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WD Blue SN580 2TB M.2 2280 NVMe SSD $149 + Delivery ($0 with Account/C&C/in-Store) + Surcharge @ Centre Com

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WD Blue SN580 2TB M.2 2280 NVMe SSD $149 + Delivery ($0 with Account/C&C/in-Store) + Surcharge @ Centre Com
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Meteor Anarcom on 09/08/2024 - 13:22 centrecom.com.au (2293 clicks)
Last edited 09/08/2024 - 13:48 by 1 other user

Reliable and cheap Gen 4 SSD. TLC NAND in use, better choice than Kingston NV2 or Crucial P3 Plus, which all used QLC. Based on current price, WD SN580 is cheaper while being better on reliability and performance.

I would recommend this based on the price if you're upgrading your PC for extra storage on a budget.

BTW, anyone knows what did Centre Com do? I just realized they are banned when I was posting this.

Surcharges: 1.2% Card & PayPal, 2% AmEx.

Free shipping excludes WA, NT & remote areas.

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  • teddiebear on 09/08/2024 - 13:30
    +3

    I too am interested in what has happened…?

    • JoeBogan on 11/08/2024 - 09:51

      Are you saying this post is sockpupetting?

      • Caped Baldy on 11/08/2024 - 10:27

        No, I was replying to the first commenter and op.

  • netjock on 09/08/2024 - 13:52
    +1

    900 TBW on this one. 600 TBW on the 1TB. Interesting you can double the capacity and get less writes.

    • Namidairo on 09/08/2024 - 16:22

      I note that this drive appears (at least, at this time), to have a quite sizable SLC cache compared to many other budget NVMe SSDs. (~340GB on the 1TB version)

      I suspect they might have just kept the same size cache on the 2TB version while bumping the remaining size, skewing the numbers somewhat? Is that how flash endurance works? Who knows.

      • netjock on 09/08/2024 - 16:45

        I bought a MSI M460 1TB recently and it is 600TBW, the 2TB is 1200TBW so not sure what is going on with WD.

    • JL1 on 10/08/2024 - 00:17

      Isn't 900 more than 600? Just not double the amount?

      • hcl on 10/08/2024 - 03:29
        +3

        Writes per unit of storage went down

        • resisting the urge on 10/08/2024 - 10:16

          Maybe it isn't the memory chips that fail first, but something else

          • hcl on 10/08/2024 - 12:17

            @resisting the urge: Not that familiar with this model. It depends on whether they use single NAND chip for 1TB and 2 chips for 2TB, or both use a single chip. If the 2TB model uses a single NAND chip, then the higher density may explain the shorter lifespan.

    • NaughtiusMaximus on 11/08/2024 - 20:02

      Opened a support ticket with WD, will see what they say.

      • NaughtiusMaximus on 15/08/2024 - 10:21

        They said it just is and didn't give a valid reason for it. They also confirmed the 2TB model is still TLC.
        Useless customer support as usual.

  • Mortgagetightass on 09/08/2024 - 14:09
    +17

    For any reading this, former employee of 7 years who used to look after the online page (you can check my history)

    Sock puppeting from someone back in 2014 who ran the OZB page for CC, have emailed/DM'd mods a few times, no luck, banned once, banned forever…

    • sombreserotonin on 09/08/2024 - 15:30
      -6

      I mean, the rules are pretty clear.

      • Caped Baldy on 09/08/2024 - 17:36
        +10

        It's been ten years… People got less punishment for murder. Would be good for the mods to review this imo.

        • dyziplen on 09/08/2024 - 19:12
          -7

          Its a permanent ban. Besides, all they need to do is come up with better deals so that community submits them and upvotes them. Problem solved. There is absolutely no need for the reps to post anything at all.

        • Moderatorneil on 09/08/2024 - 21:07

          It's incorrect, see https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/15588020/redir

    • Moderatorneil on 09/08/2024 - 21:05

      (you can check my history)

      Thanks I've checked the history and is as follows:

      CentreCom has been banned 18 14 times. Unbanned 3 1 times from permanent. Even when permanently banned, CentreCom continued to sockpuppet.

