[SSD] Crucial MX500 4TB SATA 2.5" - $209 @ Best Buy
I had a WD Blue 4TB Sata drive on backorder from Newegg since 2/12. It hasn't shipped even now. Cancelled the order and ordered this one. Thanks!
I grabbed one from Amazon for $239 recently. One thing to absolutely remember, if you plan on buying this!
You NEED to update the firmware. But there is a catch! The Crucial Storage Executive software you need to update with doesn't recognize the drive unless it's in use.
Yes I know, fucking bizarre, but you actually have to have a different program accessing the drive, in order for CSE to see it, and be able to update it.
I used CrystalDisk and benched it while I updated the firmware, and then restarted after it gave me an error, and then it was, for some reason, just fine.
Before I did all of that, the drive would randomly appear and disappear constantly.
Just a heads up.
My first SSD was the first run of Intels. I paid somewhere around $500-600 for it. That wasn't even the most expensive model. The highest capacity from Intel at that time was roughly $1,000 for double the capacity of what I got.
I haven't looked back since I got my first taste of SSD. 15 years later and I'm still happy I hopped onto the bandwagon and ignored the naysayers.
