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Silica Entry 4 500 GB NVMe
Silica Entry 4 500 GB NVMe is a 500 GB drive on PCIe 4.0 ×4 rated 5000 MB/s sequential read and 3600 MB/s write, with 300 TBW of endurance and no DRAM cache.
Best for
- A fast boot and game drive
- Direct-storage titles and short level loads
Main trade-offs
- No DRAM cache, so sustained large writes slow down
- PCIe 4.0 ceiling
Lowest sample total
$49
Across 2 demo retailer offers including shipping. 11.3% above the sample-window median.
- Offers
- 2
- Updated
- Jul 28, 2026
2 in stock
Data version qgem5pedi9m3
Retailer offers
Retailer offers
Ranked by delivered total, stock and data freshness. Commission never affects this order.
| Retailer | Price | Shipping | Total | Availability | Open retailer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BitForge SupplyBest totalAffiliate partnerSample feed14-day returns · observed 4 d ago | $43.99 | $4.99 | $48.98 | In stock | Go to store |
| Nordic PartsAffiliate partnerSample feed30-day returns · observed 4 d ago | $41.99 | $7.99 | $49.98 | In stock | Go to store |
Sample data — illustrative fixture prices from a demo feed, not live retailer quotes. We are not the seller and take no payment. How offers are verified.
Price history
Lowest observed sample total per observation date, 9 points.
- Lowest
- $42
- Highest
- $47
- Median
- $44
- Current best
- $49
Dashed line marks the median of the sample window. All values are illustrative fixture data.
Normalized specifications
Canonical values after unit normalization. Fields used by the compatibility engine are marked.
- Interfacecompat
- M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 ×4
- Form factorcompat
- M.2 2280
- Capacity
- 500 GB
- Sequential read
- 5000 MB/s
- Sequential write
- 3600 MB/s
- DRAM cache
- No
- Endurance
- 300 TBW
- Typical power draw
- 5.2 W
Compatibility
Every pairing below was evaluated by the same rule engine the builder uses.
Motherboard
9 of 9 compatibleWorks with Halcyon AX560 Anvil, Halcyon AX650 Pulse, Halcyon AX670E Forge and 6 more.
Silica Entry 4 500 GB NVMe is a PCIe 4.0 drive in a PCIe 3.0 slot. It works, capped near 3 900 MB/s instead of 5000 MB/s.
Provenance
Every canonical value carries the source it came from, when it was retrieved and how confident we are.
| Field | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
capacityGb | Manufacturer product database (demo) | Jul 28, 2026 | 95% |
dramCache | Manufacturer product database (demo) | Jul 28, 2026 | 95% |
enduranceTbw | Manufacturer product database (demo) | Jul 28, 2026 | 95% |
formFactor | Manufacturer product database (demo) | Jul 28, 2026 | 95% |
powerW | Manufacturer product database (demo) | Jul 28, 2026 | 95% |
seqReadMBps | Manufacturer product database (demo) | Jul 28, 2026 | 95% |
seqWriteMBps | Manufacturer product database (demo) | Jul 28, 2026 | 95% |
storageInterface | Manufacturer product database (demo) | Jul 28, 2026 | 95% |
Demo product
Silica Entry 4 500 GB NVMe is a fictional model created for this demonstration catalog. Its specifications are internally consistent so the compatibility and scoring engines can be exercised, but it does not describe a real product.