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I love the deal but I don't have the money for it

lol that isnt a deal. last year 4tb ssd were $180-$250 regularly $600 and feeling good about it has you brain washed. if you absolutely have to buy a product during a shortage you want to spend the least amount of money possible https://pcpartpicker.com/product/XX88TW/western-digital-wd-blue-sn5000-

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Eazy12345678 in r/PcBuild

May 7, 2026 at 11:35 PM

48

M.2 ≠ NVMe speed

Ditch that cheapest Western Digital Blue M.2 500Gb slapped on your PCpartpicker list, it's just a fancy SSD, and filter search by NVMe instead.

In the realm of storage there are 3 main options today: slow HDD, fast SSD, and very fast NVMe.

To get the speed of an NVMe your data is passed dir

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ScientificBananaPeel in r/buildapc

September 4, 2020 at 2:26 PM

6.3k

Best SSDs for PS3?

Being doing a lot of research for this. Apparently the best ones are Samsung 870 EVO and WD BlueSA510 and Crucial BX500. A lot of stuff regarding D-Ram for random writing/reading. I'll go for Samsung, it's the most expensive one but it's also the one that has less negative comments (dying all the su

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slipperman1974 in r/PS3

November 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM

23

Since we all like transparency here

Once I'm home, I can get you the model number, but it's pretty much a 500 GB WD Blue. What's cool about this drive is these were actually exclusive to Western Digital employees. WD was toying with transparent casing for a bit, but they decided against it because there wasn't much interest and the ma

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nickespy in r/LinusTechTips

July 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM

75

[SSD] Western Digital 2TB WD Blue SN5000 NVMe SSD, PCIe Gen 4.0 $124.00

Just picked one up this morning. Wanted to grab the SN850X 2TB for $15 more, but when I got to the store, there were none on the shelf, even though they showed in stock. Asked the girl in electronics to check, and she said there was one listed, but it "must be in someone's cart". Picked this up inst

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IlLupoSolitario in r/buildapcsales

December 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM

15

Sandisk brings back affordable storage to rescue buyers from the SSD crisis — new 320 and 520 SATA SSDs are ready to launch

Rebadged WD GREEN and WD BLUE SA510 probably

SunnyCloudyRainy in r/hardware

May 28, 2026 at 7:37 PM

6

Don't know much about SSDs is this a knock off? Looks kind of sketch and the asking price is even more sus ($70 CAD for 4tb)

Yes the “blue” is made to look like a western digital “blue” drive. But it conveniently lacks the WD logo, which isn’t how that works. I would stay far away frok this one personally

t40r in r/pcmasterrace

January 3, 2026 at 10:48 AM

11

Que ssd compro?

¿Si o si tenés que ponerle un disco sata? De ser posible te sugiero optar por un m.2 nvme Respecto a los dos que posteaste, el T-Force es mejor A nivel "ranking" podes buscar los siguientes en este orden (mas o menos mismo rango de precio y gb) Samsung 870 EVO Crucial MX500 Western Digital Blue SSD

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Prestigious_Gift_263 in r/ArgenGaming

January 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM

30

Should I dump everything into GPU or...?

PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor $124.99 @ B&H Storage Western Digital WD Blue SN5000 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive $64.98 @ Amazon Video Card PNY OC GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Video Card $549.99 @ B&H Prices include shipping, taxes,

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ltecruz in r/buildapc

September 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM

13

First pc build

Zie Amazon voor cpu cooler Zie Amazon voor case fans Zie tweakers.net voor nvme Zie tweakers.net voor gpu Zie tweakers.net voor psu De psu is B+ tier dat is echt meer dan voldoende voor deze build. De wd nvme is tlc inplaats van de p3 qlc. Qlc is minder betrouwbaar en wordt traag bij veel dingen ops

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GeekyNick91 in r/pcpartpickerbuilds

October 19, 2025 at 5:33 AM

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