Seagate Nytro 5000 1920GB@$200

[altmind]

Seagate Nytro 5000 SSD 1920GB 3D cMLC PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe 1.2a M.2 22110 Internal Data Center Solid State Drive (XP1920LE30002) - Newegg.com

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These are datacenter-grade 22110 nvme with power loss protection.

Why are they so cheap, where's the catch?

 

[altmind]

Well, I shouldn't've used "datacenter-grade" as its rated 0.3 DWPD. Still not bad for read-intensibe drive.

 

[Markess]

I saw those too the other day. A couple thoughts after some digging...

• They are too long for the NVME slots in many motherboards and PCIE carriers. Which may impact the demand, so the seller may be marking them down.
• One of the reviews on New Egg says that the Seagate website didn't recognize their drive's serial number. Since its being sold by a "marketplace" vendor, and not as a retail product by New Egg, I think there's a chance that these are OEM drives. So, warranty may be an issue.
• By all accounts they run hot. Seagate Website says that you must use a heatsink, and they aren't included. I don't know if these can take a generic heatsink, or if there's some proprietary part. But either way, getting heatsink adds to the totall cost of ownership.

Well, I shouldn't've used "datacenter-grade" as its rated 0.3 DWPD. Still not bad for read-intensibe drive.

Well, Nytro is one of Seagate's enterprise product lines. I thought the same thing when I looked at it,