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1TB Crucial T500 PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 Internal Solid State Drive

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Various retailers have 1TB Crucial T500 PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 Internal Solid State Drive (CT1000T500SSD8) for $72.49. Shipping is free.

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Available Retailers:Features:
  • 1TB Storage Capacity
  • M.2 2280 Form Factor
  • PCIe 4.0 x4 / NVMe 2.0 Interface
  • Sequential Reads up to 7300 MB/s
  • Sequential Writes up to 6800 MB/s
  • Up to 600TB TBW (Total Bytes Written)

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Various retailers have 1TB Crucial T500 PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 Internal Solid State Drive (CT1000T500SSD8) for $72.49. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member danu2000 for sharing this deal

Available Retailers:Features:
  • 1TB Storage Capacity
  • M.2 2280 Form Factor
  • PCIe 4.0 x4 / NVMe 2.0 Interface
  • Sequential Reads up to 7300 MB/s
  • Sequential Writes up to 6800 MB/s
  • Up to 600TB TBW (Total Bytes Written)

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Written by jimmytx | Staff
  • About this product:
  • About this store:
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    • Please see the original post for additional details and/or view the Wiki and forum comments for further helpful discussion if available.

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wherestheanykey
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For anyone else considering doing this, keep in mind that it's extremely overkill for even the fastest USB spec out right now.

USB 3.2 Gen 2 tops out at 10Gbps, which is about 1200MB/s, while this drive does most of its sustained reads at around 4000MB/s (32Gbps).

If you jump up to USB 4.0 (20Gbps), you can double it to around 2400MB/s. But that's still nearly half of what this drive can do and it requires a USB 4.0 enclosure that currently costs more than the drive itself.

You can pick a much cheaper drive and it will still perform relative to this one over USB.
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MWink
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COVID caused a huge spike in demand, so suppliers started producing more NAND. Eventually, demand dropped and manufacturers were left with a ton of extra stock. Prices were dropped to sell the excess inventory and production reduced. Now that there's no longer a glut, prices are going back up. This has been widely reported for over a year.
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JKimRX
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You're completely wrong.

The lowest prices were around July-August of 2023, and they've since gone up… exactly the opposite of what you're saying.

Branded 1TB SSDs could be found for $30-$35 (or less!) and they've nearly doubled in price as manufacturers have scaled back to offset the surplus.

Stop spreading misinformation.
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Mar 25, 2024 10:49 PM
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vanontomMar 25, 2024 10:49 PM
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Quote from wherestheanykey View quoted comment :
For anyone else considering doing this, keep in mind that it's extremely overkill for even the fastest USB spec out right now.

USB 3.2 Gen 2 tops out at 10Gbps, which is about 1200MB/s, while this drive does most of its sustained reads at around 4000MB/s (32Gbps).

If you jump up to USB 4.0 (20Gbps), you can double it to around 2400MB/s. But that's still nearly half of what this drive can do and it requires a USB 4.0 enclosure that currently costs more than the drive itself.

You can pick a much cheaper drive and it will still perform relative to this one over USB.
I wish there were much cheaper drives, with similar reliability and reputation. One bonus of the speed capabilities is not lost at least, in that combined with relatively slow USB enclosure, may result in very reliable (low temperature) operation. That's what I would tell myself if I needed one. Smilie
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Obese_ICEagentMar 25, 2024 11:02 PM
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Quote from barrera_j View quoted comment :
And more garbage SSD deals...
So post up some non-ssd deals. Be the change you want to see
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SlickTheFlipMar 25, 2024 11:42 PM
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I believe 2tb m.2 drives were lass than $100 last year as well as SSD's, and a lot were saying the prices will just keep dropping, but it looks like the prices are increasing.
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kingofdealMar 25, 2024 11:46 PM
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Quote from daforcebwithu View quoted comment :
Pass. Got the Walmart price mistake WD850X 4TB for $80.

deal linky please
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MWinkMar 25, 2024 11:54 PM
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Quote from SlickTheFlip View quoted comment :
I believe 2tb m.2 drives were lass than $100 last year as well as SSD's, and a lot were saying the prices will just keep dropping, but it looks like the prices are increasing.
Virtually every reputable source was reporting that NAND prices would be going up again. The drop actually went on for longer than initially expected. Anyone claiming that prices would just keep dropping was either uninformed, disingenuous, or sticking their head in the sand. This isn't like the 2011 Thailand flood that caused hard drive prices to spike, this was fully expected by anyone paying attention.

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Mar 25, 2024 11:55 PM
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phewryMar 25, 2024 11:55 PM
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Wasn't the 2tb like 80? I forgot how much I paid but it seems close to this price.
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Mar 26, 2024 12:19 AM
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dcm5150Mar 26, 2024 12:19 AM
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Quote from MWink View quoted comment :
Virtually every reputable source was reporting that NAND prices would be going up again. The drop actually went on for longer than initially expected. Anyone claiming that prices would just keep dropping was either uninformed, disingenuous, or sticking their head in the sand. This isn't like the 2011 Thailand flood that caused hard drive prices to spike, this was fully expected by anyone paying attention.
Are prices expected to continue to increase? I guess the question is, if the drive is not needed immediately, should I wait for better deals?
Mar 26, 2024 12:22 AM
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RobM6707Mar 26, 2024 12:22 AM
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Will this fit a Dell Latitude 5420?
Mar 26, 2024 1:12 AM
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barrera_jMar 26, 2024 1:12 AM
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Quote from pingb View quoted comment :
Prices have continuously been going down over the last 7 months or so. Not sure what drives you've been looking at. This maybe the bottom for a while though.
this was literally the price for 2TB SSDs in December... now it's the price for 1TB

prices have increased massively for months now... stop spewing ignorant rethoric
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barrera_jMar 26, 2024 1:13 AM
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Quote from vertgo View quoted comment :
Why is this garbage?
this was literally the price for 2TB SSDs in December... now it's the price for 1TB

literally any SSD "deal" is garbage right now
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Mar 26, 2024 1:18 AM
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FreshPrinceSumNLipsMar 26, 2024 1:18 AM
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Quote from bigjonnee View quoted comment :
I put one of these in an enclosure and it made the best, fastest external hdd / thumb drive I've every had.
Do you leave the drive connected all the time? Seems there would be heat issues?

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Quote from vanontom View quoted comment :
I wish there were much cheaper drives, with similar reliability and reputation. One bonus of the speed capabilities is not lost at least, in that combined with relatively slow USB enclosure, may result in very reliable (low temperature) operation. That's what I would tell myself if I needed one. Smilie
I mean, prices aren't where they have been historically, but it was more of a case of "don't go out of your way to seek out a drive with this level of performance if you're just going to throw it in an enclosure".

I also wouldn't recommend a drive where an included heatsink is a default option with the expectation that it will run cool.

Then again, some of these enclosures have heatsinks and fans.

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