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Crucial BX500 2TB 2.5" SSD $157 Delivered @ Amazon AU

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the-rabs on 27/01/2024 - 09:35 amazon.com.au (1254 clicks)
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It's also available at MWave for the same price but Amazon will do same day delivery for free so.. meh.

Not as cheap as this deal from late last year but still a great price since most of the other 2TB ssd's I've seen have been around the $200 mark.

And if you use this promo page from Crucial, you'll get another $10 or $20 gift voucher! Thanks to @RobBoss for this tip.

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  • spock on 27/01/2024 - 09:40
    +2

    Says $157 .even better.

    • the-rabs on 27/01/2024 - 09:51
      +2

      If I wasn't such a moron, I would have entered the "number words" correctly in the subject when I posted lol. I guess nobody's perfect :)

  • FireRunner on 27/01/2024 - 09:44
    +16

    This is a bottom of the barrel SSD.
    DRAMless and QLC, it will suffer massive slowdowns with large writes to the drive.
    It's good for read-often, write-seldom applications such as a games drive.

    • the-rabs on 27/01/2024 - 09:53
      +1

      I am going to use it in my grandmum's pc so I hope it's perfect for that. Basically need it to boot windows faster than the 5400RPM drive in there now, and make it so when she opens the news on Opera, with Norton 365 trying to block / check every single process, it runs fast enough that she doesn't have to overdose on a tea between each click of the mouse.

      • slackme on 27/01/2024 - 10:03
        +2

        I had two failed on this model. Don't use it for system disk, it may give you more trouble than good.

      • ldd-mn on 27/01/2024 - 10:09
        +10

        I doubt you'd need 2TB for that purpose though? Probably 512GB, and convince her to get rid of Norton.

      • FireRunner on 27/01/2024 - 10:14
        +5

        I would recommend getting a better quality smaller capacity drive. Something like 500GB Crucial MX500, WD Blue or Samsung EVO 870.
        Install the OS and keep the 5400RPM hard drive for storage

      • id on 27/01/2024 - 10:18
        +1

        a better reliable budget ssd is the team group 2tb. also had woeful failures with bx500.
        doesnt make sense plonking 2tb as OS on your grandmothers pc.

      • MasterScythe on 27/01/2024 - 12:03

        A smaller MX500 is probably smarter than the BX500, for the DRAM cache… lets check Amazon.

        • MasterScythe on 27/01/2024 - 12:21
          +1

          Yep. Confirmed.
          Get the MX500 1TB for $99 would be the better boot drive, and likely enough space for an older relative.
          Its likely qlc now too, but it has a small dram cache; enough to keep up with sata protocol.

          Since you mention percieved speed is what we're trying to increase here:
          See if you can move her to Brave with BitDefender.
          Normally firefox would be the lightweight go-to, but we're talking old person where 'chrome based required' webpages are going to come up more often.

          BD is also lightest, with your data GDPR protected. While normally 'defender is enough', old person things like certificate checks within scripts or images within a page, not just on the 1st party sites DNS are important, and better heuristics is worth it (free anyway) in this instance.

          Testing some OpSec, I've managed to sneak a lot of things past Defender when you simulate a 'User OK's Everything' scenario, the older generation tends to happily agree to popups.

          I have a few clients in their 80s, this isnt new territory for me.

      • Bedgrub on 27/01/2024 - 14:02
        +1

        What does you grandmother do that requires 2TB?

  • LeBsRuS on 27/01/2024 - 09:48
    +7

    I personally wouldn’t say this is a bargain

    • onlinepred on 27/01/2024 - 09:52

      Could you point me to a better deal? I’m looking for a 2tb drive either ssd or nvme

  • perfectlydark on 27/01/2024 - 09:52

    prices seem to be rising

  • Tk11 on 27/01/2024 - 11:22
    +2

    be careful when purchasing Dramless drives…

    • MasterScythe on 27/01/2024 - 12:02

      Its honestly rarely noticable on sata.
      You'll still exhaust the pSLC eventually, but the time taken is often whole minutes to reach that. Most users will never tell.

