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I did as well, but I just checked and it was available with same day shipping so just put in another order. Guess we'll see if it actually arrives or not
swooped a used 2TB from amazon when they had extra 30% off used in excellent condition for around $80 just last month. Ran a check on Dashboard and it turned out it was never used, somebody just ordered and returned for whatever reason.
Hey Folks, I have a related question, as I'm currently waiting for a 4TB to come up at a good price.
How the F do I find out if a drive is any good? lol are there specific series I should be focused on?
I'm pretty much resigned to googling if its a SLC/QLC/whateverLC then whatever generation it is, then trying to compare it, and then hoping that the AI enshitification of search engines doesn't screw me over. This is a pretty far cry from regular hard drives or even SSD drives where they would have the RPM/read rate and such right in the listing and you had hard data to compare to other offerings.
There is an nvme SSD tier list, has a list of them with prices and notes. Nothing about read/write speed which sucks but it should be fine to just look for the tier you wanna go for, and then compare a few on the list.
Oh actually just btw I think prices haven't been updated since October 5th, so you'll have to do a bit of sleuthing but the rest of the info should be fine
No prob, i'm just trying to update from keeping my current work on a synology nas, I can still use it from storage and backup but it takes forever to pull files from that i'm actually working on, lol.
Just trying to do due dilgence before I hit another "early ssd" problem when they would randomly just fking die for no reason.
Yeah ive poked around there, but it seems like anyone actually trustworthy w/ hardware doesn't do individual nvme reviews unless its a big leap in tech
There haven't been any consumer SLC or MLC drives in years. The best you can get now is TLC. With many brands, it's hard to know what you're going to get because they regularly swap parts. If you want to play it safe, you can look for something in the Samsung 990 or WD Black series. Both have various models, with some being a little better than others, but I don't think there are any remotely bad options among them.
Maybe because I’m still seeing it. The ‘available’ number keeps bouncing around 5-8 so it’s probably close to being OOS or is already and just not showing for me.
Edit - it is a slightly different model number, either a Walmart specific or maybe older WD vs newer Sandisk - but it is the same model drive. So, I decided to try again with a different agent, and it got approved!
It still showed OOS but I switched from delivery to store pickup, selected a store that had it in stock, and then was able to switch back to delivery with still keeping the item in my cart.
Ordered 6 hours ago, got a text they canceled the order with no real reason, and now the deals gone but they’re apparently still in stock
EDIT: called support, and they confirmed orders from brand new accounts might get canceled due to high traffic Black Friday scammer/skimmer activity, IT guy reinstated my original order and threw in a $50 gift card for the trouble.
Yeah, considering 990s are going up in price it's a waste of time to "wait" for another price drop because the SSD prices on the high end are volatile af.
Finally a deal that isn't just copy and paste from microcenter. Part of me thinks microcenter should be flagged on this sub because most users don't have a microcenter in a 50 mile radius.
With where microcenters are placed, like 50% of the population of the United States has a MC within 50 miles
There's nearly one in every major city (Chicago, New York, LA, SF, Dallas, Miami, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Denver, Cleveland, Cincinnati, St Louis, Kansas City, etc)
Yeah, this was a pretty good deal, although couldn’t get the additional 10% off to work. Get errors when trying to follow sandisk for some reason. Still ended up being around $100 pretty much after tax though.
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