Great price on the 2TB, other sizes not so much, but included for reference.
2TB currently $418,74, previous cheapest price on camel^3 is $549
1TB currently $211.22, previous cheapest price is $184.71
500GB currently $103.06, has been slightly cheaper at 95.30
250GB currently $73.57, has been slightly cheaper at 73.30
CamelCamelCamel.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure that's the 250gb speeds listed on the 2TB page.
The 2TB should have read speeds of 3400MB/s and writes of 2900 MB/s.
There's a table on this site that compare the speeds depending on the capacity: https://www.anandtech.com/show/13760/the-western-digital-wd-…
interesting table! 250gb looks like it's not worth it at all. I wonder if it's similar for other brands
The smaller models are always slower speeds to encourage buying larger models. Has always been this way with SSD's. Although that's quite an extreme difference here.
@Click_It: It's more than that, it's a channel bandwidth capacity thing.
They can write to several chips at once. And there are more chips on the bigger SSDs, and less on the smaller ones.
@Click_It: It's not to encourage buying larger models. It's simply how they work: smaller SSDs use fewer NAND chips, so can't parallelise access (especially the naturally slower writes) across as many chips.
@elusive: I stand corrected, either way, it's always been this way. Just not for the reasons I mentioned.
@Aequitas: If you're referring to the table in the AnandTech article, they explain it right below:
The 2TB model will actually be slightly slower than the 1TB, due in part to using 512Gb NAND dies instead of 256Gb dies so that the 2TB model can still be a single-sided M.2 card.
I got the 1tb in the last deal. Awesome drive! Highly recommend
2Tb $418….. much cheaper equivelant performing drives for around $360-380.
yep it shits me than the cost per gb on 2tb nvme is not often lower than 1tb. https://www.newegg.com/global/au-en/hp-ex950-2tb/p/N82E16820…
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-970-EVO-Plus-MZ-V7S2T0B/dp/B0…
SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus SSD 2TB - M.2 NVMe
AUD $344.58 + Shipping + GST(apx $35.93)
In stock on December 24, 2020.
If anyone wants.
That's a great find!
Hell of a wait
Agreed, what stock was there sold out fast.
Is Amazon US in the list of AC Valhalla promotions ?
Got the kingston A2000 1TB last night but this one seems good deal too.
I might be missing something but Silicone Power 2TB PCIe Gen 3x4 is cheaper, with the same or better performance ….
SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus SSD 2TB - Your link goes to US site and is in USD :(
edit also does not qualify for Prime.
yeah mate, please update prices in AUD.
Ahh bugger, sorry about.. I'll revert the edit.
Compatible Devices:
PCIe Gen3 x2, PCIe Gen3 x1, PCIe Gen2 x4, PCIe Gen2 x2, and PC
Write Speed: 1600 Megabytes Per Second
Read Speed: 3400 Megabytes Per Second
(The speed is for the 2TB but should be similar for the others)