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4TB Crucial MX500 3D NAND 2.5" SATA Solid State Drive

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Amazon has 4TB Crucial MX500 3D NAND 2.5" SATA Solid State Drive SSD (CT4000MX500SSD1) on sale for $214.98. Shipping is free.

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  • Sequential Read: 560 MB/s
  • Sequential Write: 510 MB/s
  • SSD Endurance (TBW): 1000TB
  • Controller: SMI SM2258
  • TLC NAND Flash

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Excellent drive at an amazing price! Bought 2x for RAID 0 bulk Steam installs array. The DRAM is an absolute must for drives this size if you make a lot of transfers. This could also be a great option for an external enclosure to add to a game console.


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    Product Name: Crucial MX500 4TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD, up to 560MB/s - CT4000MX500SSD1
    Manufacturer: Crucial
    Model Number: CT4000MX500SSD1
    Product SKU: B09FRRWVWX
    UPC: 649528906472
    ASIN: B09FRRWVWX
    Brand: Crucial
    Item Dimensions LxWxH: 3.95 x 0.28 x 2.75 Inches
    Item Weight: 0.07 Pounds
    Item model number: CT4000MX500SSD1
    Manufacturer: Crucial
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    Yeah but it's TrashEgg. The retailer that didn't think twice about divulging customer purchase data to state tax authorities. And the best part: they didn't even have to. They did it, and didn't notify customers either. And that's to say nothing of the tons of complaints about their poor handling of returns over the years. Including most recently the scandal involving them refusing returns on faulty motherboards they sold. What a great retailer. Haven't bought from them in years, and will never again.
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    $203 @Newegg

    https://www.newegg.com/crucial-4t...2XMJTU7098
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    it's also sold by a third party, and the seller seems quite new. it seems like newegg will fulfill rmas, but still buy at your own risk.

    for example, their return policy is:
    Customer is responsible for return shipping expenses and restocking fee unless otherwise explicitly states on the product.

    on the product, it says:
    Return Policies
    Return for refund within: 30 days
    This item is covered by BTC and PC home Return Policy. <- this directs you back to their return policy page from which i quoted above

    so neither page explicitly says free returns. obviously if things work as intended and you don't plan on returning it, new sellers like these pose no problem. but when things go wrong, that's where you really see the difference between places like amazon and smaller third party sellers.

    i'd personally pay the extra $12 for the added peace of mind, but to each their own.
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    $203 @Newegg

    https://www.newegg.com/crucial-4t...2XMJTU7098
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    Damnit. This is tempting... "Only" 1,000TBW though, for this 4TB drive.

    Yeah yeah I know, "most people will never write the whole 1,000TB or come close to it". I understand that. I'm not one of those people. Interesting that my SN850 2TB has 1,200 TBW while this thing only has 1TBW.

    MX500 series is great, plus they have DRAM. Another downside: apparently the 4TB only has 512GB DRAM... compared to the 1TB which has 1GB... WTF??
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    $203 @Newegg

    https://www.newegg.com/crucial-4t...2XMJTU7098
    Yeah but it's TrashEgg. The retailer that didn't think twice about divulging customer purchase data to state tax authorities. And the best part: they didn't even have to. They did it, and didn't notify customers either. And that's to say nothing of the tons of complaints about their poor handling of returns over the years. Including most recently the scandal involving them refusing returns on faulty motherboards they sold. What a great retailer. Haven't bought from them in years, and will never again.
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    Thanks OP!
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    03-18-2023 at 08:51 AM.
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    Quote from _A2 :
    Damnit. This is tempting... "Only" 1,000TBW though, for this 4TB drive.

    Yeah yeah I know, "most people will never write the whole 1,000TB or come close to it". I understand that. I'm not one of those people. Interesting that my SN850 2TB has 1,200 TBW while this thing only has 1TBW.

    MX500 series is great, plus they have DRAM. Another downside: apparently the 4TB only has 512GB DRAM... compared to the 1TB which has 1GB... WTF??
    if tbw is that important to you, then you should assess tbw/$ and see which drives offer the best value. this drive offers value for the capacity more so than tbw.

    this is just an example, but:
    https://www.microcenter.com/produ...ternal-ssd
    offers 3x tbw at less than double the price. so in theory, it could last you 3x as long.
    i'm not saying the inland is a better deal, but it seems like you're a very heavy user, and you need to buy the right tool for the job. like you said, most people won't hit the 1k tbw so it's not much of a factor for them.
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    Damnit. This is tempting... "Only" 1,000TBW though, for this 4TB drive.

    Yeah yeah I know, "most people will never write the whole 1,000TB or come close to it". I understand that. I'm not one of those people. Interesting that my SN850 2TB has 1,200 TBW while this thing only has 1TBW.

