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Crucial 4TB BX500 SATA III 2.5" Internal SSD
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$352
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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) = $184.99. Shipping is free.
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- 4TB Storage Capacity
- 2.5" / 7mm Form Factor
- SATA III 6 Gb/s Interface
- Up to 540 MB/s Sequential Read Speed
- Up to 500 MB/s Sequential Write Speed
- 1.5 Million Hours MTTF
- Micron 3D NAND Technology
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Written by Neo45 | Staff- Our research indicates that this deal is 10$ less than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $194.99 at the time of this posting.
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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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"At the time of writing, the Intel 600p is the only sub-$400 1TB NVMe SSD on the market." this was 2017.
https://www.tomshardwar
"Samsung ships the 970 EVO in a wide range of capacities: 250 GB ($88), 512 GB ($150), 1 TB ($278), and 2 TB ($577)." 2018
https://www.techpowerup
Even more fun when factoring in inflation.
$565 in 2018 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $728.60 today
Nvme storage is x12 to x20 times faster than SATA III which is what this drive is. While the memory shortage is screwing up pricing everywhere, in theory it should not effect storage going through a memory interface like SATA III as the Ai farms are eating up the volatile DRAM modules that the faster nvme drives utilize. Pointless to have DRAM on an interface this slow.
Nvme storage is x12 to x20 times faster than SATA III which is what this drive is. While the memory shortage is screwing up pricing everywhere, in theory it should not effect storage going through a memory interface like SATA III as the Ai farms are eating up the volatile DRAM modules that the faster nvme drives utilize. Pointless to have DRAM on an interface this slow.
Dram would help even on an interface this slow, the Samsungs that had it could max out the interface for the duration, these ones choke when sustained. So Samsung can still charge what it wants to.
The price of sata went below nvme for a while, but models and factories closed/switched/discontinued so now there is no price advantage.
Nvme storage is x12 to x20 times faster than SATA III which is what this drive is. While the memory shortage is screwing up pricing everywhere, in theory it should not effect storage going through a memory interface like SATA III as the Ai farms are eating up the volatile DRAM modules that the faster nvme drives utilize. Pointless to have DRAM on an interface this slow.
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.
The price of sata went below nvme for a while, but models and factories closed/switched/discontinued so now there is no price advantage.
I looked it up and you are correct - they can contain DRAM; my bad.
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.
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