      Edit: Adjusted numbers as we some were just adjustments and not bans.

      Date/Time Type Message
      07/06/2024 - 10:10 banned Expiry: permanent, Reason: Sockpuppeting (Rep only), Link
      09/11/2023 - 16:16 banned Expiry: permanent, Reason: Sockpuppeting (Rep only), Link
      12/05/2021 - 12:27 banned Expiry: permanent, Reason: Sockpuppeting (Rep only), Link
      14/09/2020 - 21:16 banned Expiry: permanent, Reason: Sockpuppeting (Rep only), Link
      20/09/2016 - 18:43 banned Expiry: permanent, Reason: Sockpuppeting (Rep only), Link
      16/09/2016 - 00:49 unbanned
      05/07/2016 - 15:15 banned Expiry: permanent, Reason: Sockpuppeting + Too many rep posted deals garnering negative or no votes (Rep only), Link
      10/12/2015 - 11:56 banned Expiry: permanent, Reason: Sockpuppeting + Too many rep posted deals garnering negative or no votes, Link
      10/12/2015 - 10:59 unbanned
      20/06/2015 - 20:13 banned Expiry: permanent, Reason: Sockpuppeting + Too many rep posted deals garnering negative or no votes, Link
      20/06/2015 - 19:58 unbanned
      07/03/2015 - 18:42 banned Expiry: permanent, Reason: Sockpuppeting + Too many rep posted deals garnering negative or no votes, Link
      07/03/2015 - 11:25 banned Expiry: permanent, Reason: Sockpuppeting + Too many rep posted deals garnering negative or no votes (Rep only), Link
      03/03/2015 - 17:08 banned Expiry: permanent, Reason: Sockpuppeting + Too many rep posted deals garnering negative or no votes (Rep only), Link
      03/03/2015 - 16:59 banned Expiry: permanent, Reason: Sockpuppeting + Too many rep posted deals garnering negative or no votes, Link
      07/02/2015 - 01:33 banned Expiry: Sat Mar 7 16:55:56 2015, Reason: Too many rep posted deals garnering negative or no votes (Rep only), Link
      23/08/2012 - 13:18 banned Expiry: Thu Sep 13 13:50:53 2012, Reason: Sockpuppeting - Please do not circumvent the ban., Link
      14/08/2012 - 13:50 banned Expiry: Thu Sep 13 13:50:53 2012, Reason: Sockpuppeting
      14/08/2012 - 13:50 banned Expiry: Tue Aug 28 13:50:23 2012, Reason: Sockpuppeting
      08/10/2010 - 00:14 banned Expiry: Fri Oct 22 00:14:04 2010, Reason: Sockpuppeting
      28/07/2010 - 14:11 banned Expiry: Fri Aug 27 14:11:56 2010, Reason: Sockpuppeting

      Sock puppeting from someone back in 2014 who ran the OZB page for CC, have emailed/DM'd mods a few times, no luck, banned once, banned forever…

      You can see our response to the TWAM in 2021 in which we refused to unban due to the above. You did send another request in 2022, that wasn't responded to. However we would have rejected unbanning as fraudulent behaviour was continued by employees.

      • We don't respond to DMs about moderation, you should use Talk with a Moderator. I usually tell people this if they DM me.
      • We haven't received any emails (your listed email address) from you but again we'd email back to say to use TWAM.

      I haven't ran the stats but I think this is in the top 5 of sockpuppeted stores. Congrats!

      • Mortgagetightass on 09/08/2024 - 21:41
        -1

        Thanks Neil! Are you able to provide the username of who posted post 2016?

        • Moderatorneil on 09/08/2024 - 21:58

          Looked it up.

          20/09/2016 - Yes, your ghost account! I'll leave out the name as it partially reveals your identity.

          I can see a back and forth email from you (diff email address to this account) to support (ghost account #1) in which we eventually unbanned CentreCom and then after all that you created a 2nd ghost account and posted a deal. The 2nd ghost account then started a TWAM in which we responded but no response from ghost account.