      If they DO though, yah, half the speed of normal HDDs is common…

      • FireRunner on 27/01/2024 - 19:36

        My experience is the opposite, the lack of dram is much more noticeable with SATA.
        I had a BX500 in PS4, absolute abysmal speeds transferring games. Never had issues once swapping to a Samsung QVO

        • MasterScythe on 27/01/2024 - 22:44

          Thats becaise transferring a game is the exact type of scenario i described, that would still show it; writing to the drive for several solid minutes.

          For an OS drive, outside of initial installation, it takes some fairly specific workloads to do the same on a PC, and the majority of general users simply don't do so.

          Id still personally pay the little more for an MX drive, so I dont have any poor scenarios; but not everyone likes wasting money on PC parts for the "what if…" factor.

          • FireRunner on 27/01/2024 - 23:24

            @MasterScythe: I guess it depends how you use tge drive but if you do any decent size write expect absolutely horrendous speeds

            • MasterScythe on 29/01/2024 - 11:40

              @FireRunner: It just means your experience isn't the opposite is all; it's exactly in line.

              It can take several minutes of write time (copying a game) to exhaust the pSLC cache (yes, happened), and "if they do" (you did) "half the speed of normal HDDs is common" (As you experienced).

              I'd happily say that putting this drive in a PC and using it as most users do (apps, facebook, youtube, netflix, porn, etc) is the common use; copying Playstation games would be a rarity.

              Even then, once it's coppied, the reads to play it should be A-OK.

              • FireRunner on 29/01/2024 - 18:28

                @MasterScythe: I’ve found with even cheap NVMe drives like Crucial P1/P2 it was more difficult and less terrible with large writes. Which was my point about it being opposite, it’s more important to get a dram on a SATA drive than an NVMe in my experience.

                I'd happily say that putting this drive in a PC and using it as most users

                I always recommend a decent quality drive for the primary. Better reliability and avoid issues for large writes. Exception is with reviving old hardware on a budget. Of course you wouldn’t be looking at 2TB in that case.

                Even then, once it's coppied, the reads to play it should be A-OK.

                Funnily enough, I had issues with Spider-Man freezing and loading in assets with the BX500. It never happened after swapping to the QVO. Don’t know why, in theory it shouldn’t have mattered past the initial installation.

  • Budju on 27/01/2024 - 12:59
    +2

    Is this even a good price, have ssds gone up? I'm sure we were getting mx500s for about this price not too long ago

  • hambuger on 27/01/2024 - 13:48

    Glad I got the MX500 for less last year

  • Wayne7497 on 27/01/2024 - 14:30
    +2

    https://www.centrecom.com.au/team-group-cx2-2tb-25-sata-iii-…

    2tb 139bux delivered

  • sswrsxy on 27/01/2024 - 16:48

    personally I would recommend MX500, it's far better than BX500, definitely worth the extra cost.

  • himefei on 27/01/2024 - 17:47

    What are the common use cases for 2.5'' SATA SSDs nowadays

    • boomramada on 27/01/2024 - 18:35

      To replace or add 2.5'' SATA HD

    • axyh on 28/01/2024 - 02:22

      If your PC is too old to have M.2 slots, or if you ran out of slots.

      My motherboard only has two M.2 slots, which have been used. If I want an extra drive for additional in-built storage, and don’t care about blazing speeds, a 2.5” SATA SSD is a sensible alternative to upgrading a drive.

  • RobBoss on 28/01/2024 - 22:37
    +1

    Don’t forgot the promo for a $10/$20 gift voucher

    https://crucialpromos.com.au/giveaway/

    • the-rabs on 29/01/2024 - 08:28

      Thank you, I just filled this out.

      • RobBoss on 29/01/2024 - 14:27

        maybe you should edit it onto your post mate

        • the-rabs on 29/01/2024 - 15:04
          +1

          That was an absolute "DUH!" moment on my part. Thanks for the reminder. That's done now :)

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