WD_BLACK 500GB SN850 NVMe Internal Gaming SSD Solid State Drive - Gen4 PCIe, M.2 2280, 3D NAND, Up to 7,000 MB/s - WDS500G1X0E

Now from my perspective I’m not going to get into the nitty-gritty about write and read speeds and maximizing them because I installed the storage for real world usage, not its maximum benchmarks.I did get the slightly hampered 2GB model, because it’s worth noting at the one gigabyte model seems to put out better numbers, however either way you go you will get a very performance storage drive that is rather easy to install, depending on your motherboard.My motherboard had a built in heat sink for the NVMe slots left on the board, so I did not need to buy one separately for this stick, nor buy the one with the heat sink on it. But I emphasize that you will need the Heat dissipation. Using the drive you can certainly tell that it is getting rather hot while in use.So I do primarily gaming and loading up virtual instruments for music production on this particular drive and I have seen no particular issues or hiccups that I would expect. Adding and mounting the drive was very easy, and my particular OS, which I am using windows 11 preview, picked up the drive just fine. Write speeds are incredibly fast, maximizing any both times, transfers, and gigabit downloads. All incredibly fast.The price is a bit steep but you know what you’re getting into when you’re paying for this at this particular time. It is cutting edge speeds so there’s an expected premium on that. In terms of comparing it to GEN3, I don’t think you’re going to see or notice the difference enough during regular use or even gaming for that matter if you were to make the upgrade. Probably a few seconds here and there. However I went from a standard SATA SSD do this thing. It is a substantial difference.So this product is best for people who are just entering into the M2 space. There are a few competitively priced alternatives to this drive such as Sabrent Rocket Plus, however the warranty that comes with this drive is a notable difference.

You should and will need a compatible heatsink for this drive, regardless of what youtubers or others say. If you wish to extend the life of this device it is paramount to get one. I bought this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KDDKDNN/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 for $17.99 and it is an EXCELLENT fit and I mean PERFECT. Super easy to apply and install and takes less than 5 mins. Even comes with a screwdriver that can be used to also unscrew the ssd compartment on the console, one tool for the job!As far as this drive goes, once installed it registered at 6532.91 MB/s which is significantly faster than the internal SSD. I transferred 5 games totaling about 200gb in under 5 mins to this ssd from the internal storage. Afterwards, I proceeded to download some games from the PS Plus collection and several others from previous free PSN games. That obviously took some time but after finishing I now have about 13 games at 900GB and still have 1.3 TB of space available. Unlike with traditional or hybrid HDDs you get the FULL ADVERTISED SPACE. Not 1.97 TB or 1.8 TB, 2 TB which can be used immediately upon rebooting your console.Booting up Farcry 6 with the disk from the home screen to the saved game position took about 25 secs give or take a couple for me to move the cursor to Continue Game. I have had no game crashes as of yet and no issues with pop in or textures or assets missing other than what the game shipped with. No slow downs and load times from death screen are about the same as internal storage which is approx 6 secs. Don't expect to load large open world games like that any faster than internal storage unless made by first party studios. Primarily, this drive is to allow you more space for your current collection. I have 37 games, 9 of which are PS5 games and in theory I could install my entire library between the internal and M.2 storage.Tips: Make sure you either take a picture of your drive before you install the heatsink or write down the serial number as it is not on the box so you can register it at Wester Digital for your warranty. I did not do it and would have to remove the card, remove the heatsink and get the product serial number then reassemble and reinstall (dammit bobby!). Warranty is 5 years which is better than spinning drives which tends to be about 3.The Samsung 980 is the comparable drive releasing end of this month for $449.99 and the only main difference is the price and convenience of plug and play, no additional heatsink purchase necessary. However, if you want to save $110.99 buy this drive and the heatsink I linked and you save bigtime, using the extra money for your next game!Should you later decide to get a larger 3 or 4 TB SSD you can take this one and add it to your PC. Or if we get a PS5 with a 2TB SSD built in then add this drive to that console and double your storage capacity which would be more than enough until the next console cycle. I really hope this review helps others specifically buying for their consoles. I cannot speak to the performance on PC at this time. Game on Comrades!

This drive does have a heatsink that is permanently attached so you need to be very mindful of vertical clearance in your system. Other than that it's easy to install and use. The heatsink does not come off so you may want to buy the no-heatsink variant if you don't need it.I used a standalone NVMe to USB adapter to partition and format the disk on a laptop, then put the drive in a desktop and installed Windows 10 from USB. It worked perfectly and without any issues.Performance is good, write speed is good too. I did some continuous OBS video capturing for a 48 hour period and there were no glitches, no issues, and all the SMART specs from Crystal Disk Info were still good after that stress test. And it's been just great in the months since then too for normal, less demanding use.Overall it does a good job and has been reliable. Very happy with this one!

Fácil instalação e desempenho dentro do esperado.

répond grandement à mes attentes, très satisfait.

Fue una soper oferta y la pude aprovechar , funciona perfecto

Si buscas un SSD M.2 de alta velocidad de lectura lo recomiendo altamente, solo ten cuidado, únicamente funciona como PCIe 4 con procesadores de Intel 11ava generación y chipset serie 500 o superior. revisa el manual de tu computadora o Motherboard para ver si va a funcionar en modo PCIe 4

Verifique primeiro se o dispositivo onde irá instalar tem compatibilidade para funcionar com a leitura descrita.