Review of the WD Black SN850X PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD - [ Ссылка ]

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Before you sink your teeth into the review of the WD Black SN850X SSD, it is important to understand that this is not the same as the widely available and industry applauded SN850 SSD. On the face of it, the difference is simply the ‘X’ prefix – Is that really much of a difference? I think it would be pretty fair to say that when the PCIe 4 generation of SSDs hit the consumer market, the one that made the BIGGEST (and earliest) splash was the WD Black SN850. Originally released in Autumn 2020, although it wasn’t the first PCIe4 M.2 SSD, it WAS the first commercially available drive to hit 7,000MB/s (followed incredibly closely by Samsung’s 980 Pro). Now, 2020 was quite a while ago now (give or take a pandemic or two) and in that time a wide variety of top tier (and indeed mid-low tier) brands have expanded in the PCIe 4 SSD tier, challenging the WD Black SSD in terms of performance, durability and price. The 2020 released WD Black SN850, although still hot in the basket of buyers of PS5 storage and regularly on sale during Black Friday and the like, is no longer the groundbreaking drive that it once was. And THIS with where the WD Black SN850X comes in. Now, the SN850X is NOT designed to be a replacement to the SN850. In fact, in recent months, we saw Western Digital roll out the WD Black SN770, a DRAMless, more efficient and more affordable alternative. The SN850X is designed to complete the product family in the PCIe4 M.2 NVMe tier and whereas the SN850 gains notoriety and licencing with the Sony PS5, the WD Black SN850X has its sights squarely on the Premium PC Gamer and Premium Performance tier exclusively (content creators, professional streamers and eSports). But is the WD Black SN850X really that much different? Is this a cash grab or is this a legitimate answer by WD to challengers in the PCIe4 SSD tier? Let’s find out.

Video Chapters
00:00 - Data Size in Perspective
02:40 - Introduction
03:00 - Important Disclaimer about WD Black SSDs
04:45 - Why WD released the WD Black SN850X SSD when the SN850 exists?
05:13 - WD Black SN850X Specifications
06:40 - Unboing the WD Black SN850X SSD
07:02 - The Design of the WD Black SN850X SSD
08:25 - The Big Mystery of the WD Black SN850X SSD Controller and NAND Layers?
10:38 - The WD Black SN850X SSD Performance in context
10:45 - Durability of the WD Black SN850X in DWPD, TBW and MTBF
11:50 - WD Black SN850X SSD and Capacity Options
12:28 - WD Black SN850X, WD Black SN850 and PS5 Compatibility
13:30 - Published Trasnfer Rates
14:28 - Published IOPS Ratings
15:20 - Pricing Globally of the WD Black SN850X SSD Right Now vs Future
16:30 - Impact of the WD Black SN850X SSD on the SN850?
17:57 - Test Setup for the WD Black SN850X SSD Benchmarks
19:35 - WD Dashboard and Game Mode 2.0 Features for PC
23:23 - WD Black SN850X SSD Benchmarks and Test Results
31:47 - Review Conclusions & Verdict

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