Why are you considering these expensive drives ? 100 USD / 1TB seems good value . Samsung QLC and Intel QLC are slower drives in the same price point .
Partly because my first source for prices had higher numbers than what WD has since posted on their own site (which is now reflected in the spec table). But partly because I remember what the sale prices were like last week, and I still want to see low-end NVMe drives undercutting high-end NVMe drives by more than just a few dollars.
in my place Adata XPG SX8200 1 TB have roughly same performance numbers and is in 85'ish $ price point. Value is that its already tested and confirmed drive, not brand new with untested firmware.
Where the heck are you getting that price? Seems almost double that. That is why I bought the EX920 from HP for $114 though I would have bought it anyway (better drive IMHO feature wise).
No mentions of HMB, which *seems* like it should be an easy win at the low end. (You know, if you don't have much DRAM, borrow some!) Out of curiosity have you formed much of an impression about whether HMB helps much, other things equal?
No HMB support here, as far as I can tell. WD puts several MB of SRAM cache on their controller, so HMB would be of limited use. The SN500's random IO performance is excellent when working with datasets of up to around 4GB, which is fine for an entry-level drive.
100 USD sounds really good for 1TB, but I have no idea why the pricing in Europe is that much higher. Even on the official WD store, it costs 145 EUR or 162 USD, while it's 100 in the US store. I understand that we have higher VAT and so on, but it's nowhere near high enough to warrant a 62% increase in the price. If it goes down to 100 EUR, then I'll consider buying one.
250GB will probably go into shit-tier netbook/chromebook type things for OEMs, friend got a 128GB SN520 in some acer netbook that was on sale for $150 or something. I'm sure the end price for OEM batch of these is way less than $50
Thanks but no thanks, I'll stick with my SN750 blacks, which I got on sale a while back for just a few more $$ than these, and just bought some more for just over $100 for the 1TB ones....
I want to buy a good NVMe 2TB SSD. I the past I have only bought Samsung SSDs. Just looked at the prices, and I see that Samsung 970 EVO PLUS costs $400, while SIlicon Power (top recommendation on AT) is $250. Why is that? I'm not concerned with speed - any NVMe drive is probably fast enough, but I want the most reliable one.
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RaduR - Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - link
Why are you considering these expensive drives ? 100 USD / 1TB seems good value . Samsung QLC and Intel QLC are slower drives in the same price point .Billy Tallis - Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - link
Partly because my first source for prices had higher numbers than what WD has since posted on their own site (which is now reflected in the spec table). But partly because I remember what the sale prices were like last week, and I still want to see low-end NVMe drives undercutting high-end NVMe drives by more than just a few dollars.deil - Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - link
in my place Adata XPG SX8200 1 TB have roughly same performance numbers and is in 85'ish $ price point. Value is that its already tested and confirmed drive, not brand new with untested firmware.Bulat Ziganshin - Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - link
It has DRAM, so in a different leagueAlistair - Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - link
The Adata drive is much better. Faster by quite a bit.TheJian - Thursday, December 12, 2019 - link
Where the heck are you getting that price? Seems almost double that. That is why I bought the EX920 from HP for $114 though I would have bought it anyway (better drive IMHO feature wise).twotwotwo - Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - link
No mentions of HMB, which *seems* like it should be an easy win at the low end. (You know, if you don't have much DRAM, borrow some!) Out of curiosity have you formed much of an impression about whether HMB helps much, other things equal?Billy Tallis - Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - link
No HMB support here, as far as I can tell. WD puts several MB of SRAM cache on their controller, so HMB would be of limited use. The SN500's random IO performance is excellent when working with datasets of up to around 4GB, which is fine for an entry-level drive.shabby - Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - link
No dram.-eth- - Friday, December 27, 2019 - link
100 USD sounds really good for 1TB, but I have no idea why the pricing in Europe is that much higher. Even on the official WD store, it costs 145 EUR or 162 USD, while it's 100 in the US store. I understand that we have higher VAT and so on, but it's nowhere near high enough to warrant a 62% increase in the price. If it goes down to 100 EUR, then I'll consider buying one.Potato Power - Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - link
If the prices and spec are correct. The 1TB version isn't a bad deal. However, the 250GB one makes very little sense.timecop1818 - Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - link
250GB will probably go into shit-tier netbook/chromebook type things for OEMs, friend got a 128GB SN520 in some acer netbook that was on sale for $150 or something. I'm sure the end price for OEM batch of these is way less than $50bonehead123 - Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - link
2 things come to mind here:"Cheap is as cheap does"
"You only get what you are willing to pay for"
Thanks but no thanks, I'll stick with my SN750 blacks, which I got on sale a while back for just a few more $$ than these, and just bought some more for just over $100 for the 1TB ones....
ksec - Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - link
Low Power, Very Decent Performance, High Endurance. WD Branded; A little more Quality Assurance and Firmware support.Literally perfect for 90% of user, not sure why this is consider as on the high side. It is not a bargain for sure, but I see it as fair pricing.
p1esk - Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - link
I want to buy a good NVMe 2TB SSD. I the past I have only bought Samsung SSDs. Just looked at the prices, and I see that Samsung 970 EVO PLUS costs $400, while SIlicon Power (top recommendation on AT) is $250. Why is that? I'm not concerned with speed - any NVMe drive is probably fast enough, but I want the most reliable one.