WD SN720 2TB $63 + Ship eBay

[cptcrunch]

This eBay seller has 6 WD SN720 2TB nvme drives for $63 plus $12 ship (if you buy multiples the shipping stays the same)

Western Digital SDAQNTX-2T00-2000 2TB NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive SSD Grade B | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Western Digital SDAQNTX-2T00-2000 2TB NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive SSD Grade B at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

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* I'm not affiliated with this seller, but did buy some for my servers.

** And gone 11 minutes after posting.

 

[Koop]

Meh performance, pass (fyi this is a joke because I wouldn't have a choice even if I wanted since they sold so fast)

 

[MountainBofh]

That didn't take long

I wonder how many writes those drives had on them?

 

[BackupProphet]

I have a few of these, they are one of the slowest SSD drives I have ever had.

 

[T_Minus]

I have a few of these, they are one of the slowest SSD drives I have ever had.

As-in it's slower than SATA?

 

[Marsh]

Today, I don't think you will find $63 SATA 1.92TB SSD

 

[BackupProphet]

As-in it's slower than SATA?

Almost as slow as spinners when you measure latency

 

[Samir]

Almost as slow as spinners when you measure latency

Then these are not a good deal considering you can get 8-10TB HDD for the same price.

 

[nabsltd]

Today, I don't think you will find $63 SATA 1.92TB SSD

True, but for $70-80, you can find a new 2TB SATA drive that is just as slow as the SN720.

 

[Samir]

True, but for $70-80, you can find a new 2TB SATA drive that is just as slow as the SN720.

And used is even cheaper than that!

 

[turbo]

Not that it matters as these are long gone, but just in case some of these pop up again...

Isn't the SN720 basically the OEM version of the SN750? I have a 4yr old SN750 in my desktop that still gets 3GB/s+ reads and 1.6GB/s writes after years of abuse. I'm not sure that's fair to compare to spinning rust that maxes out at 200MB/s...

 

[T_Minus]

It also is irrelevant if you're putting these in a mini-pc and NEED to fill m2 and sata, can't throw in 3x sata 2.5" that's not happening

 

[Marsh]

It also is irrelevant if you're putting these in a mini-pc and NEED to fill m2 and sata, can't throw in 3x sata 2.5" that's not happening

We have a winner .

For my usage
First M2 holds high performance nvme ssd for OS and VM , second slot is for data storage nvme ssd.

I check Ebay 1.92TB SSD everyday, not easier to find 1.92tb SATA SSD cheaper than nvme

 

[T_Minus]

We have a winner .

For my usage
First M2 holds high performance nvme ssd for OS and VM , second slot is for data storage nvme ssd.

I check Ebay 1.92TB SSD everyday, not easier to find 1.92tb SATA SSD cheaper than nvme

yeah, im hoping for a fall\winter price fall back to 2023!! for new and used for that matter

i also still need to find the high performance m2 for the minis, bummed the optane 118gb are gone!

 

[Prophes0r]

"Slow" can mean so many things.

We are smart people.
We shouldn't be resorting to such useless words, especially when trying to give other people information.

Compare:

• Drive A
  • 5/8µs read/write latency
  • 250MB/s random writes
  • 1500MB/s sequential reads
• Drive B
  • 80/100µs read/write latency
  • 1500MB/s random writes
  • 2500MB/s sequential reads
• Drive C
  • 120/180µs read/write latency
  • 550MB/s random writes
  • 15000MB/s sequential reads

Each one is "slow" in some way, but great in another.

This is especially important for enterprise hardware, which tends to be more specialized than regular "consumer" hardware.
That's why you will find a dozen different skus for drives of the same size from the same manufacturer.

• High endurance
• Write intensive
• Read intensive
• Mixed workload
• Density optimized
• Latency optimized
• I've even seen power optimized, but I'm skeptical why you would do that over Density optimized...

In the case of these WD SN720 2TB drives...

• Read/Write performance is...fine.
• Latency numbers aren't even listed.
• Power seems pretty low.
  • 9.25w spikes
  • 0.14w average "active" power
  • 0.1w average in "low" power mode
  • 2.5mw sleep power

 

[bvd]

Not that it matters as these are long gone, but just in case some of these pop up again...

Isn't the SN720 basically the OEM version of the SN750? I have a 4yr old SN750 in my desktop that still gets 3GB/s+ reads and 1.6GB/s writes after years of abuse. I'm not sure that's fair to compare to spinning rust that maxes out at 200MB/s...

Unfortunately the 720 isn't the same as the 750, not in any of my testing anyway - it bottlenecks far quicker, and when it hits that bottleneck, does so far harder (fairly extreme latency values). Nvmecli shows the same controller, but seems like either the cache is shrunk, the storage chips are of a lower /lesser tier (maybe those which failed to bin at their full data rate? idk), or some combination of the two.

... This should probably all be taken with a grain of salt though, as the 750SE's and even 770s haven't been as solidly consistent for me as the original 750s have been - heck, maybe it's a platform thing on my end

 

[chrgrose]

I was going to buy these a few days ago and asked the seller about health, they said "80%+ Health! "

I prefer at or near 100% health for just $10-$20 more (probably on better models), so I passed.

 

[nabsltd]

It also is irrelevant if you're putting these in a mini-pc and NEED to fill m2 and sata, can't throw in 3x sata 2.5" that's not happening

If you are running a mini PC and just need a storage drive for the 2nd M.2 slot, there are plenty of used 2TB NVMe drives it the same performance range for around $70-85, which makes $63 nothing really special. I picked up a 2TB Samsung 980 Pro (a much more performant drive) for $110.

It would be different if you needed 20x drives, since saving $20-30 a drive would be worth it.