After almost two years, WD finally updated its flagship SSD. Today, we are checking out the WD Black SN850X NVMe SSD. We have the 2TB capacity to test. The SN850X is an updated version of its predecessor, the SN850, that we reviewed a couple of years ago. It features a better and improved 8nm WD …
WD finally entered the PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD market, and released their first Gen4 SSD – the WD_Black SN850 NVMe SSD. The SN850 challenges Samsung’s, also latest, 980 Pro Gen4 SSD. Unlike the early Gen4 SSDs, the SN850 offers much faster sequential speeds of up to 7,000MB/s read and up to 5,300MB/s sequential write. We …
The WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD is the company’s entry-level M.2 NVMe SSD available right now. It has been in the market for quite some time; and it’s undeniably one of the most popular M.2 SSD in the market. Why is this SSD so popular despite being an entry-level SSD? Is the WD Blue SN550 …
WD recently released their first PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD that would take on Samsung’s 980 PRO Gen4 SSD – the WD Black SN850 NVMe SSD. WD’s first Gen4 SSD offers sequential read/write speeds of up to 7,000MB/s and 5,3000MB/s respectively. Samsung’s 980 Pro NVMe also offers similar speeds, but the 980 Pro’s “up to” write …
WD recently released three new fast storage devices under their WD_BLACK gaming brand. It includes the company’s first PCIe Gen4 SSD – the WD Black SN850; the WD Black AN1500 NVMe SSD Add-in-Card that is fully bootable; and a Thunderbolt 3-powered NVMe SSD gaming dock – the WD Black D50. In this article, let’s discuss …
WD released their new Black SN750 NVMe SSD early this year. It’s the successor to last year’s WD Black (2018), our review here. The WD Black 2018 was a fast and good NVMe SSD, able to compete with Samsung 970 EVO. But it wasn’t enough, thus the company released the SN750, an improved version of …
Western Digital recently released a new storage solution; designed with “extreme transfer speeds, optimized power and an architecture purpose-built for gaming” – the WD BLACK SN750 NVME SSD. The WD Black SN750 is the successor of the WD Black 3D we previously reviewed. That was a fast drive, capable of matching Samsung’s 970 NVMe SSD. …
The WD Black 3D NVMe SSD is the company’s latest attempt to compete with other high performance storage drives in the market. Last year’s WD Black PCIE NVMe SSD wasn’t really able to beat or at least level with what Samsung has to offer. Read/write speeds of the previous generation was okay but not that …
We knew a 10TB version of the WD Red and Red Pro will be released soon, since HGST has the He10 released already. Recently, WD announced the availability of the WD Red 10TB and WD Red Pro 10TB featuring HelioSeal technology; the same technology we see on HGST’s helium-filled hard drives. For those who are …
We previously reviewed WD’s fastest hard drive for mainstream users, content creators and gamers (the WD Black 6TB WD6001FZWX); but how about the “NAS version” of this drive? Does WD have a drive that will offer the same fast performance of the WD6001FZWX for a NAS environment? Today, we are going to check out and …