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expiredDr.W posted Jun 2, 2026 3:19 PM

Micro Center: 4TB WD Blue SN5100 3D QLC NAND PCIe Gen 4 x 4 NVMe M.2 Internal SSD

$350

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Micro Center has for its Members (free to join): 4TB WD Blue SN5100 3D QLC NAND PCIe Gen 4 x 4 NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Drive (WDS400T5B0E-00C) on sale for $349.99. Select free store pick up where stock permits.
  • Note: Availability for pickup may vary by location. When ready to checkout, please proceed to the pickup area for your order. Just make sure to bring your preferred payment method with you and pay at the pickup counter register. Please note – Your order will be held for a maximum of 3 days.
Thanks to community member Dr.W for sharing this deal.

Features:
  • M.2 2280 M Key Internal SSD
  • PCIe Gen 4 x 4
  • 3D QLC NAND Flash
  • Read Speed up to 6,900MBps
  • Write Speed up to 6,700MBps

Editor's Notes

Written by megakimcheelove | Staff
  • Member pricing is completely free until 2027.
  • Our research indicates that this offer is $130 lower (27% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $479.99.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion. 

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Micro Center has for its Members (free to join): 4TB WD Blue SN5100 3D QLC NAND PCIe Gen 4 x 4 NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Drive (WDS400T5B0E-00C) on sale for $349.99. Select free store pick up where stock permits.
  • Note: Availability for pickup may vary by location. When ready to checkout, please proceed to the pickup area for your order. Just make sure to bring your preferred payment method with you and pay at the pickup counter register. Please note – Your order will be held for a maximum of 3 days.
Thanks to community member Dr.W for sharing this deal.

Features:
  • M.2 2280 M Key Internal SSD
  • PCIe Gen 4 x 4
  • 3D QLC NAND Flash
  • Read Speed up to 6,900MBps
  • Write Speed up to 6,700MBps

Editor's Notes

Written by megakimcheelove | Staff
  • Member pricing is completely free until 2027.
  • Our research indicates that this offer is $130 lower (27% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $479.99.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion. 

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Jun 2, 2026 11:43 PM
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VoraciousConsumerJun 2, 2026 11:43 PM
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When microcenter on every corner?
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Jun 2, 2026 11:45 PM
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fizzerfits
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Jun 2, 2026 11:45 PM
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Quote from pcgeekpcgeek :
I didn't downvote the post, but I can understand their rational.
I wouldn't settle for a DRAM-Less QLC drive even in a time like this. The 4TB SN850X is currently at $599. If you can wait, it should go on sale soon on Amazon's Prime Day.
Nvme drives without dram draw far less power and heat - as such they are the drive of choice for almost any handheld and most laptop devices.

The WD Blue line is one of the most power efficient out there, only better DRAMless handheld drives would be Lexar NM790, but those are retailing over 650 USD.
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Jun 2, 2026 11:47 PM
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fizzerfits
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Jun 2, 2026 11:47 PM
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Quote from SyDiko :
Because it's not actually a good deal. The price is still massively inflated compared to what these drives sold for before the greed shortage.
It's just a cheaper inflated price.
If you need a 4TB NVMe drive, now is probably the time to buy. If you don't, I'd wait. Storage prices move in cycles, and eventually they'll come back down.
Most places are saying the memory crisis will continue through 2028 - this unfortunately seems like a pretty darn good deal if you need new memory in the next 2 or more years.
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Jun 2, 2026 11:59 PM
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fuzzyballzJun 2, 2026 11:59 PM
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This is NOT a deal. People should stop buying GPU, RAM and storage media until the corporate collusion of price gouging stops.
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Jun 3, 2026 12:01 AM
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NavySnow221Jun 3, 2026 12:01 AM
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thank you for giving us the ramocalypse mr.nvidia google meta amazon microsoft apple
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joshuaNHJun 3, 2026 12:01 AM
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Quote from bboywu123 :
I bought a nvme that's a little better than this for $275 a little more than 3 years ago. This is outrageous!