    MX500 series is great, plus they have DRAM. Another downside: apparently the 4TB only has 512GB DRAM... compared to the 1TB which has 1GB... WTF??
    This is an older model of SSD. Earlier generations of NAND just didn't have the durability and wear leveling they do now. DDR4 was also more expensive back then, so they weren't as generous with it. It may also have been that larger amounts of DRAM didn't provide as much benefit to a 4 terabyte total storage capacity as it did to a 1 terabyte disk, and they wanted to keep costs low to make sure they'd be able to sell any of these.
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    03-18-2023 at 09:01 AM.
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    $203 @Newegg

    https://www.newegg.com/crucial-4t...2XMJTU7098 [newegg.com]
    Quote from _A2 :
    Yeah but it's TrashEgg. The retailer that didn't think twice about divulging customer purchase data to state tax authorities. And the best part: they didn't even have to. They did it, and didn't notify customers either. And that's to say nothing of the tons of complaints about their poor handling of returns over the years. Including most recently the scandal involving them refusing returns on faulty motherboards they sold. What a great retailer. Haven't bought from them in years, and will never again.
    it's also sold by a third party, and the seller seems quite new. it seems like newegg will fulfill rmas, but still buy at your own risk.

    for example, their return policy is:
    Customer is responsible for return shipping expenses and restocking fee unless otherwise explicitly states on the product.

    on the product, it says:
    Return Policies
    Return for refund within: 30 days
    This item is covered by BTC and PC home Return Policy. <- this directs you back to their return policy page from which i quoted above

    so neither page explicitly says free returns. obviously if things work as intended and you don't plan on returning it, new sellers like these pose no problem. but when things go wrong, that's where you really see the difference between places like amazon and smaller third party sellers.

    i'd personally pay the extra $12 for the added peace of mind, but to each their own.
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    Quote from Nintendo1474 :
    This is an older model of SSD. Earlier generations of NAND just didn't have the durability and wear leveling they do now. DDR4 was also more expensive back then, so they weren't as generous with it. It may also have been that larger amounts of DRAM didn't provide as much benefit to a 4 terabyte total storage capacity as it did to a 1 terabyte disk, and they wanted to keep costs low to make sure they'd be able to sell any of these.
    Yeah, but crucial has cheaped out on the mx500 series SSDs. They used to have more DRAM and better NAND with higher endurance rating.
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    Quote from muchwow :
    if tbw is that important to you, then you should assess tbw/$ and see which drives offer the best value. this drive offers value for the capacity more so than tbw.

    this is just an example, but:
    https://www.microcenter.com/produ...ternal-ssd
    offers 3x tbw at less than double the price. so in theory, it could last you 3x as long.
    i'm not saying the inland is a better deal, but it seems like you're a very heavy user, and you need to buy the right tool for the job. like you said, most people won't hit the 1k tbw so it's not much of a factor for them.
    Quote from Nintendo1474 :
    This is an older model of SSD. Earlier generations of NAND just didn't have the durability and wear leveling they do now. DDR4 was also more expensive back then, so they weren't as generous with it. It may also have been that larger amounts of DRAM didn't provide as much benefit to a 4 terabyte total storage capacity as it did to a 1 terabyte disk, and they wanted to keep costs low to make sure they'd be able to sell any of these.
    Quote from RyanL :
    Yeah, but crucial has cheaped out on the mx500 series SSDs. They used to have more DRAM and better NAND with higher endurance rating.


    Thanks for your great replies, and insights! Yes of course, assessing $ per TBW is a good idea, but it's only one metric. Performance, temperature, etc. are other things to consider.


    Yes great point, DDR4 was considerably more expensive, and this drive has been out for years now.


    How interesting that they've cheapened the MX500...! I had no idea. Disappointing, but unsurprising. Bummer. If this had 2,000TBW I'd have jumped on it. Oh well.
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    Yeah, but crucial has cheaped out on the mx500 series SSDs. They used to have more DRAM and better NAND with higher endurance rating.
    Is there somewhere I could verify this? Interested.
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    Damnit. This is tempting... "Only" 1,000TBW though, for this 4TB drive.

    Yeah yeah I know, "most people will never write the whole 1,000TB or come close to it". I understand that. I'm not one of those people. Interesting that my SN850 2TB has 1,200 TBW while this thing only has 1TBW.

    MX500 series is great, plus they have DRAM. Another downside: apparently the 4TB only has 512GB DRAM... compared to the 1TB which has 1GB... WTF??
    I'm in a similar boat. I have a 2TB HDD on my DVR that is running out of space and I'm really trying to avoid a 3.5" drive for space, power, and heat reasons. It isn't unusual for me to be working with a folder full of two dozen 2GB files while Windows struggles to create thumbnails for them and another half dozen are recording while yet another half dozen are being searched for commercials.
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    $203 @Newegg

    https://www.newegg.com/crucial-4t...2XMJTU7098 [newegg.com]
    ...sold by "BTC and PC home". Who's that?
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