SATA M.2 SSD 1TB or 2TB (for Dell Wyse 5070)

Lmahgo on 12/11/2024 - 23:08
Last edited 14/11/2024 - 14:40 by 2 other users

I've picked myself up a Dell Wyze 5070 as a light home server and I'm looking to pick up a decent-priced reliable SSD for it - must be SATA M.2 and not NVME, for compatibility, which reduces options quite a lot. Considering 1TB or 2TB. Preferably of a decent SSD brand.

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  • ihfree on 12/11/2024 - 23:13
    +4

    I have a m700 - when looking for a SSD, the only ones I could find were WD Blues(or Greens - smaller size). You'll likely be paying a premium for a M.2
    SATA .

  • Yummy on 13/11/2024 - 00:55

    What about half a TB?

    • mahgo on 13/11/2024 - 11:18

      Probably a bit small, but what did you have in mind?

      • Yummy on 13/11/2024 - 17:15
        +1

        Wait for Black Friday.

  • ihfree on 13/11/2024 - 19:33

    Have you looked into adaptors for NVME drives?

    https://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/wyse/5070/mods.shtml

    • mahgo on 13/11/2024 - 19:52

      Yeah but apparently you can't boot from them, so if the built in storage died then I'd have to get a SATA drive then anyway and it will just be harder to get one later.

      • ihfree on 13/11/2024 - 20:04

        One other option that you could potentially consider is putting the bootloader on a USB device and use that to boot from the NVME. I considered something similar ages ago for a old desktop that did not support NVME.

        It could also just be a way to expand storage if needed.

        That 1TB SATA from Germany looks to be decent and saves all the hassle - would find two other cheap/wanted items for the 10% off.

        • mahgo on 13/11/2024 - 21:19

          Thanks for the tip to find two cheap items to get the 10%, I figured that it meant 3 of these SSDs but that's not the case. Do you have any tips for finding cheap items that meet the criteria for the promotion? The promotion page is not much use as it doesn't allow for sorting by cheapest. https://www.amazon.com.au/promotion/psp/A3CUH3F8EZWHJ3/ref=g…

          • ihfree on 13/11/2024 - 21:49
            +1

            @mahgo: I'm not too sure what the best way to search is - maybe searching typical low value items. I spent ages last time there was a similar promotion - I ended up finding a small art book which was cheaper.

  • brbgrcgukdhreuin on 14/11/2024 - 13:58

    I bought one of these mSATA drives from KingFast on Aliexpress 3 years ago. It's been running fine: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001343379056.html
    Build quality is great, and it seems to be the manufacturer's store, not a store selling everything from cat toys to car parts to SSDs to sex toys.

    They also have M.2 SATA drives: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001768952712.html

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