western digital SA510?

[kingjames488]

so I'm looking at SSDs again(still?)...

from what I can see people are saying not to get the SA510?

probably just going to just get a samsung 870 EVO anyways... I don't really want to spend another 6 weeks researching this lol... but I'm curious why this WD drive that seems to have similar specs is so much cheaper and seems to not be recommended?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Is this for a Games drive or to replace OS drive?

[kingjames488]

intended to be a new primary/OS drive.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Then I'd look at the SN models of WD BLUE and BLACK

[Illusion of Progress]

Going on memory here so I might be wrong! Do further research and don't take my word alone at face value.

The original SA510 (I think there might have been a second/less bad one?), called the Blue/Blue3D, was a downgrade to the Blue3D, so people were trying to make this distinction so that you picked the original Blue3D as it is/was better one. Additionally, I think this in regards to the SATA model, not the M2 model, but since you're mentioning the old 870 Evo, you seem to be asking about SATA.

If you're looking at a SATA drive that will be a system/OS drive, I'd honestly just pick the cheapest among the the Western Digital Blue 3D, Crucial MX500, or Samsung Evo 870 and be done with it (there's really about a handful of other models that are up there with them and okay to pick, some of them renames such as the Sandisk Ultra 3D, but those are the "common three"). They are all performance (higher end for SATA) tier drives so just pick the cheapest. If this was M2 you could get something below the performance drives and not miss anything but low end SATA drives aren't something I'm use for anything other than storage or a games drive (or a system/OS drive for a low role system, not one you'd rely on a too regularly).

[Dutchgamer1982]

the wd blue 1tb for 60 euro is a fine budgetchooice.
a 4tb

if you have a little more to spend I'd go for samsung pro
not evo.
the 4tb model looks nice

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Do you have NVME or SATA?
Or you have both available?

[kingjames488]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

Do you have NVME or SATA?
Or you have both available?

just SATA

I'm also asking a question and it's not "please recommend to me a bunch of random SSDs that aren't availible to me"

[Bad 💀 Motha]

4TB such as Samsung 870 EVO or something from WD or Crucial would be fine.

[kingjames488]

don't even think I need a 4TB $500 SSD...

[Bad 💀 Motha]

They are usually around 160-230 $USD for 4TB

2TB SATA SSD are around 85-120

WD Blue SA150 2TB going now for around same price as Samsung 870 EVO 2TB.

SA510 is the sata model

Only on NVME does WD have ones like 550, 750, 850 models

[kingjames488]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

They are usually around 160-230 $USD for 4TB

2TB SATA SSD are around 85-120

well a 2TB is more like $300 canadian... unless it's this one that's $160... but apaprently it's garbage.... so I guess only the $500 ones are worth buying?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

WD and Samsung have already raised prices ahead of the 3D NAND price hikes.

Maybe look at...
TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z

They make good 3D NAND SATA drives and their 2TB is only around $85 USD where as WD SA510 2TB is $124

Of course it will be higher for CAN$ but search around a bit too.

[kingjames488]

ya well... I'm not interested in messing around with chinesium brands or being sent fake crap by amazon... went and bought a 1TB samsung, now just deciding if it's worth it to have an SSD or if it's just going to be a headache... tho since I bought it locally I can just take it back if I don't want it.

thanks for not at all answering my question.

[egs]

870 evo is junk due to firmware and manufacturing issues. find something else.
545s is much better, if you can find it.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

I've put dozens of 870 EVO in many builds. Not once had a problem with those.
Now QVO might be another story. I've only ever used a couple of those, all 8TB.