All time low on this excellent boot/OS drive
Single sided PCB and low real world temps suitable for laptops
PS5 compatible
WDS100T3B0E
Controller: WD
Memory: Kioxia BiCS5 112L TLC
DRAM Cache: None, HMB Supported
Sequential Read: 4150 MB/s
Sequential Write: 4150 MB/s
Random Read: 600,000 IOPS
Random Write: 750,000 IOPS
Endurance (TBW): 600 TB
Warranty: 5 Years
Surcharges: 1.2% Card & PayPal, 2% AmEx
SN580 good, P3 Plus bad.
P3 Plus is QLC and it's speeds plummet during sustained use.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/799682
Thanks !!
Damn, just shy of $1 to get free shipping.
Centrecom suddenly about to run out of LGA1700 brackets for a MSI AIO…
https://www.centrecom.com.au/mag-coreliquid-r-series-lga-170…
Although if you actually want something useful, perhaps you could grab short ethernet cables of various colour for $2 instead.
no free shipping for me..? im in Perth, nowhere land. i joined their club and nothing.
I don't think any of the club tiers/memberships change the conditions of the free shipping. (Ie. $79 or over, and within whatever weird postcode list they define)
sucks ass being in perth bro. At least umart and ple arent bad. Try seeing if theyll price match
I personally just ordered one of these ones after spending like 2 days trying to inform myself on what's available as I was after 2TB
https://www.mwave.com.au/product/team-mp44l-2tb-pcie-40-nvme…
I was looking at this model but the SN580 was priced at around $200-210 shipped for 2TB everywhere. I'm literally out of space so it's not quite a matter of waiting for a better deal.
I considered the P3 Plus but was talked out of it everywhere I looked.
This MP44L is supposedly TLC (apparently a slight lottery but I will find out when it arrives) and has good speeds. I'm a little skeptical of Team Group but I've used their ram in the past without issue.
What is the retail version of this drive?
This is the retail model. Centrecom aren't wholesalers.
No DRAM means no go in terms of performance?
No; performance is pretty good at its price point. Host-Memory-Buffer on modern controllers is beyond decent.
the sequential read and write speeds suggest otherwise …
What are you finding that surpasses it, at this price point?
@MasterScythe: yes, the price reflects its performance level. better gen 4 NVMe SSDs are getting up to over 7000Mbps albeit with a slightly higher price tag
@c64: What made you decide on that number for your line in the sand, now making it "no go in terms of performance"?
It's faster than that anyway.
7000Mbps is only 875MBps; which this drive obliterates at 2.7GBps until 1/3rd capacity is filled (dynamic nCache); and even with the cache fully exhausted makntains a real world 560MBps, without having its seek times rise.
I cant see those speeds affecting others workflows personally, but im curious what in your work makes those speeds a "no go"?
albeit with a slightly higher price tag
Neat! What have you found deals on?
If we allow the price to climb by another quarter (well, 27%) to $99; what would you suggest to OP?
@c64: What makes that a "no go" though?
What do you recommend that reaches over 7000MBps for "slightly higher price"?
Any examples I can find are massively higher in price (200%+)
@MasterScythe: If you have a sec could you recommend this newbie a M2 drive for booting I should keep an eye on? Thanks
@Duplicity: By M.2 I'll assume NVME, not SATA.
Literally this one. It's one of the best choices.
It uses low power and runs cool, its "seek" times are some of the lowest, and the read\write speeds are massive for a boot drive.
Most of the 'Good vs Bad' NVME SSD's are all about sustained performance - Even the worst drive is multiple times fast enough for quick and small tasks, like booting.
Windows 11 loads about 7.5GB into RAM at first boot; so even a slow 1.5GBps drive would boot within 5 seconds - This drive is about twice that speed.
Hell, even installing the whole OS from blank, at 64GB size - Since that would fit into the pSLC portion of the drive, would take 25 seconds.
Even if the drive was full, at the "slow" 550MBps, it's still faster than any SATA drive you'll have ever used, still has 'no seek times' by comparison, and still would take under 2 minutes to install a whole 64GB OS.
Don't think too hard about boot drives these days; they're not working too hard, and the bonus is these are notably cool running, and efficent :)
Be sure to do a firmware update as I heard Windows 11 24H2 was crashing with some WD drives. Apparently updating the firmware is recommend before installing and will fix the issue.
Updating the firmware of what?
of the drive itself, windows 24H2 BSOD after upgrade on older firmware of ssd.
