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4TB WD Blue SN5000 NVMe Internal SSD

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Various Retailers have 4TB WD Blue SN5000 NVMe Internal SSD on sale for $199.99. Shipping is free.

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Available Retailers:Specs:
  • Maximum Read Speed: Up to 5,500MB/s (4TB)
  • Maximum Write Speed: Up to 5,000MB/s (4TB)

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Various Retailers have 4TB WD Blue SN5000 NVMe Internal SSD on sale for $199.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member Suryasis for finding this deal.

Available Retailers:Specs:
  • Maximum Read Speed: Up to 5,500MB/s (4TB)
  • Maximum Write Speed: Up to 5,000MB/s (4TB)

Editor's Notes

Written by RazorConcepts
  • This matches a previous frontpage deal.
  • About this Product:
    • This is rated 4.8 out of 5 stars based on over 2,000 ratings at Amazon.
  • About this Store:
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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UniqueCreator907
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For us less technical folks, basically it has a comparatively lower "TBW", "total bytes written", the amount of data that can be written before it'll likely fail. It's also theoretically worse performance than "TLC", but it kind of depends what you'll be using it for.

This is a "DRAM-less" SSD, so it uses part of the drive itself as a cache, and when that fills up during writing a lot of files at once or very large files, your performance is going to tank. So instead of those 5000 MB/s speeds you'll end up with something more like 500 MB/s.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/wd-sn5000-4tb-ssd-review

As a basis for comparison, here's a TLC PNY drive:

https://www.tomshardware.com/revi...ssd-review

The TBW is 3000 TBW instead of 1200 for the WD. And performance is a bit better, and it has a DRAM cache. But it also costs $100 more for the same amount of storage.

But for a lot of folks, they'll possibly never hit that TBW or even the performance once the cache is full will be fine. Depends what your budget is and what you'll be using it for! But it's a pretty good price for a lot of SSD storage that we haven't seen in awhile.
Yiiiiii
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4TB model is 3d nand QLC according to wd spec sheet
Junkboy0
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The MP44 also sits there for only $26 more and still TLC so you can meet in the middle but even the 850x is only $60 more and is a vastly superior drive. For $200 this isn't really slick but more in line to what it should be and even then for QLC it should be much cheaper but prices have been out of wack and might only get worse.

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Dec 31, 2024 12:37 PM
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CrucehDec 31, 2024 12:37 PM
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I bought a 4tb 990 Pro for 240 from Samsung + 6% cb couple of weeks ago so this isn't that slick. This is an okay deal for a storage drive. That said, my old tb 960 evo from 2016 has less than 200tb writes on it so I doubt normal people not doing work on it would hit the limit on this stuff.
Dec 31, 2024 12:54 PM
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nitemareDec 31, 2024 12:54 PM
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QLC..Avoid. They definitely go out of there way to hide this garbage:
https://documents.westerndigital....me-ssd.pdf
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Dec 31, 2024 01:20 PM
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HappyScene6682Dec 31, 2024 01:20 PM
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Can anyone recommend a budget high endurance NVMe?
Dec 31, 2024 01:44 PM
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schlackDec 31, 2024 01:44 PM
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Apple charges $200 to add 256gb of storage. Here you can get 16x that amount for the same price and yet WD is still making a profit. 🤯
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Dec 31, 2024 02:37 PM
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Hat-TrickDec 31, 2024 02:37 PM
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Quote from apprehensive :
Is this the same one? I got it for $68 after taxes a few days prior
Do the two products even LOOK the same? Can't tell if this is a joke question or not?
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Dec 31, 2024 02:42 PM
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FancyPlastic329Dec 31, 2024 02:42 PM
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Quote from tgenius :
I don't think any of those codes stack with the existing discounts
Oh shoot that's a good catch, I had completely forgot about that. From the fine print "...may not be combined, used in conjunction with any other promotion or offer..." Would not pay off in this case with 20% off the current sale.

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Dec 31, 2024 03:19 PM
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YmyinfinityDec 31, 2024 03:19 PM
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Quote from FancyPlastic329 :
15% for students, teachers/educators, as well as seniors (55+). Email sign-up 10% off (discount codes won't stack).https://shop.sandisk.com/promo
The 15% off student discount code voids the -$50 off, turning it into -$37 off, making the price higher.
Dec 31, 2024 04:11 PM
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TalentedWealth447Dec 31, 2024 04:11 PM
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Folks, a dumb question, can this be used in the PS5? Need a case or something to make it work in the PS5? TIA.
Dec 31, 2024 07:25 PM
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nickbiznzDec 31, 2024 07:25 PM
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Performance wise.
Is it worth to pay extra $60 for this WD_BLACK 4TB SN850X NVMe https://a.co/d/gtyul7V
Dec 31, 2024 07:30 PM
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whodiiniDec 31, 2024 07:30 PM
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Quote from nickbiznz :
Performance wise.
Is it worth to pay extra $60 for this WD_BLACK 4TB SN850X NVMe https://a.co/d/gtyul7V
This is an excellent drive for those who will use this for write few times, read many times, like media storage. It runs much cooler as well. If you need something for a system drive, you should get a SN850X. I own both and use each for specific purposes. I plan to move this Sn5000 to my media storage on my Eversolo DMP-A6.
Dec 31, 2024 07:39 PM
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nickbiznzDec 31, 2024 07:39 PM
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Quote from whodiini :
This is an excellent drive for those who will use this for write few times, read many times, like media storage. It runs much cooler as well. If you need something for a system drive, you should get a SN850X. I own both and use each for specific purposes. I plan to move this Sn5000 to my media storage on my Eversolo DMP-A6.
Good to know. Thanks!
Dec 31, 2024 07:58 PM
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okaythenDec 31, 2024 07:58 PM
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Quote from BrainDoc :
A new MacBook? No. It will work as external storage for one if you put it in a case.
For Macbooks is it impossible to upgrade and change the NVMe inside? only way is external ones?

I have never used Macbooks before, thinking about getting it coz I gonna travel around a lot and heard it's more secure, remote erase etc
Dec 31, 2024 08:01 PM
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turns2stoneDec 31, 2024 08:01 PM
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Quote from okaythen :
For Macbooks is it impossible to upgrade and change the NVMe inside? only way is external ones?

I have never used Macbooks before, thinking about getting it coz I gonna travel around a lot and heard it's more secure, remote erase etc
You can't change/upgrade any Macs after 2015 with NVMe drives.

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Dec 31, 2024 08:36 PM
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edge929Dec 31, 2024 08:36 PM
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For reference, this isn't a great deal compared to a few BF deals. One for comparison: https://slickdeals.net/f/17910435-4tb-hp-fx900-pro-m-2-2280-nvme-gen-4-x4-pcie-solid-state-drive-200-free-shipping

The HP is faster, DRAM cache, 5 year warranty. Edit - HP also has TLC NAND.
Last edited by edge929 January 1, 2025 at 07:35 AM.

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