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500GB Seagate FireCuda M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 NVMe TLC Solid State Drive (Beskar Ingot)

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Newegg has 500GB Seagate FireCuda M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 NVMe TLC Solid State Drive (Beskar Ingot Special Edition) on sale for $39.99 - $5 with promo code SAEN2A286 in your cart = $34.99. Shipping is free.

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Specs:
  • 3D TLC NAND Flash
  • Max Sequential Read: Up to 7000 MBps
  • Max Sequential Write: Up to 3000 MBps
  • 4KB Random Read: Up to 400,000 IOPS
  • 4KB Random Write: Up to 700,000 IOPS
  • Terabytes Written (TBW): 640TB

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  • Rated 4.8 out of 5 from customer reviews.
  • At the time of this posting, our research indicates that this is $5 lower than the next best comparable prices starting from $39.99.

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Newegg has 500GB Seagate FireCuda M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 NVMe TLC Solid State Drive (Beskar Ingot Special Edition) on sale for $39.99 - $5 with promo code SAEN2A286 in your cart = $34.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Staff Member LovelyCheetah for sharing this deal.

Specs:
  • 3D TLC NAND Flash
  • Max Sequential Read: Up to 7000 MBps
  • Max Sequential Write: Up to 3000 MBps
  • 4KB Random Read: Up to 400,000 IOPS
  • 4KB Random Write: Up to 700,000 IOPS
  • Terabytes Written (TBW): 640TB

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Written by oceanlake | Staff
  • Rated 4.8 out of 5 from customer reviews.
  • At the time of this posting, our research indicates that this is $5 lower than the next best comparable prices starting from $39.99.

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what controller/nand does this have?

oh it's a FireCuda 530

Phison E18 Micron 176L
isn't that the one that has a bugged firmware or something

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmaster...date_your/

yes
e18 is bugged

unless there's a firmware update for this drive I would not recommend
I'll give you a free lesson (or maybe free after rebate). Let's break it down:



- Marketing BS. It has absolutely no meaning.

- HMB is a feature most DRAM-less NVMe SSDs support (SATA drives cannot support it). DRAM is primarily used to store a copy of the FTL (aka the mapping table), which tracks where the data is physically stored in NAND. This is particularly beneficial for random I/O, which is the majority of what the average user is doing. Contrary to popular belief, this is not a write cache and has little effect on sequential writes. Ultimately, DRAM substantially increases random I/O speeds and slightly decreases wear.

Ideally, you'd have a 1000:1 NANDRAM ratio. This means 1GB DRAM per 1TB NAND. These days, you usually only find this on high end drives, like the Samsung 990 Pro. Some drives have smaller amounts of DRAM. Many modern drives don't have onboard DRAM at all. As I mentioned, DRAM-less NVMe drives can support a feature called HMB (Host Memory Buffer). These drives use a small amount of the host machine's memory instead. It's usually only in the ballpark of 32-64MB or so. Despite the small amount, it generally seems to work well enough for most people. This is the route the majority of modern mainstream drives take. Note that HMB does not work over USB or in the PS5. Using such drives in those situations will result in the functioning as pure DRAM-less drives, though they will still work.



This is the write cache. Whether it's advertised or not, virtually all modern consumer drives have this in one form or another. It allows MLC/TLC/QLC drives to hit those pretty write speeds they like to advertise. The size and implementation vary greatly. Some drives have a very small cache, possibly only a few GB in size. Others can potentially have a massive dynamic cache that uses up to all the free space (effectively 1/3 the capacity for TLC or 1/4 for QLC). Once the cache is full, the write speeds generally drop massively. Drives with the largest caches often drop much lower, as they now have to simultaneously take in more data and condense the contents of an already full drive. In some cases, sequential write speeds can drop below 100MB/s, or even 10MB/s. Better drives tend to be able to maintain closer to 1-2GB/s.

Just to repeat myself, there are no mainstream SLC or MLC SSDs left on the market, nor have there been for years. Everything is now TLC or QLC. Also, many companies frequently swap components, sometimes even changing a drive from TLC to QLC. Don't put too much faith in those popular databases/spreadsheets.

