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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.

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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Not true, that's a misconception that's likely based on outdated data points from years ago.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
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.
TechnicGeek
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Who are you quoting?

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JayBee04
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Damn, seems like a good deal for a decent gen 4 SSD. Any major reason I should get a 980 or 850 over this?
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YukiMyAngel
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Quote from JayBee04 :
Damn, seems like a good deal for a decent gen 4 SSD. Any major reason I should get a 980 or 850 over this?
get this far more enough.
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Get it from Best Buy instead. No free returns on Wd site.
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Same price on Amazon for 1tb $69.99

WD_BLACK 1TB SN770 NVMe Internal Gaming SSD Solid State Drive - Gen4 PCIe, M.2 2280, Up to 5,150 MB/s - https://a.co/d/1F4t6tc
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AgentQi
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it's good price, but... dram-less

not ideal for boot drive
Last edited by AgentQi January 30, 2023 at 05:43 PM.
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Ooof hope this stays in stock long enough for me to go to Microcenter to price match the 1TB this weekend.
Last edited by rawrchopstix January 30, 2023 at 05:38 PM.
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How does this compare with the SN850X for ~$40 extra? (2TB)

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Quote from FaithfulTank4187 :
How does this compare with the SN850X for ~$40 extra? (2TB)
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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Quote from AgentQi :
it's good price, but... dram-less

not ideal for boot drive
Plenty fast
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Quote from FaithfulTank4187 :
How does this compare with the SN850X for ~$40 extra? (2TB)
dramless means slightly slower in a ps5.
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rchetal
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I legitimately just got my Solidigm P41 Pro today but it looks like I'm packing that back up for this haha. 15 dollar difference for TLC and 1000 Mb/s read and write is a no brainer.
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Quote from AgentQi :
it's good price, but... dram-less

not ideal for boot drive
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
Last edited by AnonymousOctopus January 30, 2023 at 11:20 PM.
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For anyone buying a WD product, make sure to check out your cashback plugins and paypal for any offers. I've seen anywhere from 5-12% cashback when buying from WD directly. Shipping was fine for me, but I'd guess a bit slower on average than Amazon.
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I wonder what the read/write would be in a Gen3 motherboard

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best drives best deal!

Fastest PC game loading you can get!

For loading what's counts is RANDOM Low KB reading (sub 64kb)

the sn850x installs your game faster once it's downloaded, the sn770 gets you playing faster whenever you want to play!

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