SanDisk Plus SDSSDA3N-500G-G26 500GB PCIe Gen 3 M.2 NVME SSD

Bought on sale during black friday. Was an ok purchase, however write speeds are lacking.

Great sequential read speeds, mediocre sequential write speeds and horrible random read and write speeds (which is to be expected due to drive design).

Drive does not come with DRAM (DRAM-less) and NAND memory and controller vary depending on manufacture batch date (to save on costs). Drive only comes with one NAND module (most probably QLC memory) which may not be ideal for lifespan of the drive.

Buy this drive if you're on a tight budget and value for money is most important to you.

UPDATE (11/02/2025): Do not buy this drive for your PRIM...view more Bought on sale during black friday. Was an ok purchase, however write speeds are lacking.

Great sequential read speeds, mediocre sequential write speeds and horrible random read and write speeds (which is to be expected due to drive design).

Drive does not come with DRAM (DRAM-less) and NAND memory and controller vary depending on manufacture batch date (to save on costs). Drive only comes with one NAND module (most probably QLC memory) which may not be ideal for lifespan of the drive.

Buy this drive if you're on a tight budget and value for money is most important to you.

UPDATE (11/02/2025): Do not buy this drive for your PRIMARY (boot) drive as it will feel very slow and sluggish. Struggles to apply standard app/windows updates due to the very poor random write speeds (drops to <10Mb/s) and stuck at 100% SSD usage.

Easy to install, running really well, fast load times in games Easy to install, running really well, fast load times in games

use this as part of ssd nas, works great at the moment. good enough speed for transfers and jellyfin streaming. use this as part of ssd nas, works great at the moment. good enough speed for transfers and jellyfin streaming.

Good price, good quality。 Good price, good quality。

Was on promo so was the lowest cost 1TB option. Not sure if its still best value at normal proce but if its the cheapest then you cant go wrong. Was on promo so was the lowest cost 1TB option. Not sure if its still best value at normal proce but if its the cheapest then you cant go wrong.

I have downloaded many high end games and files and still have plenty of space, read and write speeds are fine and i am happy with my purchase. I have downloaded many high end games and files and still have plenty of space, read and write speeds are fine and i am happy with my purchase.

Great deal for black Friday pbtec is my place to go for pc parts always good stuff Great deal for black Friday pbtec is my place to go for pc parts always good stuff

It’s basically identical to a WD sn550 for less than half the price It’s basically identical to a WD sn550 for less than half the price

It has the max ssd gen 3 speeds for an affordable price, it was super easy to install and get working, highly recommend this ssd if your looking for large cheap memory. It has the max ssd gen 3 speeds for an affordable price, it was super easy to install and get working, highly recommend this ssd if your looking for large cheap memory.