But seriously, it was the 4tb SN850X and it crapped out on me in 3 years so I'm already not a big fan of WD's nvme
I only buy SK Hynix or Samsung. And I buy their best or their best longevity. Having a hard drive go after a couple of years is the nightmare I am trying to avoid.
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joshuaNHJun 3, 2026 12:04 AM
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Quote from fuzzyballz :
This is NOT a deal. People should stop buying GPU, RAM and storage media until the corporate collusion of price gouging stops.

But the price is high due to AI companies... not due to people buying it. And the industry says it will be like this for at least 3 years. And the memory companies do not want to invest Billions in a new plan and new equipment.
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Jun 3, 2026 12:40 AM
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BenBenBJun 3, 2026 12:40 AM
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Tempting. Let me plan the five hour car trip to my nearest store, first.
Jun 3, 2026 12:41 AM
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ericboxJun 3, 2026 12:41 AM
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Lololol, nope.
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Jun 3, 2026 12:56 AM
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fizzerfits
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Jun 3, 2026 12:56 AM
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Quote from fuzzyballz :
This is NOT a deal. People should stop buying GPU, RAM and storage media until the corporate collusion of price gouging stops.
Ha! So you're basically saying to a lot of us, including myself, to just not do anymore work as I'm a developer and need another workstation to use. Or for other people just suck it up and don't enjoy entertainment to send a clear message to the corporations that have made very clear they don't give a rat's ass what the average consumer thinks.

Not buying product right now does nothing to hurt the ones doing the price gouging - the Ai datacenters will continue to be constructed and eating up all the memory if every last one of us stops buying anything. That's why we're in this memory crisis to start with, as they couldn't be bothered if we buy their product or not.
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Jun 3, 2026 1:01 AM
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Quote from BenBenB :
Tempting. Let me plan the five hour car trip to my nearest store, first.
Yeah, that's the thing with Microcenter - during the memory crisis this is actually a pretty slick deal and I'm in need of a 4tb drive for a laptop/handheld (this is perfect as it's low power).

But I'd spend a solid 75 USD extra in gas prices and take up a full day to drive up and back to get this. It's not a great time to be a consumer in any category, but really sucks for us computer/electronic leaning folk.
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edit: beat me by less than a minute
Lol repost?
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Jun 3, 2026 1:41 AM
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Quote from jmoy :
Isn't it recommended to have a heat sink on it? This doesn't look like it has a heat sink…
You can get a heat sink for 10-20$ and add it your self. I'm not recommending this but I've seen plenty of stories of ps5 owners not using one and doing ok.
Jun 3, 2026 2:01 AM
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CrimsonShoe959Jun 3, 2026 2:01 AM
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Quote from fuzzyballz :
This is NOT a deal. People should stop buying GPU, RAM and storage media until the corporate collusion of price gouging stops.
You should stop eating food cause the prices are higher than they were a couple years ago. It will really show the farmers and food factories.
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curmathewJun 3, 2026 2:06 AM
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Quote from fizzerfits :

Nvme drives without dram draw far less power and heat - as such they are the drive of choice for almost any handheld and most laptop devices.

The WD Blue line is one of the most power efficient out there, only better DRAMless handheld drives would be Lexar NM790, but those are retailing over 650 USD.
DRAM-less for TLC is OK, but for QLC it's terrible. System RAM can only hold a small portion of the FTL table and the rest stores on the drive. QLC's random access speed sucks, so if the data is not cached, the performance drops to lower than traditional HDDs. DRAM-less drives also frequently dumping FLT table back to the drive, and please remember QLC wears out 4 times faster than TLC, so durability get a double hit. Poor speed, poor latency, poor durability, so it's a NO NO NO for DRAM-less QLC. DRAM-less TLC is OK though.
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