Blue SN5000

Western Digital

Blue SN5000

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$300.00

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People don't understand that read/write speeds mean nothing. So they will say it's slow just because it doesn't reach the 7000+ Read/Write. When in reality it all comes down to access times and application/gaming traces. Here's a transcript from Tom's Hardware review on the SN5000: "The WD Blue SN50

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Hairy-Stay5919 in r/PcBuild

June 25, 2025 6:20 AM

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W or L build

I can say for sure they are charging you a bit more for the CPU and the motherboard. That motherboard usually stays around 9-9.5k never seen it above 10k in recent times and used it in a build just couple of months back so I know about its approx price.Same for the GPU just today morning I checked t

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NeonThreadEntropy in r/IndianPCHardware

February 23, 2026 12:40 PM

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hi i live in israel(tms is the best store here https://tms.co.il/) i have a budget of 8500ILS

There is no reason to use separate drives; a single 2 TB NVMe SSD can handle everything. The NV3 often uses QLC flash, which has low durability and becomes noticeably slower after a few years. Get a better drive with TLC flash like the TeamGroup MP33 Pro, Kingston KC3000/Renegade Fury, WD Blue SN500

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Cer_Visia in r/buildapcforme

March 13, 2026 2:55 PM

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