There’s less than 10 stock so I can’t post it as a deal, but for a 1TB drive, particularly for PS5, it’s hard to go past the Viper VP4300 Lite. $90 delivered on Amazon https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0CBQ5CVN6
Review here for the 4TB version (which is also really cheap, I’m in the fence on ordering that) https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/10532/patriot-viper-vp4300…
Great price for 4tb! Just got to convince myself to pass with the cash lol
The reason I posted it here is I hope someone buys it to take away my temptation lol.
I have 2TB of free nvme space already, I do not need more storage. But… so shiny…
I grabbed one, one left now. We can do this guys!!
@Agileduck: Cancel the order before it ships
The 4TB model of the Viper VP4300 Lite uses YMTC 232L QLC flash - basically the Lexar NM790 but much worse
Based on Crucial P3 Plus 4TB pricing, you wouldn't touch the Patriot unless it was AU $250 or under
The 4TB version is reported to be QLC and just like YMTC 232L QLC SSDs, they are not that well priced. Closest equivalent SSD is Lexar NQ790 4TB. Check Tom's Hardware Review on Viper VP4300 Lite about QLC being used for 4TB version (and its write speed once pSLC is depleted). If it purely for gaming, I guess you could consider. Do bear in mind, quite a number of OZBers bought NM790 4TB (TLC) for $255 or less.
Unless purely for gaming, best to avoid QLC SSDs. I've used a few for a while now. Honestly, I generally avoid writing data in QLC mode so when I found that it is doing it, I normally try to stop writing more data to the SSD for a while and let the pSLC cache recover before writing more. It can be annoying.
Another thing is the 2TB model has reported to have a different controller and NAND, so there is component swapping with that model.
@netsurfer: Yeah, I've just been reading that the 2TB was nvme v2.0, now it's 1.4.
I didn't realise the NM790 had gotten that cheap, I'll keep hodling. I don't need it anyway right now.
@freefall101: Cheapest deal was: Lexar NM790 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD 4TB $227.15 + Delivery ($0 mVIP / SYD C&C) @ Mwave
Wish I had some cash at the time. The el cheapo QLC SSD I bought was a 2TB for $112 (a gen 3 SSD and the QLC write speed is shocking), so $227 for 4TB TLC SSD was a great deal.
@netsurfer: Ah the unicorn of a deal the 227 deal. I think for even then that was an outstanding price and was a once off, pity..
Thanks for sharing. Question.. haven't installed one in a ps5 but that viper you linked, do you know if it comes with everything required to plug and play or do I need to get a heatsink.
If you're buying for PS5 usage only, the HP FX900 2TB for $139 is currently the best choice as Storm is also bundling a nice heatsink
The HP FX900 does not meet Sony PS5 minimum required spec.
I would get the Verbatim vi7000g at 89, it comes with heatsink and its PS5 approved.
https://www.centrecom.com.au/verbatim-vi7000g-1tb-m2-pcie-nv…
$78 for 1TB is getting close to HDD prices. How much does a 1TB HDD sell for these days?
You don't buy 1TB HDD any more, you buy at least 10tb or above for backup purpose in which case HDD still makes sense.
HDD are far cheaper. You can get a 4tb HDD for less than $160
Thoughts on this for a boot drive with plex installed on it (that's virtually all it will be used for beyond some basic web browsing.) Housed inside a NUC.
My Evo 860 is starting to get quite old. Might be good to replace it soon.
1tb (verbatim, verbatim) down to $69 @ CC
This one sure is good enough for just installing games on it?
Performance is more than enough. SN580 1TB has a pretty large pSLC cache, generally that's a good thing.
being pSLC means cache = 1/3 of free disk space.
Still a good drive for the money
Suitable for PS5? Does this need a stick on heatsink?
no dram is alright for boot drive? what is the most optimal requirement for boot drives? fast random4k read?
dram argument largely died with nvme 1.2, ie HMB support back in 2016
if you have fairly recent motherboard it's likely to support nvme 1.2, say 2019+
DRAM is better of course but it's no longer a significant issue, if you have recent hardware then it generally shouldn't be a consideration
Just received mine from CentreCom.
New firmware available.
Received with 281010WD. Updating to 281040WD.
Price is now $82
Gigabyte AORUS Gen4 7300 SSD 1TB PCIe4.0 NVMe 7300/6000MB/S $89 Delivered
Deal back on with price drop to $75
Got one for $75
How does this compare to below SSD
https://www.centrecom.com.au/crucial-p3-plus-2tb-pcie-m2-228…
Apart from price and TB capacity, which is better in terms of brand reliability etc