You can also ignore advertisements of "3D NAND." This too is now ubiquitous. The same goes for TRIM, SMART, garbage collection, ECC, and a few other things those bottom feeders tend to tout. I hope this helps.
Yup, it's bugged, as of a few days ago Seagate has still not released an updated firmware yet, but apparently other companies (Kingston is mentioned) have: https://www.reddit.com/r/Seagate/..._offer_an/

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since you can get 2tb for 100 this doesnt seem like a good deal
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Quote from LavenderPickle7682 :
wth does a "beskar ingot drive" mean?

the closest thing I could find was a reference to some sci-fi fantasy nonsense -- nothing relating to a NVME drive.
product tie-in with Star Wars. like how you can get branded t-shirts, branded water bottles, etc. In the Star Wars universe beskar is lightsaber proof and it's what Mandalorians make their armor out of.
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product tie-in with Star Wars. like how you can get branded t-shirts, branded water bottles, etc. In the Star Wars universe beskar is lightsaber proof and it's what Mandalorians make their armor out of.
Nice, I removed it from the title to make it less confusing though
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Quote from _DonkeyKong_ :
since you can get 2tb for 100 this doesnt seem like a good deal
Show me a current deal with 2TB drive WITH DRAM for $100, I'll wait. Unlike 95% of cheap SSD deals lately, this one actually does have DRAM from what I can gather on Google.

The drive looks pretty cool, I enjoyed The Mandalorian so I knew right away what I was looking at in the design. I am concerned at some of the reviews saying this drive died quickly, however.

Edit: promo code works on up to 3 drives.
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Quote from LikeABadPenny :
Show me a current deal with 2TB drive WITH DRAM for $100, I'll wait. Unlike 95% of cheap SSD deals lately, this one actually does have DRAM from what I can gather on Google.The drive looks pretty cool, I enjoyed The Mandalorian so I knew right away what I was looking at in the design. I am concerned at some of the reviews saying this drive died quickly, however.
Ironic. It could save others from death, but not itself.
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Ironic. It could save others from death, but not itself.
When it becomes more plot armor than actual armor... laugh out loud

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Quote from _DonkeyKong_ :
since you can get 2tb for 100 this doesnt seem like a good deal
Makes for a nice boot drive. pfSense, Pi server, etc. Not everything needs massive storage.
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what controller/nand does this have?

oh it's a FireCuda 530

Phison E18 Micron 176L
isn't that the one that has a bugged firmware or something

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmaster...date_your/

yes
e18 is bugged

unless there's a firmware update for this drive I would not recommend
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Quote from Snuupy :
what controller/nand does this have?

oh it's a FireCuda 530

Phison E18 Micron 176L
isn't that the one that has a bugged firmware or something

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmaster...date_your/

yes
e18 is bugged

unless there's a firmware update for this drive I would not recommend
Yup, it's bugged, as of a few days ago Seagate has still not released an updated firmware yet, but apparently other companies (Kingston is mentioned) have: https://www.reddit.com/r/Seagate/..._offer_an/
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Quote from _DonkeyKong_ :
since you can get 2tb for 100 this doesnt seem like a good deal
I mean this is pretty cheap for a very usable drive as long as you're not doing photo/video or something that specifically takes up a lot of storage. Not sure why people would be cross shopping 500gb drives and 2tb drives anyway, doesnt seem like a good deal to spend $100 when $35 does the job.
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Quote from _DonkeyKong_ :
since you can get 2tb for 100 this doesnt seem like a good deal
Link please
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Quote from Snuupy :
what controller/nand does this have?

oh it's a FireCuda 530

Phison E18 Micron 176L
isn't that the one that has a bugged firmware or something

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmaster...date_your/

yes
e18 is bugged

unless there's a firmware update for this drive I would not recommend
Is this a big deal if I wanna stick it in my PS5?
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Quote from CyanWren437 :
Makes for a nice boot drive. pfSense, Pi server, etc. Not everything needs massive storage.
My production pfsenses have like 20GB of storage... lol 500GB is massive.
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