousOctopus
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Not true, that's a misconception that's likely based on outdated data points from years ago. DRAM-less SATA SSDs were generally a bit slower to boot an OS. With modern DRAM-less NVMe drives like the SN 770 black, it makes no difference for boot time. When Techpowerup did a full review last year, this one was among the fastest to bootup Windows: https://www.techpowerup.com/revie...-tb/8.html Funny enough, 3 of the top 6 boot times benchmarked at the time were all modern DRAM-less NVMe SSDs.

I currently have two of the cheaper SN 570 blue's and also installed an SN 770 black for a friend. All of our drives have been perfect for everyday usage (boot drive, gaming, productivity). The only main category where I see DRAM-less fall behind is with large sustained writes although it was plenty for me:

"Write speed starts out at well over 4.5 GB/s, which is sustained until 325 GB have been written to the drive. For a 1 TB SSD, this is a very big SLC cache as it spans pretty much the whole capacity of the drive. 325 GB of data written to TLC flash in SLC mode (which takes up 3x as much space) means 975 GB of TLC capacity are used. Once the SLC cache is full, write speeds drop a lot though, down to around 500 MB/s. Filling the whole 1 TB capacity completes at 630 MB/s on average, which is a decent result for a value-orientated SSD, but far from the 2 GB/s we're seeing on the best high-end Gen 4 drives. When write activity stops and the SLC cache has had time to free up some capacity, full write rates are restored even if the drive is partially filled."

TLDR: Probably no need to waste money by limiting your options to only DRAM NVMe SSDs
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Tamdrik
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The SN850X is one of the fastest consumer SSDs available, but the NV770 is a solid mid-range performer, and most people probably won't notice a difference.
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Who are you quoting?
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Jan 31, 2023 8:17 AM
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RealSweetBrownJan 31, 2023 8:17 AM
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Quote from nb1001 View quoted comment :
Plenty fast
You're spewing nonsense. During the summer when there were no other hot deals for an SSD at the time I bought the 500GB version of this and I can confirm my boot time is lightning fast. Maybe if I filled it up to the brim or something it may get slow.
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Quote from RealSweetBrown View quoted comment :
You're spewing nonsense. During the summer when there were no other hot deals for an SSD at the time I bought the 500GB version of this and I can confirm my boot time is lightning fast. Maybe if I filled it up to the brim or something it may get slow.
Who are you quoting?
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Jan 31, 2023 10:57 AM
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JuniorjooseJan 31, 2023 10:57 AM
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The price is tempting but WD itself does not recommend it for PS5, the SN 850 is better. This video shows how the performance of this SSD is on PS5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn9If_d9Ykk
Jan 31, 2023 10:58 AM
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TechnicGeekJan 31, 2023 10:58 AM
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Bought SN570 1TB for the same price in November deals. What have I done...
Jan 31, 2023 12:00 PM
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bert90987Jan 31, 2023 12:00 PM
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Nice find op
Jan 31, 2023 12:32 PM
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SlickPriceJan 31, 2023 12:32 PM
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Quote from nb1001 View quoted comment :
Plenty fast
I recently built my PC and use this as my boot drive. It takes maybe 20 seconds for my PC to power on and all my apps too load. So yeah it's plenty fast I would agree
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Jan 31, 2023 3:53 PM
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MCasaoJan 31, 2023 3:53 PM
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Terrible RMA service has left me choosing Samsung and Crucial over WD.

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Jan 31, 2023 3:59 PM
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jeramon2Jan 31, 2023 3:59 PM
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Is it good for ps5?
Jan 31, 2023 4:11 PM
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redeyesJan 31, 2023 4:11 PM
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Quote from augielicious View quoted comment :
I wonder what the read/write would be in a Gen3 motherboard
i think putting this drive on a PCIE3 board will get max gen3 speeds...3500 or so..
Jan 31, 2023 4:15 PM
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MadPupJan 31, 2023 4:15 PM
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Quote from AgentQi View quoted comment :
it's good price, but... dram-less

not ideal for boot drive
What would you recommend as a good value 2TB boot drive?
Jan 31, 2023 4:51 PM
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hotgreaseJan 31, 2023 4:51 PM
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Damn got the 2TB for $180 a few months ago. Works well. Would def grab at 130.
Jan 31, 2023 4:58 PM
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dreadinnyJan 31, 2023 4:58 PM
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I believe you should wait. All gen 4 will drop in price as gen 5 hits the market.

Probably not as slick of a deal, but for $45 more:

SAMSUNG 980 PRO SSD 2TB PCIe NVMe Gen 4 Gaming M.2 Internal Solid State Drive Memory Card
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product...=9325&th=1

Had some points:

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Total before tax: $188.49
Estimated tax to be collected: $16.26
Rewards Points: -$53.57
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Grand Total: $151.18

With same day delivery. Ordered today, getting it later.
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Jan 31, 2023 5:25 PM
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bim323Jan 31, 2023 5:25 PM
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In for one;
PayPal rewards said 12% cash back for me, which means net price of $119 +tax Smilie
Jan 31, 2023 5:39 PM
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itlogusJan 31, 2023 5:39 PM
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Attachment 12916246Amazon price matched the 2tb drive.
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Jan 31, 2023 5:50 PM
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davelikesdeals2Jan 31, 2023 5:50 PM
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Quote from AgentQi View quoted comment :
it's good price, but... dram-less

not ideal for boot drive
Even with SSD, you still want to have your OS on a seperate drive from games and apps when possible. If someone got a 1TB for the OS and another 1or2TB for games/apps.. they'd have a plenty of storage for pics/video on the main drive with OneDrive and then the other drive purely for gaming/apps... win-win

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