Western Digital (WD) is one of the leading SSD manufacturers at the moment and their range is expanding with the introduction of the WD Blue SN5000, available in 500GB, 1TB, 2TB and 4TB options, at a very affordable price. reasonable.
Anyone who has undertaken the task of building a PC will be familiar with WD and the sheer variety of SSDs they offer is a bit dizzying.
The new WD Blue SN5000 range offers twice the storage of previous generation SSDs, and the starting price of $79.99 on Western Digital's website for the 500GB model, currently reduced by $10, is very tempting.
WD Blue SN5000
Compared to the previous SN850X NVMe and SN700 NVMe SSDs (which come in a striking red), the SN5000 is cheaper but lacks some of the fancier features of those two, such as an optional heatsink.
As expected, WD is touting the AI applications of the SN5000 SSDs, thanks to NVMe, PCIe Gen 4, and Western Digital's nCache 4.0 technology making things really sing.
The company says users can expect read speeds of up to 5,500 MB/s2 on the 4 TB model and endurance of up to 1,200 T BW for creating ideas and everything in between.
One thing to keep in mind: to take full advantage of the SSD's NVME PCIe Gen 4, you'll need an M.2 2280 slot in your computer, so be careful with that when making a decision on the SN5000.
Sure, these SN5000s aren't exciting, but do you want your SSD to do the job and perform, or offer extras? We mentioned that the base 500GB model costs $80 and the top-end 4TB model is reasonably priced at $279.99 with a $10 discount right now.
