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Crucial BX500 960GB 3D NAND SATA 2.5-Inch Internal SSD - CT960BX500SSD1 - $73

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Crucial BX500 Solid State Drive - reg. $99.99 - on sale for $72.99. Get 5% back if using an Amazon Rewards Card.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KLD9...EFPRBPFH93
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flight2039down
01-03-2022 at 06:49 AM.
01-03-2022 at 06:49 AM.
BX vs MX quick summary?
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01-03-2022 at 07:00 AM.
01-03-2022 at 07:00 AM.
Quote from flight2039down :
BX vs MX quick summary?

The MX series carries SLC cache, which makes it slightly faster (560mb/s vs 540mb/s on seq. reads). The MX also uses a different controller. Otherwise, they are basically equivalent.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www....mx500.html

https://ssdsphere.com/crucial-mx500-vs-bx500/
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TalentedHaddock257
01-03-2022 at 07:02 AM.
01-03-2022 at 07:02 AM.
Quote from flight2039down :
BX vs MX quick summary?
MX is the high end SATA offering, with DRAM, and TLC.

BX is the budget no DRAM SATA offering. 1 TB comes in 2 flavors, 1 TB QLC or 960 GB TLC. Both are pretty underwhelming, and strangely enough, the 960 GB TLC version has no better performance than QLC!
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kewpkewpkewp
01-03-2022 at 07:16 AM.
01-03-2022 at 07:16 AM.
Not sold by Amazon, sold by T3Wares. Are they trustworthy?
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VarmintCong
01-03-2022 at 07:23 AM.
01-03-2022 at 07:23 AM.
Would rather wait for a similar deal on MX500 when it returns, but who knows when that'll be.

Hard pass on the vendor with 90% rating. Also seems like older version of BX500?
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VarmintCong
01-03-2022 at 07:25 AM.
01-03-2022 at 07:25 AM.
Quote from kewpkewpkewp :
Not sold by Amazon, sold by T3Wares. Are they trustworthy?
Not with 90% rating, that's bad.
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01-03-2022 at 07:35 AM.
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mresteve33
01-03-2022 at 09:48 AM.
01-03-2022 at 09:48 AM.
Quote from VarmintCong :
Not with 90% rating, that's bad.

Or it's more honest than most reviews. Amazon themselves admit that there is a growing problem and that +30% of the reviews are a sham. There was a recent news video on YouTube if you search it.
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01-03-2022 at 02:43 PM.
01-03-2022 at 02:43 PM.
I just went with this one. 1: Prime. 2: Trust in the name. 3: it was only a few bucks more vs buying from a 3rd party and you might get a refurbished.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D998212?psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp
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oakley568
01-03-2022 at 03:21 PM.
01-03-2022 at 03:21 PM.
Quote from pineappleontherocks :
I just went with this one. 1: Prime. 2: Trust in the name. 3: it was only a few bucks more vs buying from a 3rd party and you might get a refurbished.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D998...yp_imgToDp

Thanks for providing, I may go with this one for my PS4 Pro!
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VarmintCong
01-03-2022 at 03:50 PM.
01-03-2022 at 03:50 PM.
Quote from mresteve33 :
Or it's more honest than most reviews. Amazon themselves admit that there is a growing problem and that +30% of the reviews are a sham. There was a recent news video on YouTube if you search it.
I think they're referring to product reviews, which are almost meaningless. I think the 90% for vendors is just percentage of unhappy responses.
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DonWhiteside
01-03-2022 at 03:50 PM.
01-03-2022 at 03:50 PM.
Nice. I just need something to be a Channels DVR (hooked to an RPi) so performance needs to be "not a spinning disk" and this'll do fine.
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