          Hi ,

          You are kidding right? I spoke to you just days ago via email about unbanning Centrecom from sockpuppeting, then you post a deal undeclared immediately after.

          Please stop wasting anymore of our time, we took your request seriously and spent some time discussing it. Centrecom has already been re-banned since.

          Thanks

          Pretty silly but on par with the other 14 times.

          Oh and deal was:

          SanDisk 480GB SSD Plus $149 + Shipping @ Centre Com (Online Only)

          Saw this on facebook, pretty good deal for $149!

          Not sure how their shipping works

          • Mortgagetightass on 09/08/2024 - 22:44
            -2

            @neil: Yep… can thank their old marketing team for that…. Appreciate the insight!

      • Caped Baldy on 09/08/2024 - 22:10
        +1

        Thanks for summarising this. They got some silly employees.

  • Bedgrub on 09/08/2024 - 15:38

    Thanks OP - I’m going to get one for my DS924+. Don’t need anything with super high TBW as it’s just for Docker containers and junk that I need regular access to. Backups and critical stuff can on on the spinning disks.

  • Shahw on 09/08/2024 - 15:59

    What’s the reliability of these? In terms of using them as backup drives, are they safe?

    • Namidairo on 09/08/2024 - 16:08

      I'm not even sure these have been out long enough to discern a pattern like that.

      Additionally, SSD as backup drives in theory need to be powered up every once in a while in order to retain their data. I say in theory as many people just leave them for years and not have issues, and one should be checking the viability of their backup media in addition to applying a 321 rule anyway.

      • Shahw on 09/08/2024 - 18:40
        +2

        Didn’t know about powering it up every now and then. As you said, backup drives usually stays in the drawers for years

    • Meteor Anarcom on 09/08/2024 - 16:13
      +1

      I will say they're safe, but not as safe as CMR HDDs. If you are looking for backup drives for important enterprise documents, HDDs will be better choices. These are tough enough for daily personal use.
      They use original TLC chips from Kioxia and SanDisk controller, which both are recognized as reliable.

      • Shahw on 09/08/2024 - 18:41

        Do you mean the normal magnetic drives?

  • bcYield on 09/08/2024 - 16:51
    -1

    But Kingston NV2 was under $100 before.

  • C0nn0r42 on 09/08/2024 - 20:16

    How would this compare to the 990 Pro which I am eyeing off 2x 2TB ones for my unraid cache/VMs….

  • ThePromisedJuan on 10/08/2024 - 10:17

    How would this fair for a PS5 given the not so great write speeds

    • Meteor Anarcom on 10/08/2024 - 20:31

      Just few more seconds loading time, even not noticeable

      • Asapbrocky on 12/08/2024 - 07:29

        Does the same go for pc? I’ve just got a gaming pc recently and have been looking at getting another 2tb.

        • Meteor Anarcom on 12/08/2024 - 10:05

          Sure. It's the same for PC gaming. Loading a game is basically random reading test for a hard drive.

    • Richardc on 11/08/2024 - 05:05

      You don't need very fast write speed for PS5.

  • JimmyF on 11/08/2024 - 12:19

    5 years or Max Endurance (TBW) limit, whichever occurs first.

    So 5 years or 900 TB written…..

  • scottb721 on 11/08/2024 - 12:31

    Thanks OP. My MSFS2020 256GB SSD is all but full. Had a 2TB sitting in my Amazon cart for the same price but was only Gen3 so this one is the winner.

  • NaughtiusMaximus on 12/08/2024 - 08:00

    They seem to have pulled the deal 2 days early.

    • Meteor Anarcom on 12/08/2024 - 09:54

      It seems that they did not know how good this is until they see the post

  • whateva on 25/08/2024 - 19:34
    +2

    FYI the deal for this is available again at Centrecom as part of their winter sale

    • Extremophile on 26/08/2024 - 10:33

      Hm says $169 for me…

      • scottb721 on 26/08/2024 - 15:06

        Same, but it did say 149 yesterday when he posted that comment.

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