WD Black SN850 800k IOPS random read 500GB PCIe 4.0 NVMe $139.99

launch wrote: ↑ PCIe 4.0 backward compatible with PCIe 3.0.
It is $10 more than the 1TB SN750 at Newegg right now but I recommend it over the SN750 even if you only have a PCIe 3.0 motherboard because the 4k random read and write times are almost twice as fast with the SN850 than the SN750.

The 4k random write is used well over 50% of the time in a typical computer and so 4k random transfer speeds is more important to the typical user than the difference of high sequential performance that is used primarily to market SSD sales. I think most users would be happier with 500GB twice as fast 4k random times than twice as much of slower storage.

Jep4444 wrote: ↑ Not sure where you got the twice as fast at random writes stat from but it's incorrect. The 500GB SN850 is rated for 570k IOPS for writes while the 1TB SN750 is rated for 560k IOPS.

You need to remember that lower capacity drives often perform more poorly than their higher capacity counterparts, especially when it comes to write performance, due to them typically having less NAND packages on board (this is not true if higher density packages are used instead, which is often why 2TB drives don't perform better than 1TB). It's hard to find clean benchmarks for a 500GB SN850 so I'm kinda forced to use userbenchmark (which is a terrible tool full of inconsistencies and bias, but I digress) to compare 4k performances but you can see the 4k tests, in particular 4k writes, were the ones that the 500GB SN850 showed the least distance from the 1TB SN750 on.

Is it faster? Sure. Will the average user notice a significant difference, I doubt it. I think its reckless to tell people that a 500GB SN850 is a better buy for general use than a 1TB SN750, which at the current price is a friggin steal. Frankly, most users would be happier with the extra storage.

ppl4golf wrote: ↑ What has been the lowest price for the SN750 1TB ?

ppl4golf wrote: ↑ What has been the lowest price for the SN750 1TB ?

launch wrote: ↑ Thanks for the feedback. I've adjusted my post accordingly. Just mentioning that the read times are faster and posted my source of information. Have taken out the recommendation so I'm just posting the facts rather than giving advice.
https://premiumbuilds.com/comparisons/w ... -vs-sn850/

Darkblade48 wrote: ↑ The lowest I've seen is $149.99, and then there's the current $10 off coupon code as well, which I think brings it to an ATL

ppl4golf wrote: ↑ Thanks a lot !
You can probably tell I am not fully UTD on the price watching game and stuff.
Anyways, how to get the extra $10 off (I assume for Amazon)?
TIA !