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Crucial 4TB BX500 SATA III 2.5" Internal SSD
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B&H Photo Video has Crucial 4TB BX500 SATA III 2.5" Internal SSD (CT4000BX500SSD1) for $351.99 - $167 off (coupon auto applies in cart) = $184.99. Shipping is free.
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Thanks to Community Member N3RD_01 for sharing this deal.
Key Features:
- 4TB Storage Capacity
- 2.5" / 7mm Form Factor
- SATA III 6 Gb/s Interface
- Up to 540 MB/s Sequential Read Speed
- Up to 500 MB/s Sequential Write Speed
- 1.5 Million Hours MTTF
- Micron 3D NAND Technology
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Written by Neo45 | Staff- Our research indicates that this deal is 10$ less than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $194.99 at the time of this posting.
- Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
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B&H Photo Video has Crucial 4TB BX500 SATA III 2.5" Internal SSD (CT4000BX500SSD1) for $351.99 - $167 off (coupon auto applies in cart) = $184.99. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Member N3RD_01 for sharing this deal.
Key Features:
Thanks to Community Member N3RD_01 for sharing this deal.
Key Features:
- 4TB Storage Capacity
- 2.5" / 7mm Form Factor
- SATA III 6 Gb/s Interface
- Up to 540 MB/s Sequential Read Speed
- Up to 500 MB/s Sequential Write Speed
- 1.5 Million Hours MTTF
- Micron 3D NAND Technology
Editor's Notes
Written by Neo45 | Staff- Our research indicates that this deal is 10$ less than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $194.99 at the time of this posting.
- Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
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This Crucial BX500 4TB is a budget SATA SSD best suited for secondary storage or SATA only systems, especially where NVMe is not an option. The low price drew interest, and the drive should still beat a spinning hard drive in light use or console and NAS setups with modest demands. The main concern is performance, since it is DRAMless and repeatedly described as slow, with weak sustained writes and poor results in heavier uses like Windows installs or RAID5. Availability also looked shaky, with stock issues and price changes appearing during checkout, making it a practical but limited pick.
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The BX500 is a DRAM-less SATA SSD and is repeatedly described as much slower than the MX500, especially under sustained or write-heavy use. The MX500 is also noted as discontinued, while the Samsung 870 EVO is the remaining higher-end SATA option if you need SATA and can pay more.
It can work for light secondary storage, but it is a poor fit for Windows installs and RAID5 NAS use because the drive can slow down sharply when sustained writes hit. In a RAID5 array, write operations reportedly fall off a cliff, and the lack of DRAM is called out as a major reason.
This BX500 model is described as DRAM-less, which is why it is expected to slow down more than drives like the MX500. Some comments also note that SATA does not support HMB, so DRAM can still matter for small random I/O and sustained performance.
Yes, it can make sense for SATA-only systems or secondary storage when NVMe is not available. The main practical use case mentioned is adding large SATA storage where you do not need top-tier performance.
It was reported as out of stock during checkout, and later as temporarily out of stock with the price showing $351.99 instead of the deal price. That suggests the coupon or sale may no longer be active.
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The price of sata went below nvme for a while, but models and factories closed/switched/discontinued so now there is no price advantage.
This is incorrect on several points. The interface doesn't matter, these drives use NAND just like NVMe SSDs. The only difference is they might use older types and/or lower binned NAND, but it's still essentially the same thing.
While AI data centers are gobbling up DRAM, they're also sucking up most of the NAND and hard drive production. That's why the price of drives is increasing. These days, few SSDs still have DRAM. It's mostly limited to the highest end models. Also, it is relevant to SATA drives, as they don't support HMB like NVMe drives. The areas that DRAM provides the most benefit (small, random I/O) aren't limited by the bus.
I'll still argue that unless you're knowledgeable and you know exactly what you're getting for this drive, most people should be going for an nvme drive rather than a SATA III given the more modern interface of nvme.
4TB $329, not great but not awful if you need it.
https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-In...L36GF?th=1
I had both of my Inland drives (never again) have their DRAM modules go (I think); passed Crystal disk mark a hundred times and spent over a year chasing down ghosts on my rig before I started tracking actual real world throughput on the drives. Realized they were actually operating at about 20-30mbps on network transfers after a quick burst. (and yeah, my random IO was still scoring the same as the day I got the drive, but I still think it was something funky with the DRAM module)
Obviously I'm not an expert given the misinfo on SATA; last time there was a slickdeal on a drive like this there was a lot of SDers who didn't really get the fact that you should only buy SATA these days if you have a very specific use scenario that generally means you're an I.T. nerd.
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4 TB MX500 seems to be out of stock on Amazon
B&H doesn't know what an MX500 is.
Walmart only knows of a 1 TB variety and a bike.
Ebay has three listed: Used for $200, new for $370, or parts only for $280.
The last slickdeal for the MX500 was in 2024 unless you're talking the fat tire bike.
So as far as I can tell, the MX500 costs more than an 870 Evo, at least right now. But the MX500 is the one being recommended right now.
I'm setting up a NAS that is primarily NVME with a couple of 9mm tall 2.5" SATA 3 slots available. I could make good use of those even with bad write times as long as the read performance is decent. Any other suggestions would be great, but no rush. I'm happy to wait many months, I just thought this was the right time of year to look!
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